Patent ID: 6808201
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An occupant sensor for identifying the category of an occupant and the presence of a child restraint system on a seat of a passenger vehicle, comprising:a seat load sensor for detecting the weight of the occupant seated on the seat or the object loaded on the seat, and a seatbelt extraction amount sensor for detecting the extracting amount of the seat belt is not less than a predetermined amount; wherein the occupant sensor is configured so that (1) when the detected signal of the seatbelt extraction amount sensor is ON, the occupant sensor determines that a child restraint system is located on the seat irrespective of the value of the seat load sensor; and (2) when the detected signal of the seatbelt extraction amount sensor is OFF, (a) and when the value from the seat load sensor is less than a predetermined value, the occupant sensor determines that the object loaded on the seat is a child restraint system or a child; and (b) when the value from the seat load sensor is not less than the predetermined value, the occupant sensor determines that the object loaded on the seat is judged is an adult.