Patent ID: 6942248
Filing Date: 2005-09-13
Classification: B60J,B60N,B60R,E05F,E05Y,G01F,G01S,G06K,G10K

Abstract:
1. In a motor vehicle having an interior passenger compartment including a seat on which a child seat may be placed, a control system for controlling an occupant restraint device effective for protection of an occupant of the seat, comprising: receiving means arranged in the vehicle for obtaining information about contents of the seat and generating a signal based on any contents of the seat, said receiving means being structured and arranged to generate a different signal for different contents of the seat when such contents are present on the seat; analyzing means coupled to said receiving means for analyzing the signal in order to determine at least one of whether the contents of the seat include a child seat, whether the contents of the seat include a child seat in a particular orientation and whether the contents of the seat include a child seat in a particular position; and deployment means coupled to said analyzing means for controlling deployment of the occupant restraint device based on the determination by said analyzing means.