The present invention provides an occupant classification apparatus for a vehicle. The occupant classification apparatus for a vehicle includes a sensor mat that is mounted on each seat in the vehicle to sense objects disposed on the seats. An impedance measurer is configured to measure a current based on impedance of the object using the sensor mat A controller is configured to analyze the current measured by the impedance measurer and estimate the object that corresponds to the analyzed result.

An in-vehicle control apparatus performs a hazard avoidance process. The in-vehicle control apparatus includes an anomaly determination section, an alarm control section, and a hazard avoidance control section. The anomaly determination section determines whether a driver is under driving inability state during travel of the vehicle, based on information on monitoring of state of the driver. The alarm control section activates an alarm annunciator to issue an alarm outwardly from the vehicle when the driver is determined to be under driving inability state. After the alarm annunciator starts the alarm, the hazard avoidance control section fails to perform the hazard avoidance process when the alarm is stopped by a manipulation of the driver and performs the hazard avoidance process when a specified time elapses under state where the alarm is not stopped since the starting of the alarm.

The invention relates to a vehicle seat, in particular for commercial vehicles, comprising a seat part and a backrest, wherein the vehicle seat has an apparatus for detecting seat occupancy, which comprises at least one first detection device and at least one second detection device, wherein the at least one first detection device is suitable and intended for detecting occupancy of the seat part, wherein the at least one second detection device is suitable and intended for detecting occupancy of the backrest.

The present disclosure relates to a seat backrest, the backrest extending in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, the backrest comprising: at least one first and one second coplanar interdigital electrode capacitive sensor arranged on a first zone of the backrest located above a horizontal central plane and on one side of a vertical central plane; the second capacitive sensor of the first zone being located above the first capacitive sensor of the first zone; the second capacitive sensor of the first zone being advanced by a first distance relative to the first capacitive sensor of the first zone in the direction of the central vertical plane.

Disclosed is a seat including: sensors which includes a first cushion sensor provided at a seat cushion in a position corresponding to buttocks of an occupant, a second cushion sensor provided at the seat cushion and located farther frontward than the first cushion sensor, a first back sensor provided at a seat back and located in a lower position thereof, and a second back sensor provided at the seat back and located above the first back sensor; and a controller connected to the sensors and thereby allowed to acquire pressure values from the respective sensors. The controller is configured to identify the motion of the occupant based on outputs of at least two sensors of the first cushion sensor, the second cushion sensor, the first back sensor, and the second back sensor.

A seat includes a seat body and a sensor configured to acquired information on an occupant seated on the seat body. The seat includes a coating as a location marker that marks a location of the sensor to render the location visually recognizable from outside the seat body.

A car seat cover device provided with a vibrating warning system for signaling a condition of direction indicators has a seat cover, a support base, a plurality of flat bases on right and left sides of the support base, each one provided with at least one vibrating motor, and an electronic control unit provided with a connector for connecting the electronic control unit to a car control gearcase, and configured to receive by the car control gearcase a signal relating to the condition of the direction indicators, and to operate as a function of the signal the vibrating motors associated to the flat bases arranged on a same side as an active direction indicator. A plurality of pressure sensors connected to the electronic unit is provided at a perimeter of the support base, each one configured to transmit a signal indicating presence or not of weight of a driver on a corresponding position of the seat cover.

A method of controlling occupant thermal comfort includes the steps of driving a temperature in a seating zone to a temperature set point (54), holding the temperature set point in the seating zone for a predetermined time (56), and regulating the temperature in the seating zone to a corrected temperature set point based upon an equivalent homogenous temperature relating to vehicle cabin conditions and occupant gender (58).

An example embodiment of a system and methods for detecting and reporting whether passengers are seated and secured in their seats within a vehicle may include a passenger sensor configured to provide an output indicative of a presence of a passenger in a seat in a vehicle, a restraint sensor configured to provide an output indicative of a status of a passenger safety restraint associated with the seat, a transmitter configured to be in electronic communication with the passenger sensor and the restraint sensor and to wirelessly transmit data indicative of the presence of a passenger in the seat and the status of the restrain, and a reporting module configured to be disposed proximate a driver of the vehicle. The reporting module may be configured to receive the data from the transmitter, and output a respective status for each of a plurality of seats.

Disclosed is a seat including: sensors which includes a first cushion sensor provided at a seat cushion in a position corresponding to buttocks of an occupant, a second cushion sensor provided at the seat cushion and located farther frontward than the first cushion sensor, a first back sensor provided at a seat back and located in a lower position thereof, and a second back sensor provided at the seat back and located above the first back sensor; and a controller connected to the sensors and thereby allowed to acquire pressure values from the respective sensors. The controller is configured to identify the motion of the occupant based on outputs of at least two sensors of the first cushion sensor, the second cushion sensor, the first back sensor, and the second back sensor.