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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2000
Michelle R. Schaffran, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Dale W. McKim, Howell, MI (US);
Stephen R. W. Cooper, Fowlerville, MI (US);
Edward J. Gillis, South Lyon, MI (US);
TRW Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus ( ) determines a vehicle occupant location characteristic. The apparatus ( ) includes at least one sensor (e.g., ) for echo ranging at first and second ultrasonic frequencies. A timer function portion ( ) of a microcomputer ( ) determines a time-of-flight for each frequency signal. The microcomputer ( ) determines the occupant location characteristic using at least one of the determined times-of-flight.
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