Child restraint system and method for monitoring installation of the child restraint system
    3.
    发明授权
    Child restraint system and method for monitoring installation of the child restraint system 有权
    儿童约束系统和儿童约束系统安装监控方法

    公开(公告)号:US07422283B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-09-09

    申请号:US11146926

    申请日:2005-06-06

    IPC分类号: B60N2/26

    摘要: A child restraint system and a method for monitoring installation of the child restraint system are provided. The child restraint system includes a child seat configured to receive a child occupant. The child seat has at least a first seat belt guide member configured to engage a vehicle seat belt webbing for securing the child seat to a vehicle seat. The child restraint system further includes a first sensor coupled to the first seat belt guide member. The first sensor is configured to output a first signal indicative of an amount of tension being applied to the vehicle seat belt webbing. The child restraint system further includes a controller coupled to the child seat configured to receive the first signal and to compute a first tension value based on the first signal. The controller further is configured to induce a first device disposed on the child seat to indicate when the first tension value is less than a predetermined tension value.

    摘要翻译: 提供了儿童约束系统和用于监视儿童约束系统的安装的方法。 儿童约束系统包括配置成接收小孩乘客的儿童座椅。 儿童座椅至少具有第一座椅安全带引导构件,其构造成接合用于将儿童座椅固定到车辆座椅的车辆安全带安全带。 儿童约束系统还包括联接到第一安全带引导构件的第一传感器。 第一传感器被配置为输出指示施加到车辆安全带安全带的张力的第一信号。 儿童约束系统还包括耦合到儿童座椅的控制器,其被配置为接收第一信号并且基于第一信号计算第一张力值。 控制器还被配置成诱导设置在儿童座椅上的第一装置,以指示第一张力值何时小于预定张力值。

    Child restraint system comprising weight sensor
    6.
    发明授权
    Child restraint system comprising weight sensor 有权
    儿童约束系统包括重量传感器

    公开(公告)号:US07385520B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-06-10

    申请号:US11146921

    申请日:2005-06-06

    摘要: A child restraint system for transporting a child within an automotive vehicle includes a weight sensor for determining the weight of the child and compares the child's weight to a recommended weight range. The weight sensor is disposed within a cushion that lines a shell and provides an electrical signal to a control unit. The control unit processes the electrical signal and provides an alert signal when the weight is not within the recommended range. Also, the child restraint system may include a second sensor for sensing a condition that depends upon the child's weight such as directional orientation or angular orientation of the child restraint system, or location or tension of a vehicle seat belt or tether that secures the child restraint system within the vehicle, or the location or tension of a harness for restraining the child occupant within the child restraint system.

    摘要翻译: 用于在汽车内运送儿童的儿童约束系统包括用于确定儿童的体重的重量传感器,并将儿童的体重与推荐的重量范围进行比较。 重量传感器设置在衬垫内,衬垫对壳体进行排列并向控制单元提供电信号。 当重量不在推荐范围内时,控制单元处理电信号并提供报警信号。 此外,儿童约束系统还可以包括用于感测取决于儿童重量的状况的第二传感器,例如儿童约束系统的方向定向或角度定向,或者确保儿童约束系统的车辆安全带或系绳的位置或张力 车辆内的系统,或用于限制儿童约束系统内的儿童乘客的安全带的位置或张力。

    Child seat monitoring system and method for determining a type of child seat
    7.
    发明授权
    Child seat monitoring system and method for determining a type of child seat 有权
    儿童座椅监控系统和确定儿童座椅类型的方法

    公开(公告)号:US07403845B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-07-22

    申请号:US11146939

    申请日:2005-06-06

    IPC分类号: G06F7/00

    摘要: A child seat monitoring system for a child seat and a method for determining a type of child seat are provided. The child seat has a first region and an opposite second region. The child seat has first and second patterns disposed on the first and second regions, respectively, both indicating whether the child seat is a forward-facing child seat or a rearward-facing child seat relative to a vehicle seat. The system includes a first detection apparatus configured to detect either the first pattern on the first region of the child seat or the second pattern on the second region of the child seat. The system further includes a controller operably communicating with the first detection apparatus. The controller is configured to generate a first signal when the child seat is a forward-facing child seat.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于儿童座椅的儿童座椅监视系统和用于确定儿童座椅类型的方法。 儿童座椅具有第一区域和相对的第二区域。 儿童座椅具有分别设置在第一和第二区域上的第一和第二图案,两者分别指示儿童座椅是相对于车辆座椅的朝前的儿童座椅还是朝后的儿童座椅。 该系统包括被配置为检测儿童座椅的第一区域上的第一图案或儿童座椅的第二区域上的第二图案的第一检测装置。 该系统还包括与第一检测装置可操作地通信的控制器。 控制器配置成当儿童座椅是朝前的儿童座椅时产生第一信号。

    Vehicle seat occupant weight estimation method with floor weight compensation
    8.
    发明授权
    Vehicle seat occupant weight estimation method with floor weight compensation 失效
    车辆座椅乘员体重估算方法

    公开(公告)号:US06587770B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-07-01

    申请号:US10082460

    申请日:2002-02-26

    IPC分类号: G01G100

    摘要: An improved vehicle seat occupant weight estimation method detects weight applied to both the seat cushion and the floor forward of the seat, and increases the measured seat weight of the occupant to account for occupant weight off-loaded to the floor. Fluid-filled bladders or other sensors are arranged to detect occupant seat weight and the weight applied to the vehicle floor forward of the seat. Upon opening of a vehicle door or an off-to-on transition of the vehicle ignition switch, the seat and floor weight sensors are monitored to detect the presence of an occupant. When the seat becomes occupied, or whenever there is a large change in the measured seat weight, the seat and floor weight are recorded, the occupant weight is estimated according to the recorded seat weight, and the inflatable restraints are allowed or suppressed based on the estimated occupant weight. When a sustained occupant weight shift is detected, the estimated occupant weight is increased in proportion to the amount of weight shifting, but is limited to a maximum value based on the detected floor and seat weights.

    摘要翻译: 改进的车辆座椅乘员体重估计方法检测施加在座椅前方的座垫和地板两者的重量,并且增加乘员的测量座椅重量,以减轻卸载到地板的乘员重量。 流体填充的气囊或其他传感器被布置成检测乘员座椅重量和施加到座椅前方的车辆地板的重量。 在打开车门或车辆点火开关的不可转换时,监视座椅和地板重量传感器以检测乘员的存在。 当座椅占用时,或者当测量的座椅重量发生很大变化时,记录座椅和地板重量,根据所记录的座椅重量来估计乘员重量,并且基于该座椅重量允许或抑制充气限制 估计乘客体重。 当检测出持续乘员重量偏移时,估计乘员重量与重量移动量成比例地增加,但是基于检测到的地板和座椅重量被限制为最大值。

    Restraint system interface arrangement for a seat belt tension sensor
    9.
    发明授权
    Restraint system interface arrangement for a seat belt tension sensor 有权
    用于安全带张力传感器的约束系统接口装置

    公开(公告)号:US06605877B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-08-12

    申请号:US10082419

    申请日:2002-02-26

    IPC分类号: B60L100

    摘要: An improved vehicle restraint system includes a seat belt tension sensor and an occupant detection control module for characterizing the occupant of a vehicle seat to determine whether to allow or suppress deployment of supplemental inflatable restraints for the occupant. The belt tension sensor includes on-board signal processing circuitry and is coupled to occupant detection control module via a two wire interface that both powers the sensor and its signal processing circuitry and supports communication of belt tension data to the occupant detection control module. The sensor produces an electrical signal responsive to seat belt tension, and the processing circuitry generates one of a specified number of messages pertaining to the range of the measured tension, and then modulates the current through the two wire interface to communicate the generated message to the occupant detection control module.

    摘要翻译: 改进的车辆限制系统包括座椅张力传感器和乘员检测控制模块,用于表征车辆座椅的乘客,以确定是否允许或者抑制对乘客的补充充气约束的展开。 皮带张力传感器包括车载信号处理电路,并通过双线接口耦合到乘员检测控制模块,两线接口为传感器及其信号处理电路供电并支持皮带张力数据与乘员检测控制模块的通信。 传感器产生响应于安全带张力的电信号,并且处理电路产生与测量张力的范围有关的指定数量的消息中的一个,然后调制通过两线接口的电流,以将生成的消息传送到 乘员检测控制模块。

    Vehicle seat occupant status classification using multiple sensors
    10.
    发明授权
    Vehicle seat occupant status classification using multiple sensors 有权
    车载乘员状态分类使用多个传感器

    公开(公告)号:US07024294B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-04-04

    申请号:US10653698

    申请日:2003-09-02

    CPC分类号: B60R21/01516 B60R21/0155

    摘要: A multiple sensor, vehicle seat occupant status determination system uses dynamic variations in occupant responsive sensor output due to accelerations of the vehicle seat to discriminate via a statistical method between sensors that are failed and those that are operating correctly and eliminates the contribution of signals detected as not valid from the status determination. If and only if the maximum and minimum sampled signal values of at least one of the received signals span upper and lower control reference values derived from the sampled signal values, a variance value for each of the signals is derived; and one or both of the greatest two or the smallest two variance values are checked against a relative size factor to detect an outlier signal value. If an outlier signal value is detected more than a predetermined number of consecutive times, the status classification is performed without signal values from the outlier sensor.

    摘要翻译: 多传感器,车辆座椅占用者状态确定系统由于车辆座椅的加速度而使用乘员响应传感器输出中的动态变化,以通过故障传感器和正常操作的传感器之间的统计方法来区分,并消除了检测到的信号的贡献 从状态确定无效。 当且仅当至少一个接收信号的最大和最小采样信号值跨越从采样信号值导出的上限和下限控制参考值时,导出每个信号的方差值; 并且相对于相对大小因子检查最大的两个或最小的两个方差值中的一个或两个以检测异常值信号值。 如果检测到超过预定数量的连续时间的异常信号值,则不执行来自异常值传感器的信号值来执行状态分类。