Patent Document ID: 8054193
Application ID: 12430417
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for controlling output of a classification algorithm embodied in computer-readable media which classifies an occupant of a seat in a vehicle, comprising: obtaining data about the occupant using at least one sensor system; classifying the occupant based on the obtained data using a processor and outputting from the processor, a current classification of the occupant; subsequently periodically re-classifying the occupant using the processor; determining a substantially consecutive period of time that the re-classification of the occupant is the same as the current classification using a timing system; setting, using the processor, a comparison threshold as the lesser of the period of time that the occupant has been classified or re-classified as the current classification or a predetermined maximum time value; detecting a change in classification using the processor, and then determining a substantially consecutive period of time that the re-classification of the occupant is the changed classification using the timing system; and changing the current classification only when the period of time in which the classification is the changed classification is greater than the comparison threshold and outputting the changed classification from the processor.