Method of occupancy classification in a vehicle seat

Details Method of occupancy classification in a vehicle seat Method of occupancy classification in a vehicle seat

2006-04-25

2006-04-25

Crosland, Donnie L. (Department: 2636)

Communications: electrical

Land vehicle alarms or indicators

Internal alarm or indicator responsive to a condition of the...

C340S667000, C200S08500R, C180S273000, C706S020000, C702S101000, C702S129000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07034670

ABSTRACT:
A method of recognizing and classifying the occupancy in a vehicle seat having an occupancy sensing system, including the steps of sensing the output of an array of sensors that detect a physical presence in a seat and applying the sensor array output as a vector representation to a neural net that was trained using a learning vector quantization algorithm. The method also includes the step of recognizing the sensor array output as falling within one of a group of predetermined classification patterns that represent a physical presence in the seat defined by size, weight, and physical orientation.

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