Patent ID: 7120526
Filing Date: 2006-10-10
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A method of discriminating the state of an object on a vehicle seat, comprising the steps of: taking a predetermined number of samples of a signal indicative of seat load; provisionally determining that the state of the object is a second state if the taken samples indicate that the seat load exceeds a first load threshold in a manner that meets a first predetermined condition; provisionally determining that the state of the object is a first state if the taken samples indicate that the seat load is less than a second load threshold in a manner that meets a second predetermined condition the same as or different than the first predetermined condition, wherein the second load threshold is higher than the first load threshold, and wherein the first state corresponds at least to a first range of seat loads and the second state corresponds to a second range of seat loads, the second range of seat loads including loads that are higher than the loads of the first range of seat loads; and discriminating the state of the object to be the first state or the second state, wherein the state of the object is discriminated: