A seat belt usage monitor identifies the number of miles driven in a vehicle while the seat belt was connected in comparison with the total number of mile driven in the vehicle. The seat belt usage monitor can be displayed to the operator by a screen incorporated into the seat belt buckle or on a display monitor incorporated into the dashboard of the vehicle. The seat belt usage monitor system will track the number of miles driven while the seat belt is connected and make a comparison to the total number of miles driven by the vehicle. An application program on the operator's cellular phone corresponding to the seat belt usage monitor can be connected to the seat belt usage monitor system to transfer the usage data to the cellphone display, and to permit the function of uploading the data to a recipient selected by the operator, such as the operator's insurance company.

A cover for an electrical connector may include an outer wall having a first edge and a second edge, a first side wall connected to a first end of the outer wall, a second side wall connected to a second end of the outer wall, a first clip portion disposed proximate the first edge and configured for rotational connection with a first wire frame portion, and/or a second clip portion disposed proximate the second edge configured for connection with a second wire frame portion.

A vehicle passenger accident prevention system includes a vehicle operation status measurement unit that measures operation states of a vehicle and outputs corresponding signals, a driving unit to drive the vehicle, a braking unit to brake the vehicle, a FCA system that controls the operation of the driving unit and the braking unit, and a controller that detects the seated state of a passenger in the vehicle or a wearing state of a seat belt according to the output signal of the vehicle operation status measurement unit. In particular, the controller controls the operation of the FCA system according to a predetermined control mode in advance when a standing passenger in the vehicle is detected or an unbuckled seat belt is detected.

An embodiment vehicle includes an emergency light, a plurality of detectors, a communication device, and a processor configured to determine whether the vehicle is in a normal state based on detection information of the plurality of detectors when the emergency light is in a turned-on state, determine a turning-on cause of the emergency light based on current location information received by the communication device when it is determined that the vehicle is in the normal state, and control the communication device to transmit guide information corresponding to the determined turning-on cause of the emergency light to an external device.

A seat belt wearing determination apparatus including an image sensor unit which captures a front image of a vehicle occupant, a portion detection unit which detects a chest portion and a pelvis portion of the occupant using the image, an image segmentation unit which obtains a first target region related to a seat belt by segmenting a partial image of the chest portion of the occupant into a plurality of regions and obtains a second target region related to the seat belt by segmenting a partial image of the pelvis portion into a plurality of regions, and a control unit which determines that the seat belt is worn normally when a first area value of the first target region is greater than a preset first reference value and a second area value of the second target region is greater than a preset second reference value.

A system includes: a first camera configured to capture first images of a driver on a driver's seat within a passenger cabin of a vehicle; a second camera configured to capture second images in front of the vehicle; a driver module configured to determine a driver of the vehicle based on at least one of the first images and to determine a present driver's licensing level of the driver with a driver's licensing body; a first detection module configured to detect first occurrences of first conditions within the passenger cabin of the vehicle based on the first images; a second detection module configured to detect second occurrences of second conditions outside of the vehicle; and a reporting module configured to, based on the present driver's licensing level of the driver, selectively generate a report including at least one of the first and second occurrences.

A restraint includes a belt, a connecting structure that is connected to the belt, a buckle housing that includes a connector opening for insertion of the connecting structure, a latch assembly that is configured to retain the connecting structure in the connector opening, and a release button that is connected to the buckle housing and is configured to cause the latch assembly to release the connecting structure when the release button is operated. A first indicator area is located on the buckle portion adjacent to the connector opening. A second indicator area is located on the release button. A third indicator area is located on the release button and is surrounded by the second indicator area.

A system for providing an alarm indicating a non-fastening state of a seatbelt of a vehicle is provided. The system includes a seatbelt part provided in a seat of the vehicle; a first controller connected in communication to the seatbelt part and configured to determine whether a buckle of the seatbelt part is fastened and a first sensor module connected to the first controller. The first sensor module includes a first transmitter configured to transmit a buckle fastening signal when the buckle is fastened. A second sensor module includes a first receiver that is configured to receive the buckle fastening signal from the first sensor module. A second controller is connected in communication to the second sensor module, and is configured to receive the buckle fastening signal and output an alarm indicating whether the seatbelt is fastened.

Disclosed is a method of detecting a seat belt of a vehicle, the method comprising: storing, by a controller, a pattern before an occupant of a vehicle wears a seat belt webbing and a pattern after the occupant of the vehicle wears the seat belt webbing photographed through a region of interest of a vision sensor in a memory; receiving, by the controller, an image for the seat belt webbing photographed in the region of interest of the vision sensor; determining, by the controller, whether the pattern of the seat belt webbing stored in the memory is detected from the image of the seat belt webbing; and when the pattern of the seat belt webbing is not detected, controlling, by the controller, a display device to display a first warning message indicating that the seat belt webbing is not detected.

A computer implemented method for detecting whether a seat belt is used in a vehicle comprises the following steps carried out by computer hardware components: acquiring an image of an interior of the vehicle; determining a plurality of sub-images based on the image; detecting, for at least one of the sub-images, whether a portion of the seat belt is present in the respective sub-image; and determining whether the seat belt is used based on the detecting.