Patent ID: 9738396
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: B64D,G01M

Claim:
1. A vehicle occupant sensor system for determining an occupant load distribution in a vehicle having a plurality of passenger seats, the sensor system comprising: a plurality of sensors, each of the plurality of sensors mounted in a different one of the plurality of passenger seats for detecting a presence of an occupant in each of the plurality of passenger seats, and a weight of the detected occupant; and a computer connected to receive data from each of the plurality of sensors indicative of the weight of the detected occupant and a passenger seat location in the vehicle of the detected occupant in each of the plurality of passenger seats, and is programmed to calculate from the data a total weight of and a center of gravity of the detected occupants in the plurality of passenger seats; wherein the computer is programmed to calculate the center of gravity a plurality of times during one or both of occupant loading of the vehicle and occupant unloading of the vehicle.