PRIAUTO has introduced its advanced Child Presence Detection CPD Target, a high-fidelity test surrogate developed to support the evaluation, calibration, and validation of in-cabin child presence detection systems across a wide range of real-world scenarios and sensor technologies.

As vehicle safety regulations and consumer assessment programs place increasing emphasis on preventing children from being left unattended in vehicles, CPD systems are becoming a critical component of intelligent cabin safety. However, reliable system validation requires more than a single static dummy or simplified test object. Real children may appear in different postures, seating positions, covered conditions, and cabin locations. To address this challenge, PRIAUTO has developed a CPD target that can reproduce diverse child-like physical, physiological, visual, and thermal characteristics for comprehensive testing.

The PRIAUTO CPD target is designed to adapt to multiple typical and challenging cabin scenarios, including:

This multi-scenario adaptability enables OEMs, testing laboratories, research institutes, and sensor developers to evaluate whether a CPD system can detect a child not only in standard seating conditions, but also in hidden, low-reflection, partially occluded, or unusual postures.

The PRIAUTO CPD target is engineered to support a broad range of in-cabin sensing solutions, including:

Beyond geometric similarity, the target can support simulation of key human-like features relevant to CPD detection, including breathing motion, heartbeat-related micro-motion, body thermal radiation characteristics, eye blinking, and visual child-like appearance features. These capabilities help bridge the gap between simple physical surrogates and real human-child responses in complex cabin environments.

With increasing global attention on child safety inside vehicles, CPD validation is moving toward more demanding and standardized testing. Sensor systems must detect children accurately under different postures, coverings, cabin layouts, and environmental conditions. PRIAUTO’s CPD target provides a flexible and repeatable test platform for both regulatory-oriented evaluation and product development.

The target can be used for:

By combining realistic child body characteristics, controllable physiological motion, multi-posture adaptability, and compatibility with radar, UWB, Wi-Fi, vision, and thermal sensing technologies, the PRIAUTO CPD target provides a practical and forward-looking solution for intelligent cabin safety validation.

PRIAUTO will continue to support the development of safer intelligent vehicles by providing advanced test targets and validation tools for active safety, intelligent driving, and in-cabin monitoring systems.