Device and method for determining seat occupancy
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorYoung KIM
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Abstract
A device for determining seat occupancy includes a vibrator which is provided on a seat back of a vehicle seat and outputs a vibration signal, a detection unit that is provided on a seat bottom portion of the vehicle seat, receives the vibration signal transmitted through an object located on the vehicle seat, and generates a counting signal corresponding to the received vibration signal, and a processor that is configured to determine whether a vehicle occupant is seated on the vehicle seat by analyzing the counting signal.
Claims20
An apparatus for determining seat occupancy, the apparatus comprising:
- a vibrator which is provided on a seat back of a vehicle seat and outputs a vibration signal;
- a detection unit which is provided on a seat bottom portion of the vehicle seat, receives the vibration signal transmitted through an object located on the vehicle seat, and generates a counting signal corresponding to the received vibration signal;
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- a processor that is configured to determine whether a vehicle occupant is seated on the vehicle seat by analyzing the counting signal.
A method of determining seat occupancy, the method comprising:
- outputting, by a vibrator provided on a seat back of a vehicle seat, a vibration signal;
- receiving, by a detection unit provided on a seat bottom portion of the vehicle seat, the vibration signal transmitted through an object located on the vehicle seat;
- generating, by the detection unit, a counting signal corresponding to the vibration signal received by the detection unit;
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- determining, by a processor, whether a vehicle occupant is seated on the vehicle seat by analyzing the counting signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.