Patent ID: 11890933
Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, with a controller circuit and from at least one occupancy monitoring sensor of a vehicle including a radar sensor, occupant data for a plurality of rows of seats in a cabin of the vehicle;
determining, based on the occupant data, a respective occupancy status at each individual seat in the rows of seats;
determining whether the occupant data relates to a person or an inanimate object; and
controlling, based on the occupant data relating to a person, a light bar positioned in a door panel or as a heads-up display (HUD) to illuminate light at each seat position in all the rows of seats, the light being indicative of the respective occupancy status determined at each individual seat in the rows of seats.