A vehicle and a method for determining a vehicle's occupancy. A vehicle, comprising a passenger occupancy element for accommodating an occupant of the vehicle, the passenger occupancy element comprises at least one load determining element, wherein the load determining element is arranged to determine a weight or a weight distribution imposed by at least one occupant of the vehicle arranged on the passenger occupancy element, wherein the vehicle is adapted to determine a current occupancy situation of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle, dependent on the determined the weight or weight distribution, operate in one of at least two different modes, a first mode of operation when determined occupancy is equal to or below an occupancy threshold, and a second mode of operation when determined occupancy is exceeding the occupancy threshold, wherein an exceptional mode of operation, i.e. the second mode, is a mode of operation with reduced functionality.
VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING VEHICLE OCCUPANCY
FAHRZEUG UND VERFAHREN ZUR BESTIMMUNG DER FAHRZEUGBELEGUNG
VÉHICULE ET PROCÉDÉ DE DÉTERMINATION D'OCCUPATION D'UN VÉHICULE
25.12.2024
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch