IDENTIFICATION OF SEAT OCCUPANCY BY MEANS OF A CAMERA
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for identifying occupancy of a seat use a camera. In order to achieve permanently reliable identification of the occupancy of a seat, the camera is oriented such that it captures at least one area of interest of the seat. An evaluation apparatus is used to identify the area of interest in a picture taken by the camera and to store a position for the area of interest. The evaluation apparatus selects the area of interest in pictures subsequently taken by the camera at the stored position and compares the area of interest with at least one stored picture sample. A result of this comparison is taken as a basis for identifying the seat as being occupied. In addition, an apparatus having a camera and an evaluation apparatus is described for performing the method.
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32 Claims
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1-15. -15. (canceled)
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16. A method for identifying occupancy of a seat, the method comprising:
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orienting a camera towards and captures at least one area of interest of the seat; identifying the area of interest in an image taken by the camera with an evaluation apparatus and storing a position of the area of interest; selecting the area of interest in images subsequently taken by the camera at the stored position by the evaluation apparatus and comparing same with at least one stored image sample; and using a result of the comparing step as a basis for identifying the seat as being occupied. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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