@article{VergnanoPelizzariGiorgiannietal.2025, author = {Vergnano, Alberto and Pelizzari, Alessandro and Giorgianni, Claudio and Kovanda, Jan and Zimmer, Alessandro and Lopes da Silva, Joed and Rezvanpour, Hamed and Leali, Francesco}, title = {Monitoring Occupant Posture Using a Standardized Sensor Interface with a Vehicle Seat}, volume = {9}, pages = {52}, journal = {Designs}, number = {2}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {2411-9660}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/designs9020052}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Car safety can be enhanced by enabling the Airbag Control Unit (ACU) to adaptively deploy different charges based on the occupant's position once the crash occurs. In this context, monitoring the occupant's position using a sensorized seat integrated with an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) offers a practical and cost-effective solution. However, certain challenges still need to be addressed. The adoption of sensorized seats in research and vehicle set-up is still under consideration. This study investigates an interface device that can be reconfigured to suit almost any seat model. This reconfigurability makes it easily adaptable to new vehicles under development and applicable to any passenger seat in the vehicle. This paper details the device's design, including its programming using calibration and monitoring features, which significantly improves its reliability compared to earlier prototypes. Extensive testing through real driving experiments with multiple participants demonstrated an accuracy range of 45-100\%. The testing involved both drivers and passengers, showcasing the device's ability to effectively monitor various in-car scenarios.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{PalandurkarChanSilvaetal.2023, author = {Palandurkar, Tanaya Viraj and Chan, Lap Yan and Silva, Joed Lopes Da and Zimmer, Alessandro and Schwarz, Ulrich}, title = {Driver's Chest Position Detection using FMCW Radar Data Collected in a Vehicle Mock-up and CNN}, booktitle = {2023 24th International Radar Symposium (IRS)}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {Piscataway}, isbn = {978-3-944976-34-1}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.23919/IRS57608.2023.10172421}, year = {2023}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{ChanZimmerLopesdaSilvaetal.2020, author = {Chan, Lap Yan and Zimmer, Alessandro and Lopes da Silva, Joed and Brandmeier, Thomas}, title = {European Union dataset and annotation tool for real time automatic license plate detection and blurring}, booktitle = {2020 IEEE 23rd International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC)}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {Piscataway}, isbn = {978-1-7281-4149-7}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC45102.2020.9294240}, year = {2020}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{LopesdaSilvaTabataCardosoBrotoetal.2020, author = {Lopes da Silva, Joed and Tabata, Alan Naoto and Cardoso Broto, Lucas and Pereira Cocron, Marta and Zimmer, Alessandro and Brandmeier, Thomas}, title = {Open Source Multipurpose Multimedia Annotation Tool}, booktitle = {Image Analysis and Recognition: 17th International Conference, ICIAR 2020, Proceedings, Part I}, editor = {Campilho, Aur{\´e}lio and Karray, Fakhri and Wang, Zhou}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-030-50346-8}, issn = {0302-9743}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50347-5_31}, pages = {356 -- 367}, year = {2020}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{TomalRibasPereiraCocronLopesDaSilvaetal.2021, author = {Tomal Ribas, Luis Gustavo and Pereira Cocron, Marta and Lopes Da Silva, Joed and Zimmer, Alessandro and Brandmeier, Thomas}, title = {In-Cabin vehicle synthetic data to test Deep Learning based human pose estimation models}, booktitle = {2021 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV)}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {Piscataway}, isbn = {978-1-7281-5394-0}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/IV48863.2021.9576020}, pages = {610 -- 615}, year = {2021}, language = {en} } @techreport{BalintSchindlerLoeffleretal.2021, author = {B{\´a}lint, Andr{\´a}s and Schindler, Ron and L{\"o}ffler, Christian and Wimmer, Peter and Kirschbichler, Stefan and Kolk, Harald and Klein, Christoph and Schories, Lars and Hay, Julian and Becker, Julian and Birkner, Christian and Lopes da Silva, Joed and Zimmer, Alessandro and Mensa, Gen{\´i}s and Parera, N{\´u}ria and Rokova, Simona and Castells, Jacint and Lorente Mallada, Jorge and Nikolaou, Stella and Vogl, Carina and Stoll, Johann}, title = {D5.2 Safety impact assessment - intermediate report}, url = {https://www.safe-up.eu/resources}, pages = {56}, year = {2021}, language = {en} }