Decision enhancement system for a vehicle safety restraint application
First Claim
1. A decision enhancement system for a safety restraint deployment mechanism in a vehicle, comprising:
- an image capture subsystem, providing for the capture of a plurality of images;
an image processing subsystem, including a deployment module and a disablement module;
wherein said deployment module provides for identifying a current condition from a plurality of pre-defined occupant conditions, wherein said current condition is identified using a plurality of occupant attributes obtained from at least one image from said plurality of images, wherein said deployment module provides for setting a deployment flag from said current condition; and
wherein said disablement module provides for setting a disablement flag from at least one said occupant attribute obtained from at least one said image.
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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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32 Claims
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1. A decision enhancement system for a safety restraint deployment mechanism in a vehicle, comprising:
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an image capture subsystem, providing for the capture of a plurality of images;
an image processing subsystem, including a deployment module and a disablement module;
wherein said deployment module provides for identifying a current condition from a plurality of pre-defined occupant conditions, wherein said current condition is identified using a plurality of occupant attributes obtained from at least one image from said plurality of images, wherein said deployment module provides for setting a deployment flag from said current condition; and
wherein said disablement module provides for setting a disablement flag from at least one said occupant attribute obtained from at least one said image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An airbag deployment system for an vehicle, comprising:
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an imager component, said imager component including a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) imager and a digital signal processor (DSP) for said CMOS imager;
an analysis component, said analysis component including a microcontroller unit, wherein said analysis component is configured to set a deployment flag and a disablement flag; and
a deployment component providing for the activating of an airbag when said deployment flag comprises a yes value and when said disablement flag comprises a no value. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for constructing a decision enhancement device for use with a safety restraint application in a vehicle, the method comprising:
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configuring an imager component to communicate with an analysis component;
programming a plurality of heuristics, including at least one deployment heuristic and at least one disablement heuristic into the analysis component; and
loading at least one reference image into the analysis component for use by at least one heuristic. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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