A system for and a method of wireless communication with a seat belt includes a seat belt sensor provided on a per-seat basis and configured to detect whether or not a seat belt is fastened, a secondary controller provided on a per-seat basis and configured to wake up through wireless communication with a vehicle, to transmit a secondary data signal, including a state of a buckle that is detected by a seat belt sensor, through the wireless communication, and to switch to a sleep state after the secondary data signal is transmitted, and a primary controller provided in the vehicle and configured to receive and store the secondary data signal wirelessly transmitted by each of the secondary controllers and to transmit the stored secondary data signal to a vehicle system controller.

A vehicle includes an authentication key system for identifying an authentication key, an occupant sensor for detecting an occupant and generating occupant information, a display to display information regarding vehicle operation, and a controller to control the authentication key system, the occupant sensor, and the display, wherein the controller is further configured to identify a starting authentication key used to turn on the vehicle, identify a driver's getting off in a state in which the vehicle is turned on, identify whether an assistant driver is present inside the vehicle based on the occupant information, and control the display to provide a notification that the starting authentication key has been removed from the vehicle or a notification of vehicle theft warning based on whether the starting authentication key or another authentication key is present and whether the assistant driver is present in the vehicle, after the driver gets off the vehicle.

A seat belt wireless communication system and method are provided. The system comprises a fastening detection means, provided for each seat of a vehicle, configured to detect whether a seat belt is fastened for each seat, a slave controller configured to wake up, through wireless communication with the vehicle, transmit a slave data signal comprising a buckle state detected by the fastening detection means through wireless communication, and switch to a sleep state after transmitting the slave data signal, a master controller configured to receive and store a slave data signal wirelessly transmitted from each slave controller, and transmit the stored slave data signal to a system controller of the vehicle, and a harvesting circuit unit configured to perform energy harvesting in a process in which the master controller is configured to wirelessly transmit a harvesting signal, and each slave controller is configured to receive the harvesting signal.

A monitoring apparatus, a vehicle, a monitoring method and an information processing apparatus. The monitoring apparatus is used for a vehicle and includes an image acquisition device, a processor and an alarm device. The image acquisition device is configured to acquire image information inside the vehicle. The processor, connected to the image acquisition device and the alarm device, is configured to control the alarm device to perform an alarm in a case where the image information meets preset violation conditions. The monitoring apparatus acquires the image information inside the vehicle through the image acquisition device, and after analysis and comparison by the processor, in a case where the image information meets the preset violation conditions is determined, the monitoring apparatus controls the alarm device to perform an alarm, which is conductive to discovering potential dangers of driving and improving the driving safety.

Signaling system for vehicles, specific to warn the rest of users of the road that the opening any of the doors of the vehicle is going to occur imminently, before this opening occurs, which is achieved in the first place, with the installation around the outside mirrors of the vehicle of a set of powerful flashing lights (2R/2N), completely surrounding said mirrors by the mirror part, warning lights that will be oriented to be seen horizontally, and to the exterior of the vehicle so as to be easily seen by the users of the road and at the same time not to bother the driver. And second, this set of warning lights are connected to presence sensors installed on each of the interior handles of the vehicle doors that will allow detect the hand before it touches any of the interiors handles or concrete system of opening the doors, when the occupants are ready to operate them to open and exit, thereby gaining an essential time that does not exist until now.

An electronic tag programmed with an identification in a seat belt assembly is identified by reading the programmed identification via an electronic device embedded in a seat. In response to identifying the electronic tag, a determination is made that an occupant has not fastened a seat belt of the seat belt assembly to secure the occupant in the seat.

An occupant restraint system in a self-driving vehicle, in particular a robot taxi, for customer transport, wherein the occupant restraint system provides to the customer a restraint system that can be activated by the customer to be transported, and the occupant restraint system has an analysis unit via which a check is made in a safety check as to whether or not the restraint function is activated by the customer to be transported. The analysis unit prevents the vehicle from driving if an activated restraint function is absent. A diagnostic module, with which a functional diagnostic of the functionality of the occupant restraint system can be carried out independently of the safety check, is associated with the analysis unit. In the event that a fault is present, the diagnostic module initiates a suitable service action to remedy the fault.

A system includes a seat belt routing module and a user interface device (UID) control module. The seat belt routing module is configured to: determine a routing of a seat belt relative to an occupant in a vehicle seat based on input from a webbing payout sensor; and determine the seat belt routing based on an input from an in-cabin sensor. The in-cabin sensor includes at least one of a camera, an infrared sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, a radar sensor, and a lidar sensor. The UID control module is configured to control a user interface device to indicate that the seat belt is being worn improperly when: the seat belt routing determined using at least one of the webbing payout sensor and the in-cabin sensor is improper; and the seat belt routing determined using the webbing payout sensor corresponds to the seat belt routing determined using the in-cabin sensor.

A passenger seat for commercial vehicles and rail systems, having at least: a massage pad for increasing the ergonomics in the waist section of the passenger and applying massage; a compressor for inflating the massage pad; cooling pads for cooling the passenger; a heating pad for heating the upper portion of the seat and the backrest contacting the passenger; a presence sensor for determining whether there is a passenger on the passenger seat; a belt sensor for determining whether the passenger fastens the safety belt; a wireless charging unit for the passenger to charge a mobile device without using a connection cable; a manual control panel for the heating pad, cooling pad and the massage pad; a wireless connection module for the heating pad, cooling pad and the massage pad; and a control unit where the data collected from the presence sensor and belt sensor are transmitted.

Example implementations relate to vehicle occupancy confirmation. An example implementation involves receiving, at a computing system from a camera positioned inside a vehicle, an image representing an occupancy within the vehicle. The implementation further involves, responsive to receiving the image, displaying the image on a display interface, and receiving an operator input confirming the occupancy meets a desired occupancy. The implementation additionally includes transmitting an occupancy confirmation from the computing system to the vehicle. In some instances, in response to receiving the occupancy confirmation, the vehicle executes an autonomous driving operation.