Patents by Inventor Steven W. Decker

Steven W. Decker has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Automotive occupancy sensor gray zone neural net conditioning process for airbag deployment systems
    Patent number: 6266593
    Abstract: An automotive occupancy sensing system and method for use in conjunction with airbag deployment systems, by which occupant nature, location and motion parameters within the vehicle interior are determined by ultrasound (US) and/or infrared sensors. (IS). Criteria for airbag disablement or airbag modified/partial deployment are used to determine whether appropriate disablement or modified/partial deployment control signals are transmitted to the vehicle airbag deployment system. More particularly the system establishes a Keep Out Zone (KOZ) within the vehicle interior relative to the dashboard or instrument panel and determines actual or imminent incursions by occupants into the KOZ to produce a Keep Out Zone Incursion (KOZI) signal. The system is also characterized by establishing a “Gray Area” bounding the KOZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch Corporation
    Inventors: Ralf Seip, Steven W. Decker