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Device and method for sensing an object or a person in the interior of a vehicle

  • US 6,437,461 B1
  • Filed: 02/25/2000
  • Issued: 08/20/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/25/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device for sensing an object in an interior of a vehicle, comprising:

  • a laser outputting a laser pulse into the interior of the vehicle;

    a sensing device for sensing a characteristic variable of a transmission energy of said laser; and

    a control device for reducing the transmission energy and for preventing said laser pulse from being emitted in dependence on the characteristic variable sensed by said sensing device.

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