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OCCUPANT DETECTION METHOD AND OCCUPANT DETECTION APPARATUS

  • US 20170232868A1
  • Filed: 12/14/2016
  • Published: 08/17/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2016
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An occupant detection method comprising:

  • detecting a load acting on a seat for a vehicle with use of a load sensor provided at the seat;

    monitoring a seating sensor output outputted from a seating sensor forming a detection region at the seat; and

    determining that a child occupant is seated at a child restraint seat installed at the seat when a detection value of the load sensor is equal to or larger than a minimum value determining that an adult occupant is seated at the seat and equal to or smaller than a maximum value determining that the child occupant is seated at the child restraint seat, in a case where the seating sensor output indicates a state in which a seating load of an occupant is not applied to the detection region, the seating load corresponding to a load of the occupant while the occupant is seated.

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