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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2000
Gary Steven Strumolo, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Margherita Zanini-Fisher, Bloomfield Township, MI (US);
Ronald Hugh Miller, Saline, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention disclosed is an apparatus for detecting a confined occupant in a confined space in a transportation vehicle. A transportation vehicle contains an apparatus for detecting a confined occupant in a confined space in a transportation vehicle including a minimum of one carbon dioxide sensor, a method for detecting a confined occupant in a confined space in a transportation vehicle and a computing means having an algorithm for detecting a confined occupant in a confined space based upon analysis of a carbon dioxide concentration measured in a confined space of a transportation vehicle.