Confidence boost for automotive occupant classifications
First Claim
1. A method of classifying an occupant of a motor vehicle, said method comprising the steps of:
- categorizing the occupant into one of a plurality of static categories, each of the static categories including at least one class indicative of at least one of the occupant'"'"'s type and position in the vehicle; and
classifying the occupant into the at least one class.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to systems for determining the position and the type of an occupant in a vehicle. More specifically, the present invention provides an occupant position and type classification system including an occupant detection module, a processor in communication with the occupant detection module, and memory accessible by the processor and storing program instructions executable by the processor to perform the steps of categorizing the occupant into one of a plurality of static categories, each of the static categories including at least one class indicative of the occupant'"'"'s type or position in the vehicle, and classifying the occupant into one of the classes.
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1. A method of classifying an occupant of a motor vehicle, said method comprising the steps of:
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categorizing the occupant into one of a plurality of static categories, each of the static categories including at least one class indicative of at least one of the occupant'"'"'s type and position in the vehicle; and
classifying the occupant into the at least one class. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An occupant position classification system, said system comprising:
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means for detecting the occupant;
a processor in communication with said means for detecting; and
memory accessible by said processor and storing program instructions executable by said processor to perform method steps, the method steps comprising;
categorizing the occupant into one of a plurality of static categories, each of the static categories including at least one class indicative of at least one of the occupant'"'"'s type and position in the vehicle; and
classifying the occupant into the at least one class. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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