Zf Active Safety and Electronics US LLC

Trw Automotive U.S. LLC

Raymond David

Chek-Peng Foo

Huahn-Fern Yeh

Paul Leo Sumner

Kevin Daniel Weiss

Lila Ghannam

Meng-Fu Tsai

Harshad Dharmatti

A method for determining an occupant class for a vehicle seat includes obtaining, via first and second seat weight sensors, first and second seat weight indications for the vehicle seat. The first seat weight sensor is located on the lateral side of the vehicle seat at a front location on the vehicle seat. The second seat weight sensor is located on the lateral side of the vehicle seat at a rear location on the vehicle seat. The method also includes obtaining a vehicle acceleration value from a vehicle acceleration sensor. The method also includes determining a raw weight on the vehicle seat as twice the sum of the first and second seat weight indications, and determining a filtered weight based on the raw weight. The method further includes determining the occupant class based on the filtered weight in response to the vehicle acceleration value being less than a predetermined value.

System, method, and apparatus for classifying an occupant of a vehicle seat

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Dearborn Heights, MI, United States of America

Raymond David