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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
Applicant:
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventor:
Franz Fürst, Buxheim, DE;
Assignee:
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/015 (2006.01); G01G 19/08 (2006.01); A47C 31/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/015 (2013.01); A47C 31/126 (2013.01); G01G 19/08 (2013.01); B60G 2400/61 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for detecting a weight of at least one occupant of a motor vehicle includes the steps of detecting a first load which acts on a chassis of the motor vehicle as first weight value at a time point prior to entering of the at least one occupant into the motor vehicle, detecting a second load which acts on the chassis as second weight value at a second time point after entering of the at least one occupant into the motor vehicle; and determining the weight of the at least one occupant by forming a difference between the first and second weight values.