Patent ID: 11919465
Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus for determining a build of an occupant sitting in a seat within a cabin of a vehicle, comprising:
a non-transitory memory storing one or more computer programs;
a processor executing the one or more computer programs to:
acquire an image of the occupant;
calculate shoulder-joint information that is information representing positions of a left shoulder joint and a right shoulder joint of the occupant in the image;
calculate an area occupied by the occupant in the image;
determine whether the occupant comprises an adult-build level or a child-build level based on the shoulder-joint information;
determine the build of the occupant based on the area that is calculated; and
determine whether the occupant is in a twisted posture based on the shoulder-joint information; and
determine a build of the occupant based on the shoulder-joint information,
wherein the processor further executes one or more computer programs to:
in response to determining that the occupant is in the twisted posture, determine whether the occupant comprises the adult-build level;
for a state in which the occupant is determined to comprise the adult-build level, calculate the area occupied by the occupant in the image; and
in response to calculating the area occupied by the occupant in the image, determine the build of the occupants is at an adult-male-build level or at an adult-female-build level based on the area that is calculated.