Motor vehicle seat occupant detection device for use with an airbag safety system, said device being configured so that it can be calibrated by placing known loads on the seat and storing of resultant load values in EEPROM

摘要

Seat occupant detection device (1) for a motor vehicle seat comprises at least a load sensor (21-24) for detecting the load acting on the seat, an EEPROM (13) for storing at least a threshold load and a device for determining the occupancy of the seat by comparing the load measured by the load sensors with the stored reference loads. An Independent claim is made for a method for adjusting or calibrating a seat occupant detection device in which known loads are placed on the seat and the resultant load detected and stored as a threshold reference load.