SEATED STATE DETECTION DEVICE

• US 20190325603A1
• Filed: 03/03/2017
• Published: 10/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: NOGIMORI, Wataru, KOGURE, Shunsuke, SAKATA, Takuya, MURAKAMI, Shinichiro
• Application Number:
  US16/309,377
• Publication Number:
  US 20190325603A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/002 Seats provided with an occupancy detection means mounted therein or thereon detection means responsive to presence or absence of children B60N2/266
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/10048 Infrared image
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30196 Human being; Person
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30204 Marker
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30268 Vehicle interior
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/60 Analysis of geometric attributes
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/73 using feature-based methods
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/225 based on a marking or identifier characterising the area
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/426 Graphical representations
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/462 Salient features, e.g. scale invariant feature transforms [SIFT]
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/593 Recognising seat occupancy
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/22 responsive to presence or absence of persons

Abstract

A seated state detection device according to an embodiment includes a detection unit, a state determination unit, and an output unit. The detection unit detects, from taken image data output from an imaging unit that images a seat to which a mark is added, whether the mark is shielded. The state determination unit determines a seated state of the seat based on a shielded state of the mark. The output unit outputs seating information indicating the seated state.

Claims

1-9. -9. (canceled)

10. A seated state detection device comprising:

a detection unit configured to detect, from taken image data output from an imaging unit that images a seat to which a mark is added, whether the mark is shielded;

a state determination unit configured to determine a seated state of the seat based on a shielded state of the mark; and

an output unit configured to output seating information indicating the seated state.

11. The seated state detection device according to claim 10, wherein the detection unit detects, as the mark, whether the mark is shielded based on the taken image data obtained by imaging light of a light emitting element incorporated in the seat.

12. The seated state detection device according to claim 11, wherein the light emitting element forms a pattern of dots arranged in an array.

13. The seated state detection device according to claim 10, wherein the detection unit detects, as the mark, whether the mark is shielded based on the taken image data obtained by imaging the seat to which at least one of a vertical line mark extending in a vertical direction of the seat and a horizontal line mark extending in a horizontal direction of the seat is added.

14. The seated state detection device according to claim 13, wherein at least one of the vertical line mark and the horizontal line mark is formed by arranging dot-like marks.

15. The seated state detection device according to claim 10, wherein

the detection unit detects whether the mark is shielded based on the taken image data obtained by imaging the seat to which a plurality of the marks are added to a plurality of positions, and

the state determination unit acquires at least one of seated/non-seated state information of the seat, physique information of a user seated on the seat, and seated posture information of the user based on the position of the detected mark.

16. The seated state detection device according to claim 10, wherein the detection unit detects whether the mark is shielded based on infrared image data as the taken image data.

17. The seated state detection device according to claim 10, wherein the state determination unit further acquires weight data indicating weight added to the seat, and determines the seated state based on the shielded state of the mark and the weight data.

18. The seated state detection device according to claim 10, wherein

the detection unit further detects a length in a longitudinal direction of the mark, and

the state determination unit determines the seated state based on a position and the length of the detected mark.