Patent ID: 6966577
Filing Date: 2005-11-22
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An occupant detecting apparatus for detecting an occupant seated on a passenger seat of a vehicle with a side-airbag for said occupant, comprising: a load sensor provided in a bottom part of said seat; an electric field sensor provided in a rear part of said seat on a side of the rear part of said seat; and an airbag inflating permission control unit, connected to said load sensor and said electric field sensor, for permitting inflation of said side-airbag in accordance with output signals of said load sensor and said electric field sensor; wherein said airbag inflating permission control unit compares an output signal of said load sensor with first and second load reference value, and compares the output signal of said electric field sensor with first and second electric field reference values, said first load reference value being higher than said second load reference value, said first electric field reference value being higher than said second electric field reference value.