Patent ID: 7791462
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An occupant detecting apparatus, comprising: a detecting means detecting whether an occupant is seated on a seat; and a judging means judging whether the occupant occupies the seat on the basis of information detected by the detecting means, wherein the judging means judges that the seat is unoccupied by the occupant when a state where a detection that the occupant is not seated on the seat by the detecting means continues for a judgment time after the detecting means detects that the seat is occupied by the occupant, and wherein the occupant detecting apparatus further includes a judgment time changing means changing a setting of the judgment time to be shorter when at least one of changes from a buckled state to an unbuckled state of a seatbelt at the seat and changes from a closed state to an open state of a front passenger door of a vehicle.