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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2004
Klaus Hofbeck, Neumarkt, DE;
Thomas Klement, Regensburg, DE;
Birgit Rösel, Regensburg, DE;
Arnd Stielow, Regensburg, DE;
Klaus Hofbeck, Neumarkt, DE;
Thomas Klement, Regensburg, DE;
Birgit Rösel, Regensburg, DE;
Arnd Stielow, Regensburg, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
The position and the weight of a person, in particular a person on a motor vehicle seat, is determined. Reflectors are used to reflect electromagnetic radiation from a transceiver. The attenuation of the sensor reflector radiation enables a report on the seat position of a person in the radiation path. An antenna of each sensor reflector is connected to an electrical load assigned thereto, which is dependent on the weight of the person acting upon it. Depending on this weight, weight information about the person is superimposed by the load onto the reflected sensor reflector signal. The reflected sensor reflector signal is received by the transceiver and fed to the evaluation unit after a signal pre-processing, which enables the weight information of the person to be evaluated.