Patent ID: 8332094

Claim:
A vehicular passenger detection system, comprising: a load detection device configured to detect a load that acts upon a seat that is installed in a vehicle; a passenger seating detection device configured to determine whether or not an occupant is seated upon the seat, in accordance with a result of a detection of the load detection device; and a fault recording device configured to record information of a current fault that has occurred upon either the load detection device or the passenger seating detection device; wherein the fault recording device includes a fault determination device configured to determine whether or not the information of the current fault is information of a fault requiring a repair, the fault determination device including: a fault recording unit configured to record a current fault; and a baseline value compensation recording unit configured to record and store fault compensation information relating to an earlier repair performed immediately prior to a time when repair of the current fault is performed, and configured to subsequently record and store fault repair information relating to the current fault requiring repair.