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
2024-12-25
Patent
Electronic Resource
English