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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edward J. Gillis, South Lyon, MI (US);
Assignee:
TRW Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/132 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/132 ;
Abstract
A system ( ) and method determine a vehicle occupant characteristic. A plurality of sensors ( ) sense a parameter and output a parameter indicative signal. The sensors ( ) are arranged in a plurality of groups (e.g., A-F), with each sensor of a group sensing a similar parameter value. A controller ( ) utilizing only a portion of the sensors within each group to make a determination regarding the occupant characteristic.