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VEHICLE OCCUPANT DETECTION APPARATUS

  • US 20080094195A1
  • Filed: 10/03/2007
  • Published: 04/24/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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