Patent ID: 7222879
Filing Date: 2007-05-29
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A seating condition detecting system comprising: a right front load sensor for detecting a load to which a right front elastic body that supports a right front part of a seat from underneath is subjected; a left front load sensor for detecting a load to which a left front elastic body that supports a left front part of the seat from underneath is subjected; a right rear load sensor for detecting a load to which a right rear elastic body that supports a right rear part of the seat from underneath is subjected; a left rear load sensor for detecting a load to which a left rear elastic body that supports a left rear part of the seat from underneath is subjected; a seating condition detecting means for detecting a seating condition of a vehicle occupant based on the loads detected by the load sensors; and self-diagnostic means for determining an abnormal operation in the seating condition detection based on calculated differences between detected loads of predetermined sensor pairs, the self-diagnostic means including: