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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2004
Katsu Hattori, Nagoya, JP;
Yukihiro Yamamoto, Kariya, JP;
Koji Ito, Ama-gun, JP;
Yasuaki Hiraki, Nisshin, JP;
Katsu Hattori, Nagoya, JP;
Yukihiro Yamamoto, Kariya, JP;
Koji Ito, Ama-gun, JP;
Yasuaki Hiraki, Nisshin, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A seating detector comprises a plurality of cells provided at a seating surface to be defined by rows and columns for detecting partial loads, an unevenness calculating means for calculating the number of cells when a partial pressure detected at the each cell is larger than a partial pressure detected at one abutting cell positioned next to the cell at one side thereof and a partial pressure detected at the other abutting cell positioned next to the cell at the other side thereof, or when a partial pressure detected at the each cell is smaller than a partial pressure detected at one abutting cell positioned next to the cell at one side thereof and a partial pressure detected at the other abutting cell positioned next to the cell at the other side thereof, and a determining means for determining that the seat is occupied by a child restraint system based on a comparison between the number of the cells and a threshold.