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Technology and methods of on-board vehicle occupant accurate weighing by a simplified weighing apparatus based on weighing moderator and its applications in on-board occupant weighing systems

  • US 10,525,849 B2
  • Filed: 03/27/2019
  • Issued: 01/07/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2013
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of weighing a person sitting in a seat of a vehicle, comprising:

  • applying a force in a first horizontal direction of a predetermined value with respect to a substantially vertical surface of an object that is a predetermined distance away from a weighing unit operatively coupled to the seat of the vehicle, wherein application of the force in the horizontal direction does not change a weight measurement of the person recorded by the weighing unit when the person is applying the force in the horizontal direction to the vertical surface;

    compressing in a second horizontal frontal direction at least one of a plurality of switches, located above a waist of the person and located on a substantially vertical part of the vehicle; and

    lifting feet of the person above a floor of the vehicle during weight measurement of the person; and

    signaling a result of the weight measurement to an on-board computing and control unit of the vehicle when the feet of the person are above the floor of the vehicle and one of the plurality of switches is compressed.

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