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US 2019/0100115 A1Published application
Systems and methods for vehicle seat occupancy detection
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorJon Larkins
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Abstract
Method and apparatus are disclosed for determining vehicle seat occupancy. An example vehicle includes a vehicle seat, an accelerometer coupled to the vehicle seat, and a restraint control module. The restraint control module is configured to determine a minute of arc measurement for the vehicle seat based on data received from the accelerometer, determine that the vehicle seat is occupied based on the minute of arc measurement, and provide an alert.
Claims19
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle seat;
- an accelerometer coupled to the vehicle seat;
- and
- a restraint control module configured to:
- determine a minute of arc measurement for the vehicle seat based on data received from the accelerometer;
- determine that the vehicle seat is occupied based on the minute of arc measurement;
- and
- provide an alert.
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A method for detecting vehicle seat occupancy comprising:
- determining, by a vehicle restraint control module, a minute of arc measurement based on data received from an accelerometer coupled to a vehicle seat;
- determining, by the vehicle restraint control module, that the vehicle seat is occupied based on the minute of arc measurement;
- and
- providing an alert indicating the vehicle seat is occupied.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.