Optical Monitoring of Vehicle Interiors
First Claim
1. A vehicle, comprising:
- a structure defining an interior space for containing one or more objects; and
an arrangement mounted on said structure for determining whether an object is present in said interior space, said arrangement comprising;
at least one optical imaging device arranged to receive images of said interior space defined by said structure; and
a processor coupled to said at least one optical imaging device and arranged to determine whether one or more objects are present in said interior space and when one or more objects are determined to be present, to obtain information about the object or objects, whereby said processor is arranged to distinguish between different objects or different arrangements of objects.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Vehicle includes a structure defining an interior space for containing or designed to contain one or more objects, and an arrangement mounted on, joined or coupled to the structure for determining whether an object is present in the interior space, or the presence of multiple objects. One arrangement includes at least one optical imaging device arranged to receive images of the interior space defined by the structure, and a processor coupled to the optical imaging device(s) and arranged to determine whether one or more objects are present in the interior space and when one or more objects are determined to be present, to obtain information about the object or objects. The processor is preferably arranged to distinguish between different objects and/or different arrangements of objects. A related method for obtaining information about objects in interior spaces of vehicles is also disclosed.
-
Citations
20 Claims
-
1. A vehicle, comprising:
-
a structure defining an interior space for containing one or more objects; and
an arrangement mounted on said structure for determining whether an object is present in said interior space, said arrangement comprising;
at least one optical imaging device arranged to receive images of said interior space defined by said structure; and
a processor coupled to said at least one optical imaging device and arranged to determine whether one or more objects are present in said interior space and when one or more objects are determined to be present, to obtain information about the object or objects, whereby said processor is arranged to distinguish between different objects or different arrangements of objects. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
-
-
15. A method for monitoring an interior space of a vehicle, comprising:
-
mounting at least one optical imaging device to a structure defining the interior space;
receiving images at the at least one optical imaging device during use of the vehicle; and
when images are received, determining whether any objects are present in the interior space based on analysis of the images and when one or more objects are determined to be present, obtaining information about the object or objects based on analysis of the received images. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
-
Specification