ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,676, issued on July 7, was assigned to Magna Electronics Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
"Vehicular occupant monitoring system" was invented by Xiaomeng Gao (Cambridge, Mass.) and Ashesh Goswami (Somerville, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular sensing system includes a radar sensor that is operable to capture radar data. The radar sensor includes a transmitter that transmits radio signals and a receiver that receives radio signals. The radar sensor is integrated into a seat body or a seatbelt of the vehicle. Electronic circuitry of an electronic control unit includes a data processor for processing sensor data captured by the...