VEHICLE TILT DETECTING APPARATUS AND SEAT LOAD DETECTING APPARATUS USING THE SAME
First Claim
1. A vehicle tilt detecting apparatus comprising:
- a load sensor provided at least one of supporting portions, at which a seat of a vehicle is supported, for detecting a load acts on the supporting portion to which the load sensor is provided;
a load detecting portion detecting a partial load value of the load placed on the seat on the basis of an output from the load sensor and outputting a detected load value;
a first interrelating portion indicates a relation between a detected load value of no-load, outputted when no-load is placed on the seat from the load detecting portion, and a front-rear tilt angle of the vehicle;
a unoccupied seat determining portion determining an unoccupied state, where no-load is placed on the seat, when the detected load value outputted from the load detecting portion is less than an unoccupied seat determining value; and
a front-rear tilt angle calculating portion calculating the front-rear tilt angle corresponding to the detected load value outputted from the load detecting portion, on the basis of the first interrelating portion, when the unoccupied seat determining portion determines the unoccupied state.
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Abstract
A vehicle tilt detecting apparatus includes a load sensor provided for detecting a load acts on a supporting portion, a load detecting portion detecting a partial load value of the load placed on the seat on the basis of an output from the load sensor and outputting a detected load value, first interrelating portion indicates a relation between a detected load value of no-load and a front-rear tilt angle of the vehicle, unoccupied seat determining portion determining an unoccupied state, where no-load is placed on the seat, when the detected load value outputted from the load detecting portion is less than an unoccupied seat determining value and front-rear tilt angle calculating portion calculating the front-rear tilt angle corresponding to the detected load value outputted from the load detecting portion, on the basis of the first interrelating portion, when the unoccupied seat determining portion determines the unoccupied state.
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1. A vehicle tilt detecting apparatus comprising:
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a load sensor provided at least one of supporting portions, at which a seat of a vehicle is supported, for detecting a load acts on the supporting portion to which the load sensor is provided; a load detecting portion detecting a partial load value of the load placed on the seat on the basis of an output from the load sensor and outputting a detected load value; a first interrelating portion indicates a relation between a detected load value of no-load, outputted when no-load is placed on the seat from the load detecting portion, and a front-rear tilt angle of the vehicle; a unoccupied seat determining portion determining an unoccupied state, where no-load is placed on the seat, when the detected load value outputted from the load detecting portion is less than an unoccupied seat determining value; and a front-rear tilt angle calculating portion calculating the front-rear tilt angle corresponding to the detected load value outputted from the load detecting portion, on the basis of the first interrelating portion, when the unoccupied seat determining portion determines the unoccupied state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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14. A vehicle tilt detecting apparatus comprising:
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load sensors provided at supporting portions at which a seat of a vehicle is supported for detecting a load acts on the supporting portion to which the load sensor is provided, the supporting portions being provided so as to be distant from each other in a vehicle width direction; a load detecting portion detecting a partial load value of the load placed on the seat on the basis of outputs from the load sensors and outputting a detected load value; a unoccupied seat determining portion determining an unoccupied state, where no-load is placed on the seat, when the detected load value outputted from the load detecting portion is less than an unoccupied seat determining value; a output difference calculating portion calculating an output difference between the outputs from the road sensors provided at a right side and a left side of the seat in a vehicle width direction; a second interrelating portion indicates a relation between the output difference, calculated when no-load is placed on the seat, and a right-left tilt angle of the vehicle; and a right-left tilt angle calculating portion calculating the right-left tilt angle corresponding to the output difference calculated by the output difference calculating portion, on the basis of the second interrelating portion, when the unoccupied seat determining portion determines the unoccupied state. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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