Patent №
US 6,578,869
Granted
2003-06-17
Filed 2001
Owner
TRW INC.
Lab
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AI components
1
vision
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09817520
A vehicle occupant sensor apparatus (34) has an imager (36) that gathers an image of an occupant (12). The image has focus attributes. A focal plane associated with the imager (36) is at a distance from the imager. A 2D high-pass filter (42), a multiple frame temporal filter (46), and a position determination component (52) operate to determine position of the occupant (12) relative to the focal plane (38) via use of the focus attributes.
AI classification
Ownership
TRW INC.
assignment · 116560525
Assignors
ZAYAN, NICHOLAS M., COOPER, STEPHEN R. W., WALLACE, JON K., KHAIRALLAH, FARID
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.