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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2012
Applicants:
Laurent Lamesch, Reichlange, LU;
Laurent Federspiel, Canach, LU;
Inventors:
Laurent Lamesch, Reichlange, LU;
Laurent Federspiel, Canach, LU;
Assignee:
IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A., Luxembourg, LU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/16 (2006.01); B60N 2/56 (2006.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/015 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/002 (2013.01); B60N 2/5678 (2013.01); B60R 21/015 (2013.01);
Abstract
A capacitive occupant detection system comprises at least one sensing electrode to be arranged on the bottom side of a seat cushion, a seat heater like structure to be arranged on a top side of said seat cushion, and an evaluation unit operatively coupled to said at least one sensing electrode for determining a value representative of the capacitance between the at least one sensing electrode and the seat heater like structure.