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Method for determining information with respect to an occupant and/or a seat belt of a motor vehicle, computer program product and seat belt arrangement for a motor vehicle

US11479206B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Joyson Safety Systems Germany GmbH · DE

Inventors

Yves Radunz · Strausberg, DE
Lukas Scholz · Berlin, DE
Florian Ripper · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 22, 2021
Grant date	Oct 25, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 22, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R2022/485
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

It is provided a method for determining information with respect to an occupant and/or a seat belt of a motor vehicle, wherein the seat belt includes a plurality of sensors. The method comprises the following steps: determining a force acting on each of the sensors in a sensor coordinate system associated with each of the sensors; generating a numerical model of the seat belt and the sensors in an initial state; generating a final state of the model by varying positions and/or orientations of portions of the modeled seat belt, which are in a fixed geometrical relationship with the represented positions and/or orientations of at least some of the sensors; and determining the information with respect to the occupant and/or the seat belt based on the course of the modeled seat belt in the final state.

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