Automotive Occupant Detection System Market Research, Industry Trends, Supply, Sales, Demands, Analysis And Insights

Automotive Occupant Detection System Market: Introduction

Increase in demand for passenger safety in an automobiles is anticipated to propel the global automotive occupant detection system market. Occupant or passenger safety and protection are of key importance while designing a vehicle. The design and function of an occupant detection system aims to detect the presence of an occupant in the vehicle. The occupant detection system coupled with occupant position sensors and occupant classification system can detect the presence of a child occupant in the rear seat in order to enable or disable vehicle safety features including airbags and inflatable seat belts.
The occupant detection system comprises several sensors including infrared sensors and ultrasonic sensors that senses motion, distance, and body thermal properties of an occupant. These sensors collect data regarding the presence of an occupant and subsequently, transmit this data to the electronic control unit (ECU), which either activates or deactivates the actuators responsible for deploying occupant protection system.

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Key drivers of global automotive occupant detection system market

Increasingly stringent regulations pertaining to passenger safety are anticipated to prompt automakers to implement passenger and driver safety technologies including occupant classifications systems, occupant detection systems, and occupant protections systems in their vehicles. This, in turn, is propelling the global automotive occupant detection system market. These systems detect a passenger and deploy safety systems such as airbags or seatbelt retractors in case of a vehicle crash.
Increasing demand to reduce fatalities in vehicle crashes is expected to drive the global market for automotive occupant detection systems. The death toll in vehicle crashes, in 2018, was registered to be 1.35 million, globally. Efficient deployment of an airbag coupled with seatbelt can reduce the risk of receiving a fatal injury by 45% for front seat passenger and by 73% for rear seat passengers. Therefore, an occupant detection system, which is responsible for activating the deployment of airbags in a vehicle, plays a major role in enhancing occupant safety.

Failure of electronic components to hamper global automotive occupant detection system market

An occupant protection system comprises infrared sensors, motion detector, and an electronic control unit besides other electronic components. Irregular vehicle checkup and maintenance may cause early malfunction of these components.
Function of infrared sensors and ultrasonic sensors is affected by the weather and surrounding conditions. This is likely to provide erroneous input information to the ECU, which may result in delay or failure to deploy vehicle safety systems. This possibility of malfunction of sensors is likely to hamper the global automotive occupant detection system market