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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Otman Adam Basir, Kitchener, CA;
Fakhreddine Karray, Waterloo, CA;
Vladimir Filippov, Kitchener, CA;
Assignee:
Intelligent Mechantronic Systems, Inc., Waterloo, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 2/726 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 2/726 ;
Abstract
A vehicle occupant proximity sensor includes a transmitting electrode in a vehicle seat and an array of receiving electrodes mounted in the vehicle seat. The sensor determines the capacitance at each of the receiving electrodes, which varies based upon the proximity of the occupant to each receiving electrode, thus producing an array of proximity information indicating in two dimensions the position of the occupant.