US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, Kia on May 5 for "Apparatus for estimating behavior of vehicle occupant and method for the same" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,361, issued on May 5, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for estimating behavior of vehicle occupant and method for the same" was invented by Joon Sang Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To robustly estimate three-dimensional behaviors of an occupant by fusing, through a particle filter, information obtained through vehicle indoor cameras and through vehicle internal information sensors, an occupant behavior estimation system includes: a camera configured to obtain images of the at least one occupant within the vehicle; sensors configured to obt...