Seat location identification system for vehicles with removable seats

A system comprising:

• a receiver configured to receive data indicating a location of one or more seats in a vehicle;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• operate an occupant restraint system for the one or more seats using a first set of parameters when the data indicates that a first seat is installed at a first location in the vehicle;
• and
• operate the occupant restraint system for the first seat using a second set of parameters when the data indicates that the first seat is removed from the first location and is installed at a second location of a second seat in the vehicle, the second seat being different than the first seat, and the second location being different than the first location.

A system comprising:

• a first device integrated with a first seat in a vehicle, wherein the first device is configured to store first data identifying the first seat;
• a first sensor arranged proximate to a first location in the vehicle, wherein the first sensor is configured to communicate with the first device and to sense the first data from the first device when the first seat is at the first location in the vehicle;
• and
• a controller configured to receive the first data from the first sensor, determine that the first seat is at the first location based on receiving the first data from the first sensor, and operate an occupant restraint system for the first seat based on determining that the first seat is at the first location.

A method comprising:

• providing a first seat and a second seat in a vehicle;
• mounting the first seat at a first location within the vehicle;
• sensing the first seat in the first location;
• controlling an occupant restraint system of the vehicle in a first manner when the first seat is in the first location in the vehicle;
• removing the first seat from the first location;
• mounting the second seat at the first location within the vehicle;
• sensing the second seat in the first location;
• and
• controlling the occupant restraint system of the vehicle in a second manner when the second seat is in the first location in the vehicle, the second manner being different than the first manner.