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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/00 (2006.01); G01V 3/08 (2006.01); B60R 16/023 (2006.01); B60R 21/015 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/002 (2013.01); B60R 16/023 (2013.01); B60R 21/015 (2013.01); G01V 3/088 (2013.01); B60R 21/01512 (2014.10); B60R 21/01532 (2014.10);
Abstract
A vehicle seating assembly comprises a seat including a back having an array of at least two electrodes arranged in the back such that a master electrode has an electric field being greater than an electric field of each of the other electrodes within the array to detect a total change in capacitance from the array. A controller is responsive to a change in capacitance calculated from the master electrode being greater than a first threshold and each of the other electrodes in the array being greater than a second threshold and outputs occupant movement data indicative of a first status of the seat to a vehicle control sub-system.