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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2018
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-shi, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Yoshihiro Mizokawa, Chiryu, JP;
Keiichi Yanai, Anjo, JP;
Atsushi Kobayashi, Nagoya, JP;
Keiichi Kondo, Chiryu, JP;
Shunsuke Nagai, Toyota, JP;
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kariya-shi, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A seat occupancy sensor includes: a first sensor group having a plurality of first sensor cells that are arrayed in a front-rear direction of a seat and become conductive as a load is applied thereto; a second sensor group having a plurality of second sensor cells that are arrayed in the front-rear direction, farther on a front side of the seat and closer to an end of the seat in a width direction than the first sensor group, and that become conductive as a load is applied thereto; and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit determines that someone is sitting on the seat when both of at least one of the first sensor cells and at least one of the second sensor cells become conductive.