MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611052591 A) filed by Kbium Tech Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Jaipur, Rajasthan, on April 24, for 'a system and method for multi-sensor seat-belt usage detection and misuse prevention.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Kunal Jayprakash Borse; Kavita Kunal Borse; Gaurav Kumawat; Alekhya Meegada; and Kamalpreet Kaur.
The application for the patent was published on May 29, under issue no. 22/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure provides a system and method for multi-sensor seat-belt usage detection method with a selective activation of alert generation and vehicle ignition control for all the seats in a vehicle. The system (100) comprises a seat occupancy detection unit (101) configured to detect presence of an occupant on a vehicle seat, a belt engagement detection unit (102) configured to detect engagement of a seat belt with a buckle, and a belt position detection unit (103) configured to detect positioning of the seat belt relative to a seat back based on a predefined proximity threshold. A control unit (104) is configured to receive signals from units (101-103), determine seat occupancy, belt engagement, and belt positioning, and generate and transmit a control signal when the seat is occupied and at least one of the following conditions is detected: (i) the seat belt is not engaged with the buckle; or (ii) the seat belt is not positioned outside the predefined proximity threshold relative to the seat back. An alert generation unit (105) generates an alert, and an ignition control switch unit (106) selectively enables or disables vehicle ignition in response to receiving the control signal. The system is configurable in alert-only, ignition-control-only, and combined modes of operation, and is deployable as a retrofit module without reliance on camera-based or imageprocessing systems, to all the seats in a vehicle."
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