04.26.21
IEE developed VitaSense Child Presence Detection to prevent hot car deaths.
In the US alone, 39 children die of vehicular heatstroke on average each year, IEE said.
VitaSense is a highly accurate and reliable radar system made to detect even the vital signs of sleeping newborns. When an unattended child is detected, the vehicle’s alarm and communications systems can alert caretakers or passers-by that a child is still present in the car, helping save lives.
VitaSense is a small sensing unit, easy to integrate behind the vehicle headliner without altering the interior design.
Based on radar technology (ideal for interior occupancy monitoring) it emits low-power radio signals and analyses reflections.
The slightest motions of an occupant influence the signals, allowing VitaSense to discriminate between a living being and an inanimate object.
When an unattended child is spotted, VitaSense feeds the info into the vehicle system to send out various alert notifications.
According to IEE, it is the world’s first interior radar sensing solution to detect at-risk unattended children.
The advanced sensing technology is based on extensive research and tests with universities and medical staff, according to IEE.
It detects the small movements of a sleeping new-born, even under blankets and independent of any child restraint system,
Various warnings can be triggered – flashing lights, sounds, smartphone messages, etc.