VEHICLE OCCUPANT DETECTION APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A vehicle occupant detection apparatus, comprising:
- an image pickup device for imaging an area that includes a position of a vehicle occupant within a vehicle compartment;
vehicle occupant determination means for making a determination about the vehicle occupant;
a light emitting element for emitting auxiliary light into the vehicle compartment that includes an imaging area of said image pickup device;
storage means for storing imaging information provided by said image pickup device;
comparison means for comparing imaging information provided through further imaging operation by said image pickup device and the imaging information stored in said storage means, to provide a difference between the imaging information provided through the further imaging operation and the stored imaging information; and
imaging abnormality determination means for determining abnormality of the imaging information based on the difference provided by said comparison means.
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Abstract
A vehicle occupant detection apparatus includes an image pickup device for imaging an area including a position of a vehicle occupant within a vehicle compartment, a light emitting element for emitting auxiliary light into the compartment that includes the imaging area of the pickup device, and a storage section for storing imaging information provided by the pickup device. The vehicle occupant detection apparatus further including a comparison section for comparing imaging information provided through further imaging by the pickup device and the imaging information stored in the storage section, to provide a difference between the imaging information provided through the further imaging and the stored imaging information, and an abnormality determination section for determining abnormality of the imaging information on the basis of the image information difference.
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1. A vehicle occupant detection apparatus, comprising:
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an image pickup device for imaging an area that includes a position of a vehicle occupant within a vehicle compartment; vehicle occupant determination means for making a determination about the vehicle occupant; a light emitting element for emitting auxiliary light into the vehicle compartment that includes an imaging area of said image pickup device; storage means for storing imaging information provided by said image pickup device; comparison means for comparing imaging information provided through further imaging operation by said image pickup device and the imaging information stored in said storage means, to provide a difference between the imaging information provided through the further imaging operation and the stored imaging information; and imaging abnormality determination means for determining abnormality of the imaging information based on the difference provided by said comparison means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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