MUMBAI, India, May 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202311073834 A) filed by Mercedes-Benz Group Ag, Stuttgart, Germany, on Oct. 30, 2023, for 'an occupancy detection system and device for a vehicle.'

Inventor(s) include Suhas Rao; Rahul Manekar; and Mahabaleshwar Hegde.

The application for the patent was published on May 2, under issue no. 18/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An occupancy detection system and device (100) for a vehicle are disclosed. The system and device (100) comprise a bracket (104) pivotally configured at a predefined position in the interior of a vehicle, an occupancy sensor (106) configured on the bracket (104), and a motor (110) opera...