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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2009
David S. Breed, Boonton Township, Morris County, NJ (US);
Tie-qi Chen, Windsor, CA;
Ray Piirainen, Romeo, MI (US);
David S. Breed, Boonton Township, Morris County, NJ (US);
Tie-Qi Chen, Windsor, CA;
Ray Piirainen, Romeo, MI (US);
Automotive Technologies International, Inc., Denville, NJ (US);
Abstract
Method for controlling output of a classification algorithm which classifies an occupant of a seat in a vehicle in which a bladder or other type of weight sensor is arranged in a bottom cushion of the seat, data relating to the pressure exerted by the occupant on the bottom cushion is obtained from the weight sensor, the occupant is initially classified, a current classification is output using data from the weight sensor, the occupant is periodically re-classified using data from the weight sensor, and a classification change is allowed only upon obtaining evidence of a new classification which is greater than evidence of the current classification. The classification change may be enabled by determining a substantially consecutive period of time when the re-classification is unchanged and different from the current classification, and enabling the classification change upon when the consecutive period of time is greater than a threshold.