Patent ID: 6919804

Claim:
A passenger detection system for a vehicle having at least one opening to allow passengers to enter and exit the vehicle, said passenger detection system comprising: a plurality of passenger detection devices adapted to be placed on opposed sides of the at least one opening to detect passengers entering and exiting the vehicle through the at least one opening; a plurality of passenger number devices adapted to be placed on at least one side of the at least one opening to detect the number of the passengers entering or exiting the vehicle through the at least one opening; and a microprocessor computer control system including a microprocessor computer unit adapted to be disposed within the vehicle in electrical connection with said passenger detection devices and said passenger number devices to receive inputs from said passenger detection devices and said passenger number devices and to process the inputs to determine passenger count and transmit resultant data to a remote location and a systems interconnection adapted to be disposed within the vehicle and electrically connected to said microprocessor computer unit to provide an electrical connection of at least one external component to said microprocessor computer unit.