Motor vehicle seat-occupancy-detection device
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1. Arrangement for controlling safety, comfort and seat functions with respect to seats of a vehicle, comprising:
- a plurality of sensors for detecting occupancy and loading of a vehicle seat, a separate such sensor being assigned to each of a plurality of respective seats of said vehicle;
first means for actuating seat functions for at least one vehicle seat in response to detected loading of said vehicle seat;
second means for actuating safety functions for said at least one vehicle seat in response to detected loading of such vehicle seat; and
third means for actuating comfort functions for said at least one vehicle seat in response to detected occupancy or nonoccupancy of said vehicle seat.
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Abstract
The invention provides a seat-occupancy-detection device in a motor vehicle, by means of which seat functions can be actuated dependent on the load acting on the seat, which device is configured such that it can be utilized and implemented in a more versatile manner. By using a data bus in the vehicle, which provides the functions connected to the data bus with items of information throughout the vehicle, the area around a seating position is automatically adapted based on seat occupancy.
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1. Arrangement for controlling safety, comfort and seat functions with respect to seats of a vehicle, comprising:
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a plurality of sensors for detecting occupancy and loading of a vehicle seat, a separate such sensor being assigned to each of a plurality of respective seats of said vehicle; first means for actuating seat functions for at least one vehicle seat in response to detected loading of said vehicle seat; second means for actuating safety functions for said at least one vehicle seat in response to detected loading of such vehicle seat; and third means for actuating comfort functions for said at least one vehicle seat in response to detected occupancy or nonoccupancy of said vehicle seat. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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