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Vehicle occupant monitoring using infrared imaging

  • US 10,160,457 B1
  • Filed: 03/09/2018
  • Issued: 12/25/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for monitoring a vehicle occupant of a vehicle, the method comprising, via one or more processors:

  • receiving, from one or more sensors disposed within the vehicle, sensor data regarding the vehicle occupant, wherein the vehicle occupant is distinct from a vehicle operator;

    determining one or more vehicle occupant characteristics for the vehicle occupant based upon the received sensor data, wherein the one or more vehicle occupant characteristics include one or more skeletal characteristics of the vehicle occupant;

    determining whether an abnormal situation exists based upon the one or more determined vehicle occupant characteristics associated with the vehicle occupant, wherein the abnormal situation relates to one or more of the following types of abnormal situations;

    a medical emergency, a health risk, an accident risk, an impairment of the vehicle occupant, or a security threat;

    determining one or more responses to the abnormal situation based upon the determined type of the abnormal situation; and

    causing the one or more responses to the abnormal situation to be implemented.

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