Title:
磁場センサ
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2004529313
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A magnetic field sensor comprising a plurality of magnetic sensing elements and a means for generating an image signal from the plurality of the signals generated thereby is used i) to sense a magnetic field proximate to a body portion of a vehicle for adjusting a magnetic circuit thereof, ii) to sense an occupant in a seat of a vehicle, or iii) to sense from within a body portion of a vehicle magnetic-field-influencing objects proximate thereto. In another aspect, the magnetic field sensor further comprises a plurality of magnetic focusing elements proximate to the magnetic sensing elements for improving the clarity of the magnetic image.
Inventors:
Bombya, Timothy Jay.
Riggs, Alan Jay.
Riggs, Alan Jay.
Application Number:
JP2001524074A
Publication Date:
September 24, 2004
Filing Date:
September 15, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Automotive Systems Laboratory Inc.
International Classes:
G01B7/28; B60N2/90; B60R21/01; B60R21/16; G01B7/00; G01R33/02; G01R33/10; G01V3/08; G08G1/042; B60R21/0134; B60R21/015; (IPC1-7): G01V3/08; B60N2/44; B60R21/01; B60R21/32; G01B7/28; G01R33/02
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kiyoji Kuzuwa