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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1999
Mohannad F. Murad, Royal Oak, MI (US);
James C. Lotito, Warren, MI (US);
Edward Burley, Troy, MI (US);
Joseph F. Mazur, Washington, MI (US);
Brian K. Blackburn, Rochester, MI (US);
Scott B. Gentry, Romeo, MI (US);
Breed Automotive Technology, Inc., Lakeland, FL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method of determining and tracking the position of a main target (an occupant) and secondary targets, comprising the steps of: transmitting a signal T,, of determinable period toward the location of the occupant, generating and storing a first index of data indicative of the time any received signal exceeds a determinable threshold; separating the data within the first index into definable data groups indicative of individual received signals representing potential targets; determining, in relation to each transmitted signal T,, a common group time of receipt T,for each data group; correlating the group time of receipt to the position of the main target and secondary targets occupant.