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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Iee International Electronics & Engineering S.a., Echternach, LU;
Inventors:
Michael Pütz, Trier, DE;
Oliver Lion, Merzig, DE;
Assignee:
IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A., Echternach, LU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/015 (2006.01); A47C 7/74 (2006.01); G01R 31/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/56 (2006.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01); G01R 19/165 (2006.01); G01R 31/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/0154 (2014.10); A47C 7/748 (2013.01); B60N 2/002 (2013.01); B60N 2/5685 (2013.01); B60R 21/01532 (2014.10); G01R 19/16528 (2013.01); G01R 31/006 (2013.01); G01R 31/024 (2013.01); B60N 2002/0272 (2013.01);
Abstract
A capacitive detection system for detecting occupancy of a vehicle seat includes a signal generating unit and a signal evaluation unit. The vehicle seat has a seat heater member configured for receiving time-varying output signals of the signal generating unit. The signal evaluation unit is configured to generate an output signal that is indicative of the seat heater member to be defective, if the sensed capacitance of the seat heater member is less than a second predetermined threshold value for the sensed capacitance.