ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,723, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).
"Method and system for detecting an occupancy of a seat" was invented by Xuebing Zhang (Wuppertal, Germany), Klaus Friedrichs (Dortmund, Germany) and Markus Buehren (Erkrath, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Computer implemented method for detecting an occupancy of a seat, comprising capturing, by means of an imaging device, a first image of a seat, the image comprising depth data, determining, by means of a processing device, a first height profile along a first line in the first image from the depth data, and comparing, by means of the ...