ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,028, issued on July 29, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Occupant determination device" was invented by Joan Marc Berga Cabello (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide an occupant determination device capable of improving reliability in results of determining an occupant's physique. An occupant determination device includes a tentative-determination processing unit provided in a seat of a vehicle and classifying a physique of an occupant seated on the seat by comparing a determination value set based on sensor values of a plurality of load sensors for detecting loads applied to the seat with...