Autonomous Dashboard-Mounted In-Cabin Thermal, Acoustic, and Kinetic Sentry System with Direct Emergency Services Escalation
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: Current automotive occupant detection relies heavily on pressure-sensitive weight sensors embedded within vehicle seats. These systems suffer from fatal limitations: they fail to detect occupants who crawl onto floorboards, are located between seats, or are positioned outside the direct sensor footprint. Furthermore, existing systems do not offer an active, post-locking autonomous sentinel mode that bridges the gap between local vehicle detection and external municipal emergency response (911), leaving trapped occupants entirely dependent on passive bystander intervention.
Source: Figshare
Author: Lode Loyens
Language: English
Subfield: Automotive Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7225642715
Cites:
Cited by:
Related to: