Patent ID: 9625307
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: B60N,B60R,G01G

Claim:
1. An occupant determination apparatus comprising: a load sensor that measures a weight of an occupant seated on a seat of a vehicle as a measurement weight; and a determinator determining the weight of the occupant as one status among a plurality of statuses which are set corresponding to the weight based on the measurement weight measured by the load sensor, wherein the determinator: determines the weight of the occupant as an instantaneous status among the plurality of statuses, based on the measurement weight measured for each unit time; invalidates a determination result of the instantaneous status when an acceleration acting on the vehicle exceeds a threshold acceleration set in advance; and continues to invalidate the determination result of the instantaneous status for each unit time during a predetermined time after the acceleration acting on the vehicle changes from exceeding the threshold acceleration set in advance to not exceeding the threshold acceleration set in advance.