Child Presence Detection: Child Presence Detection fulfils NCAP criteria

Cars are made of metal and synthetic or leather materials that attract heat and store it within themselves. As a result, the temperature in the passenger compartment can rise quickly and create an unsafe environment for all occupants, especially for children. Babies cannot regulate their body temperature in the same way as adults do and are therefore more susceptible to the effects of heat. The result is that every year children die from heatstroke. A state of affairs that is unacceptable: We have therefore carried out tests with children and trained AI with many different scenarios so that Child Presence Detection is highly reliable in the vehicle interior. Using vital signs such as breathing rate and movement patterns of the vehicle occupants, UWB anchors in the vehicle recognise whether children or infants have been left unattended in the vehicle. If this is the case, the system warns the parent or guardian after just a few seconds by triggering an alarm on the person’s mobile device.

The implementation of the "Child Presence Detection" feature is very straightforward: the UWB anchors of the Smart Car Access system already present in the vehicle can be simply used to implement the Child Presence Detection function. The function can therefore be installed in the latest product generation via a software update without the need for additional hardware, as is the case with other solutions. The advantage: material, logistics and integration costs can all be significantly reduced as can CO2 emissions.