Method for monitoring the interior of a vehicle, monitoring arrangement and vehicle

• Main Authors: Uebel, Wolfgang, Topf, Carsten, Gruenewald, Benjamin, Gauerhof, Sergej
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.05.2023
• Subjects: ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDEDFOR ELSEWHERE; CHECKING-DEVICES; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MEASURING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; TESTING; TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; WEIGHING

A method for monitoring the interior of a vehicle including emitting electromagnetic waves of at least one frequency or at least one frequency band towards at least one seat arranged in the interior of the vehicle by means of an electromagnetic radiator, receiving reflected electromagnetic waves by means of a sensor, detecting a living object on the seat from the received reflected electromagnetic waves by means of a detection device, determining a volume of the detected object from the received reflected electromagnetic waves by means of the detection device, determining a weight characteristic of the detected object on the basis of the determined volume of the object by means of the detection device, outputting a detection signal representing the weight characteristic by way of the detection device, and actuating a safety system to make the interior safe in accordance with the detection signal.