Patent ID: 6078854
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: B60N,B60R,G01S,Y10T

Abstract:
An adjustment system for adjusting a component of a vehicle based on occupancy of a seat, comprising:at least one wave sensor for receiving waves from an area of the seat in the passenger compartment and generating an output representative of the waves received by said at least one wave sensor;weight measurement means associated with the seat for measuring the weight applied onto the seat and generating an output representative of the measured weight applied onto the seat;adjustment means arranged in connection with the component for adjusting the component, andprocessor means for receiving the outputs from said at least one wave sensor and said weight measuring means and evaluating the seated-state of the seat based thereon to determine whether the seat is occupied by an object and if the seat is occupied by an object, to identify the object in the seat and based at least on the identification of the object, directing said adjustment means to adjust the component,said processor means including a function correlating the outputs from said at least one wave sensor and said weight measuring means and the seated-state of the seat and being generated by a neural network circuit, the function being executed using the outputs from said at least one wave sensor and said weight measuring means as input to determine the saeted-state of the seat.