Patent ID: 8081800
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: B60R,G06K

Abstract:
1. A system for detecting vehicle interior condition comprising: an illumination unit which includes a plurality of individual illumination devices that are positioned and directed to illuminate, respectively, a plurality of mutually different illumination regions, which illumination regions collectively include at least one seat of a vehicle and a surrounding region thereof, said illumination devices being operable to illuminate their respective illumination regions sequentially at predetermined different timings during a predetermined period; an imaging unit positioned and directed so as to photograph an occupant or object on said seat in synchronism with each of said different timings of said illumination devices; and a control unit which is coupled to control illumination of said illumination devices, and has an image comparator for comparing a plurality of images photographed by said imaging unit, as well as an information generator for generating information indicative of a condition of said occupant or object on the basis of a comparison result of said image comparator.