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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philip W Kithil, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Michael H Barron, Santa Fe, NM (US);
William C McIntosh, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Safety Concepts, Inc., Santa Fe, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01G / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
701 45 ; 365149 ; 257295 ; 340562 ; 324688 ;
Abstract
A roof-mounted passenger position sensor array of capacitive coupling passenger position sensors, to determine position and motion of a passenger by analysis of distances of the passenger to the various sensors of the array and analysis of the changes of said distances with time.