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Decision enhancement system for a vehicle safety restraint application

US6944527B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 7, 2003
Grant dateSep 13, 2005
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Expiry dateNov 7, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V40/10
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure describes systems and methods that pertain to interactions between a vehicle and an occupant within the vehicle. More specifically, various systems and methods for enhancing the decisions of automated vehicle applications (collectively “decision enhancement system”) are disclosed. In a safety restraint embodiment, a sensor is used to capture various sensor readings. Sensor readings are typically in the form of images. Occupant information, such as location attributes, motion attributes, and occupant category attributes can be obtained from the sensor readings. Such information can then used by the system to enhance the decisions made by various automated applications.

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