Patent ID: 9415746
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: B60Q,B60R,G06K

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle safety belt bypass warning system for a vehicle having an ignition system and at least two seats within the vehicle, the vehicle safety belt bypass warning system comprising: a) a video camera having a field of view and wherein each of the at least two seats is within the field of view; b) at least one processor within the vehicle; c) face detection software, executable by the at least one processor, that will enable the processor to recognize, for each of the at least two seats, human faces; d) wherein each of the seats has associated therewith e) wherein an individual seat of the at least two seats is an occupied seat when the seat occupation sensor senses at least the minimum weight, the safety belt engagement sensor circuit detects that the safety belt is latched, and the processor detects that a human face is present and associated with the individual seat; f) an infrared (IR) emitter output, positioned on the safety belt, that is enabled after the ignition system has been engaged, if the seat is occupied, and, once enabled, will transmit individually coded light pulses, unique to the occupied seat, for a period of time; g) at least one IR receiver within the vehicle, that is enabled when at least one IR emitter output is enabled and is positioned to receive individually coded light pulses from occupied seat IR emitters during the period of time and, in response to receipt, will output one or more coded electrical signals indicative of which of each occupied seat that the individually coded light pulses were received from; and h) wherein the at least one processor is coupled to the at least one IR receiver, and will wait for receipt of one or more coded electrical signals output from the IR receiver during the time period, the one or more coded electrical signals specifically indicating each seat that has a non-bypassed safety belt, and if the processor does not receive an indication for a particular occupied seat, the processor will trigger a safety belt bypass warning indicator to indicate that the particular occupied seat has a bypassed safety belt.