Vehicle interior and exterior monitoring

Abstract

A LIDAR sensor is mountable to a vehicle exterior with a field of view including a vehicle interior view first portion and a vehicle exterior view first portion. Data can be received from the LIDAR sensor. A state of a vehicle occupant can be determined based at least in part on data from the LIDAR sensor.

1 . A system comprising:
 a LIDAR sensor mountable to a vehicle exterior with a field of view including a vehicle interior view first portion and a vehicle exterior view first portion.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the LIDAR sensor includes a light transmitter and a light receiver, the light transmitter arranged to transmit light to, and the light receiver arranged to receive reflected light from, each of the vehicle interior view first portion and the vehicle exterior view first portion. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising a vehicle body having a pillar, wherein the LIDAR sensor is mounted to the pillar. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising an exterior side mirror holder, wherein the LIDAR sensor is mounted to the exterior side mirror holder. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising a second LIDAR sensor mounted to the vehicle exterior and having a vehicle interior view second portion and a vehicle exterior view second portion. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein at least one of (a) the vehicle interior view first portion and the vehicle interior view second portion have no overlap and (b) the vehicle exterior view first portion and the vehicle exterior view second portion have no overlap. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising a controller including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor, including instructions to:
 receive data from the first LIDAR sensor mountable to the vehicle exterior with the field of view including the vehicle interior view first portion and the vehicle exterior view first portion; and   determine a state of a vehicle occupant based at least in part on data from the first LIDAR sensor.   
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 7 , the instructions further including instructions to:
 receive data from a second LIDAR sensor mountable to the vehicle exterior with a second field of view including a vehicle interior view second portion and a vehicle exterior view second portion; and   use the data from the second LIDAR sensor to determine a vehicle occupant state.   
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 7 , the instructions further including instructions to generate a three dimensional model of the vehicle occupant. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the processor is further programmed to determine a number of occupants in a vehicle interior. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 7 , the instructions further including instructions to:
 determine that the vehicle occupant is in an unexpected state; and   perform an action to bring the vehicle occupant from the unexpected state to an expected state.   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the action includes actuating a haptic module. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the processor is further programmed to use the data to create a three dimensional model of an area surrounding the vehicle exterior. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the three dimensional model includes data indicating at least one of distance and size of an object in the area surrounding the vehicle exterior. 
     
     
         15 - 20 . (canceled)