Beyond Child Presence Detection: The Rise of Multistatic UWB in the Intelligent Cabin
Ultra-wideband (UWB) technology is evolving rapidly from a secure digital key solution into one of the automotive industry’s most promising sensing technologies.
By enabling accurate occupant detection, vital-sign monitoring and child presence detection without relying on cameras, multistatic UWB offers a privacy-preserving approach to in-cabin intelligence. We spoke with Yaohui Liu, EMEA FAE & Marketing Manager at Calterah, about how synchronized multistatic UWB is improving resolution and reliability, the role of the emerging IEEE 802.15.4ab standard, and the technical and regulatory challenges that still stand between today’s prototypes and large-scale automotive deployment.