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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2000
Tetsuya Takafuji, Anjo, JP;
Tomoji Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a seated person determination apparatus for a vehicle seat that accurately differentiates the type of person seated, or differentiates a person seated from an object such as a child seat. This is accomplished by utilizing the shape of the standard surface distribution of the load that simulates the shape of contact surface formed between the human buttocks and the surface of seat pad. Specifically, the present invention provides a seat sensor composed of the plurality of sensor portions placed in a seat pad of a vehicle seat distributed in a plane parallel with the surface of the seat. The load exerted on the surface of the seat by a person seated or an object placed on the seat is detected by the plurality of sensor portions of the seat sensor located in corresponding position.