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VEHICLE OCCUPANT DETECTION DEVICE

  • US 20140168441A1
  • Filed: 05/22/2012
  • Published: 06/19/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A vehicle occupant detecting apparatus comprising:

  • an image capturing unit disposed in a cabin of a vehicle, for sequentially outputting images, which are captured at predetermined image capturing intervals, of a predetermined area including a seat in the cabin of the vehicle;

    a judging unit for judging whether or not a vehicle occupant is present on the seat in the predetermined area; and

    a vehicle occupant state detecting unit for detecting a state of the vehicle occupant based on the images output from the image capturing unit;

    the vehicle occupant detecting apparatus further comprising;

    a control unit for controlling the image capturing intervals depending on a judged result from the judging unit,wherein the control unit controls the image capturing unit to capture the images in a high-speed mode, in which the image capturing intervals are relatively short, if the judging unit judges that the vehicle occupant is present, and controls the image capturing unit to capture the images in a low-speed mode, in which the image capturing intervals are relatively long, if the judging unit judges that the vehicle occupant is not present.

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