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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2000
Hiroyo Okamura, Yokohama, JP;
Naobumi Kuboki, Yokohama, JP;
Takayuki Enomoto, Yokohama, JP;
Shoichi Negami, Hiratsuka, JP;
Kyosuke Hashimoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A passenger detecting apparatus determines the presence of a passenger or an object, such as a child seat, in a seat unit, estimates the weight of the passenger or determines the build of the passenger, thereby improving the usability of peripheral devices of a seat. The passenger detecting apparatus has a dielectric sensor ( ) and a pressure-sensitive sensor ( ) in a seat cushion ( ) and detects the presence of a passenger or an object on a seat based on their outputs, or has a dielectric sensor and a pressure-sensitive sensor in the seat cushion and a dielectric sensor ( ) in the back rest and an angle sensor ( ) for detecting an angle defined by the seat cushion and the back rest and determines the build of a passenger based on their outputs.