US 11,776,332 B2
In-vehicle sensing module for monitoring a vehicle
Philip Ventimiglia, Northville, MI (US); Krisztian Bakos, Redondo Beach, CA (US); Karl Holodnick, Northville, MI (US); Russell Watts, Ann Arbor, MI (US); George Lewis, Brighton, MI (US); and Stefan Weissert, Royal Oak, MI (US)
Assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed by Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/116,165.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/952,623, filed on Dec. 23, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/952,618, filed on Dec. 23, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/952,568, filed on Dec. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0190516 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
Int. Cl. B60R 11/04 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); G07C 5/02 (2006.01); G01S 19/13 (2010.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01P 15/14 (2013.01); G01V 8/10 (2006.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 67/1097 (2022.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC G07C 5/085 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3438 (2013.01); G01C 21/3484 (2013.01); G01N 33/0031 (2013.01); G01N 33/0047 (2013.01); G01P 15/14 (2013.01); G01S 19/13 (2013.01); G01V 8/10 (2013.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); G07C 5/02 (2013.01); H04L 12/1895 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0003 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0026 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensing module for monitoring a cabin of a vehicle, comprising:
an environmental sensor configured to sense organic compounds in ambient air of the cabin;
a particle sensor configured to detect particulate matter in the ambient air of the cabin;
a controller operably connected to the environmental sensor and the particle sensor and configured to receive sensor signals from the environmental sensor and the particle sensor and to transmit data to a remote server via the Internet;
a housing configured to mount to a windshield of said vehicle, the housing supporting the environmental sensor, the particle sensor, and the controller, wherein the housing defines a substantially enclosed interior space in which the environmental sensor, the particle sensor, and the controller are arranged; and
a printed circuit board (PCB) supported in the housing and which operably connects the controller, the environmental sensor, and the particle sensor to one another,
wherein the controller and the environmental sensor are arranged on the printed circuit board.