Patent ID: 11881093
Assignee: DENSO INTERNATIONAL AMERICA, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle system, comprising:
smoke sensors located at different locations within a passenger cabin of a vehicle and configured to measure amounts of cigarette smoke at the locations within the passenger cabin of the vehicle;
first and second carbon dioxide sensors located at first and second locations, respectively, within the passenger cabin of the vehicle and configured to measure first and second amounts of carbon dioxide at the first and second locations, respectively; and
a smoking module configured to, based on the measured amounts of cigarette smoke and the first and second amounts of carbon dioxide measured by the first and second carbon dioxide sensors at the first and second locations, determine that:
a smoking event occurred at the first location; and
the smoking event did not occur at the second location that is different than the first location within the passenger cabin of the vehicle.