Patent ID: 8600622

Claim:
A system that detects whether a seatbelt-usage indication should be presented, signaling that a seatbelt is not being used in a predetermined manner, the system comprising: a seat; a seat belt arrangement operatively associated with said seat; a seat belt retractor, said seat belt arrangement being operatively associated with said seat belt retractor; a belt webbing operatively associated with said seat belt retractor; a feedback sensor operatively associated with said seat belt retractor, said feedback sensor detecting an amount of belt webbing paid out from the seat belt retractor; a restraints control module operatively associated with said feedback sensor, wherein the restraints control module determines whether the seatbelt is being used in the predetermined manner; and a seat belt position status telltale indicator operatively associated with said restraints control module, wherein the restraints control module executes an algorithm to determine whether a signal of the seat belt position status telltale indicator should be emitted, and wherein the algorithm includes: detecting that the seat is occupied, determining that the seatbelt arrangement is buckled, determining that the amount of the belt webbing that is paid out exceeds a predetermined threshold, determining whether a child restraint seat is detected on the seat, if the child restraint seat is not detected, in response to determining that the predetermined threshold is exceeded, not preventing the seat belt position status telltale indicator from emitting a signal, and if the child restraint seat is detected and the predetermined threshold is exceeded, preventing the seat belt position status telltale indicator from emitting the signal.