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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2004
Katsu Hattori, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toshiro Maeda, Anjo, JP;
Yasuaki Hiraki, Nisshin, JP;
Yukihiro Yamamoto, Kariya, JP;
Katsu Hattori, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toshiro Maeda, Anjo, JP;
Yasuaki Hiraki, Nisshin, JP;
Yukihiro Yamamoto, Kariya, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
An occupant detecting device comprises plural cells provided at a seating part of a vehicle seat and defined by an array of rows in a width direction of the vehicle seat and columns in a cross direction of the vehicle seat for detecting partial pressures of the seating part, a total pressure value calculating means for obtaining a total pressure value by summing up the detected partial pressures, a determining means for determining a condition of the vehicle seat on which an adult passenger is sitting based on a comparison result between the obtained total pressure value and a determining value threshold, a temperature sensor for detecting temperature, and a correcting means for correcting at least one of either the total pressure value calculated based on the detected temperature or the determining value threshold.