US Patent Issued to VOLKSWAGEN on May 27 for "Method for determining the position and vital parameters of an occupant of a transportation vehicle and transportation vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,359, issued on May 27, was assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AG (Germany).

"Method for determining the position and vital parameters of an occupant of a transportation vehicle and transportation vehicle" was invented by Bernd Ette (Wolfsburg, Germany) and Patrick Sacher (Brome, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining the position and vital signs of an occupant of a transportation vehicle and a transportation vehicle having a radio system and a control unit connected to the radio system. The method is based on channel impulse response (CIR) measurements and is performed using at least two UWB antennas during the operation...