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Device and method for detection of an object or a person in the interior of a motor vehicle

US7403635B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

VDO Automotive AG · DE

Inventors

Horst Belau · Bad Abbach, DE
Ludwig Ertl · Regensburg, DE
Thorsten Köhler · Deuerling, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 4, 2003
Grant date	Jul 22, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 28, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R21/01538
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a device (1) and method for detection of an object or a person in the interior of a motor vehicle. The device (1) is operated by means of an analytical unit (3), such that the device (1), for detecting an object or a person in the interior of a motor vehicle, comprising a image recording unit (2) and an analytical unit (3) for the image data transmitted from the image recording unit (3), is operated in a first operating mode while an acceleration threshold value is not determined to be exceeded by the analytical unit (3) and in a second operation mode while the acceleration threshold value is determined to be exceeded by the analytical unit (3).

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