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Thickness measurement system and method for vehicle occupant detection

  • US 6,329,914 B1
  • Filed: 09/29/2000
  • Issued: 12/11/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/05/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A vehicle passenger detection system for sensing a characteristic of a passenger in a passenger seating area, the system comprising:

  • a vehicle seat having an outer surface adjacent to the passenger seating area;

    a first electrode connected with a first portion of the vehicle seat a first distance from the outer surface;

    a second electrode connected with the first portion of the vehicle seat at a second, different distance from the outer surface, the second electrode comprising a smaller area than the first electrode; and

    a compressible insulator between the first and second electrodes.

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