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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2018
Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition Llc, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
David Wilson, Clarkston, MI (US);
Phillip Maguire, Bloomfield Township, MI (US);
Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLC, Auburn Hills, MN (US);
Abstract
A system for detecting the presence of an occupant of a seat. The system includes a sensing mat that includes an upper conducting layer and a lower conducting layer. At least one of the conducting layers comprises a printed electronic circuit separated into conductive zones by at least one resistive zone. The mat also includes a plurality of sensing zones and each of the sensing zones include a conductive zone from the upper conducting layer and a conductive zone from the lower conducting layer. Each of the conducting layers are connected to a controller configured to detect a change in capacitance of each of the sensing zones resulting from a change in distance between the upper conducting layer and the lower conducting layer. The controller is connected to a vehicle network and is configured to provide data to the network that indicates the absence or presence of the occupant.