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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
May. 03, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 2/800 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 2/800 ;
Abstract
An occupant judging apparatus for a vehicle seat includes a load sensor assembled to a seat body, a controller for calculating a detected load value based upon an output load value of the load sensor and for performing an occupant judgment based upon a difference between the detected load value and a predetermined judging threshold value, and human body detecting means for detecting a human body approximately in contact with the seat body. The controller controls the occupant judgment based upon the detected load value and the predetermined judging threshold value in response to the detecting status of the human body by the human body detector.