Patent ID: 7165785

Claim:
A method for control of a deployment of an airbag for a seat in a motor vehicle upon issuance of a deployment request by a vehicular computer within said motor vehicle, said method comprising: intercepting said deployment request issued by said vehicular computer and intended for a deployment activator coupled to said airbag; calculating a load mass of a load within said seat; establishing a load temperature of said load; ascertaining a load height of said load; adjudicating a deployment status for said deployment of said airbag in response to said load mass, said load temperature, and said load height, wherein said adjudicating activity adjudicates said deployment status is to be one of a pass status and an inhibit status; passing said deployment request to said deployment activator when said adjudicating activity adjudicates said deployment status is said pass status; and inhibiting said deployment request from being passed to said deployment activator when said adjudicating activity adjudicates said deployment status is said inhibit status.