A method for controlling a deployable component in a vehicle, comprising the steps of:</claim-text> measuring at least one morphological characteristic of an occupant; obtaining a current position of at least a part of a seat on which the occupant is ted; and controlling the component based on the at least one measured morphological characteristic of the occupant and the current position of the seat, the step of controlling the component comprising the step of suppressing deployment of the component based on the at least one measured morphological characteristic of the occupant and the current position of the seat. view more

The method of claim 14, wherein the step of obtaining a current position of at least a part of the seat comprises the step of obtaining the current position of a bottom portion of the seat.

The method of claim 14, wherein the step of measuring the at least one morphological characteristic comprises the step of arranging a weight sensor in connection with the seat such that the at least one morphological characteristic is the weight of the occupant. view more

A method for controlling at least one part of the vehicle comprising the steps of mounting a plurality of sensor systems at different locations on the vehicle;</claim-text> measuring a state of the sensor system or a state of the respective mounting ion of the sensor system; diagnosing the state of the vehicle based on the measurements of the state of the sensor systems or the state of the mounting locations of the sensor systems, and controlling the at least one part based at least in part on the diagnosed state of the vehicle. view more

The method of claim 19, wherein the at least one part is an occupant restraint device, the step of controlling the at least one part comprising the steps of controlling the system in an attempt to minimize injury to an occupant in the event of a crash. view more

The method of claim 25, wherein the at least one part is an occupant restraint device, further comprising the step of forecasting the severity of the impact using the force/crush properties of the vehicle at the impact location, the step of controlling the at least one part comprising the step of controlling the occupant restraint device based at least in part on the severity of the impact. view more

The method of claim 19, wherein the at least one part is an occupant restraint device, further comprising the step of sensing the weight of an occupying item of a seat of the vehicle, the step of controlling the at least one part comprising the step of controlling the occupant restraint device based at least in part on the weight of the occupying item of the scat. view more

The method of claim 19, further comprising the step of displaying an indication of the state of the vehicle.

In a motor vehicle, a control system for controlling at least one part of the vehicle comprising:</claim-text> a plurality of sensor systems mounted on the vehicle, each of said sensor systems providing a measurement of a state of said sensor system state of the mounting location of said sensor system and generating a signal representative of the measurement; and a pattern recognition system for receiving the signals from said sensor systems and diagnosing the state of the vehicle based on the measurements of said sensor systems, said pattern recognition system being arranged to generate a control signal for controlling the at least one part based at least in part on the diagnosed state of the vehicle. view more

A method for controlling at least one part of the vehicle, comprising the steps of:</claim-text> mounting a plurality of sensor systems on the vehicle; measuring a state of the sensor system or a state of the respective mounting location of the r system; generating signals representative of the measurements of the sensor systems; inputting the signals into a pattern recognition system to obtain a diagnosis of the state of the vehicle; and controlling the at least one part based at least in part on the diagnosis of the state of the vehicle. view more