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Occupant detecting apparatus capable of improving detection accuracy

  • US 20020038947A1
  • Filed: 09/26/2001
  • Published: 04/04/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An occupant detecting apparatus for detecting an occupant seated on a passenger seat of a vehicle with an airbag for said occupant, comprising:

  • a load sensor provided in a bottom part of said seat;

    a plurality of first electric field sensors provided in the bottom part of said seat;

    a plurality of second electric field sensors provided in a rear part of said seat; and

    an airbag inflating permission control unit, connected to said load sensor and said first and second electric field sensors, for permitting inflation of said airbag in accordance with output signals of said load sensor and said first and second electric field sensors.

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