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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2010
Mutsuro Aoyama, Nagoya, JP;
Hideki Kawabata, Chita-gun, JP;
Muneto Inayoshi, Nagoya, JP;
Kan Ichihara, Kariya, JP;
Kazumasa Seo, Nisshin, JP;
Isao Honda, Anjo, JP;
Takeshi Kuwabara, Gifu, JP;
Hiroyuki Fujii, Kariya, JP;
Mutsuro Aoyama, Nagoya, JP;
Hideki Kawabata, Chita-gun, JP;
Muneto Inayoshi, Nagoya, JP;
Kan Ichihara, Kariya, JP;
Kazumasa Seo, Nisshin, JP;
Isao Honda, Anjo, JP;
Takeshi Kuwabara, Gifu, JP;
Hiroyuki Fujii, Kariya, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for determining a seat occupancy includes a load detecting portion provided between one of a front portion and a rear portion of a seating portion of a seat for a vehicle that includes a lifting function for changing a height position of the seating portion relative to a floor for the vehicle, the seat including a seat back at the rear portion of the seating portion of the seat, the load detecting portion detecting a seating load applied to the seating portion, and a seat occupancy determining portion comparing the seating load detected by the load detecting portion with a predetermined threshold value and determining a seat occupancy state of the seat, the seat occupancy determining portion changing the threshold value based on the height position of the seating portion.