US Patent 7567184 Method for establishing the occupation of a vehicle seat

Patent 7567184 was granted and assigned to BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT on July, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

75671840

Patent Inventor Names

Volkmar Betz0

Thomas Stifter0

Date of Patent

July 28, 2009

Patent Application Number

109648090

Date Filed

October 15, 2004

Patent Primary Examiner

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Davetta W. Goins

Patent abstract

The invention relates to a method for differentiating between people and other objects on vehicle seats, by recording and evaluating the pressure distribution caused on the seat by said people and objects, the mean deviation of the signal at a certain position in relation to the mean signal of the adjacent region enabling the differentiation between people and other objects to be made. The invention is advantageous in that only few criteria are required and the criteria are not bound to any specific sensor structures (metrical, discrete etc.). Furthermore, where required, the individual criteria need only be combined in a simple manner.