Dual electrode occupant detection system and method

A dual-electrode occupant (12) detection system (10) configured to determine an occupant (12) presence on a seat assembly (32). The system (10) includes two electrodes (20, 28) that each generates an electric field in response to an applied excitation signal (50). The two electrode signals arising t...

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Main Authors Fortune, Duane D, Kincaid, Kevin D, Constable, Robert K, Murphy, Morgan D
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 23.10.2019
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PERFORMING OPERATIONS
SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
TRANSPORTING
VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR
VEHICLES IN GENERAL
VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR
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Summary:A dual-electrode occupant (12) detection system (10) configured to determine an occupant (12) presence on a seat assembly (32). The system (10) includes two electrodes (20, 28) that each generates an electric field in response to an applied excitation signal (50). The two electrode signals arising therefrom can be measured individually and/or combined to detect more reliably an occupant (12). Such a configuration advantageously avoids the added expense and complication of an electrode arrangement that relies on an underlying shield layer to reduce electrode signal (24) degradation caused by a seat heater element.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20130177377