| CPC B60W 40/08 (2013.01) [B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); G01S 13/04 (2013.01); G01S 13/88 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0881 (2013.01)] | 6 Claims |
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1. A vehicle-interior monitoring apparatus for a vehicle, the vehicle-interior monitoring apparatus comprising:
a millimeter-wave sensor configured to output a millimeter radio wave toward a vehicle cabin of the vehicle and detect a millimeter reflection wave from an in-vehicle object comprising either one of an occupant in the vehicle cabin of the vehicle and baggage in the vehicle cabin of the vehicle;
a movement sensor configured to detect movement of the vehicle; and
a determiner processor configured to:
determine a type of the in-vehicle object in the vehicle cabin of the vehicle based on a detection level of the millimeter reflection wave detected by the millimeter-wave sensor;
in response to determining that the movement sensor detects the movement of the vehicle and the determined type of the in-vehicle object is either the baggage or a child, assess change in position of the in-vehicle object based on the millimeter reflection wave detected by the millimeter-wave sensor; and
based on the assessed change in position of the in-vehicle object, re-determine whether the type of the in-vehicle object is either the baggage or the child.
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