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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2007
Claude Launay, Champigny, FR;
Tomoaki Hirai, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Joaquim Da Silva, Sennely, FR;
Florent Voisin, Guillerval, FR;
Takanori Ninomiya, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shunji Maeda, Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Claude Launay, Champigny, FR;
Tomoaki Hirai, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Joaquim Da Silva, Sennely, FR;
Florent Voisin, Guillerval, FR;
Takanori Ninomiya, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shunji Maeda, Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Hitachi Computer Products (Europe) S.A.S., Olivet, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for discriminating the morphology of a passenger seating in an automotive seat, comprising the steps of i) providing a set of a plurality of capacitive sensors () covering substantially a transversal cross section of a seat, ii) collecting the outputs of said plurality of capacitive sensors () provided on the seat, iii) determining the morphology of a target () facing the seat on the basis of measured distance separating the target () from the sensors () and measured surface of the sensors () covered by the target (), from said outputs, and iv) comparing the determined morphology with at least a reference so as to classify the determined morphology between a plurality of reference ones.