Occupant Detection and Sensing for Smarter Air Bag Systems chronicles the progress made towards improving occupant safety in vehicles. Compiled by the leaders in occupant protection and the "who's who" of global industry, this book features a collection of best SAE technical papers that focuses on occupant detection and sensing for discriminating between different types of occupants, their positions, and the presence or absence of passengers.

Sections include:

• Recognizing the Problem
  
• Research
  
• Simulation, Modeling & Testing
  
• Sensing Technologies
  
• Systems & Integration
  
• Beyond Advanced Air Bags

While considerable overlap occurs between sections, the six classifications provide a basis to account for the requirements to improve occupant safety in vehicles. The technical papers within each section are arranged in chronological order to present the progress that has occurred. Frequently, the earlier papers provide an in-depth background that is missing on more recent papers, especially useful for those just getting involved in occupant sensing, while other historical papers provide insight to improvements in analyzing the problem and steps towards the manufacturable solutions that are appearing today.

About the Editor
Randy Frank is an SAE Fellow with over 30 years experience in automotive systems including automotive electronics, semiconductors, and sensors. He is the author of Understanding Smart Sensors, 2nd Edition and more than 200 technical articles and papers including several book chapters. Frank is a former Chairman of the SAE Sensor Standards Committee as well as a Senior Member of IEEE and former Chairman of the Automotive Electronics Technical Committee of the IEEE Power Electronics Society.

Papers in: PT-107

• 1999-01-0765 New Aspects on Static Passenger and Child Seat Recognition and Future Dynamic Out-Of-Position Detection for Airbag Control Systems
  
• 1999-01-1067 Expanding Restraint Sensing System Discrimination
  
• 2000-01-0346 An Integrated Approach to Automotive Safety Systems
  
• 2000-01-0347 Real-Time Video Surveillance and Monitoring for Automotive Applications
  
• 2000-01-0606 Integrated Cae Modeling of Intelligent Restraint Systems
  
• 2000-01-2718 Pre-Crash Sensing--Its Functional Evolution Based on a Platform Radar Sensor
  
• 2000-01-C037 Suppression Technologies for Advanced Air Bags
  
• 2000-01-C038 Challenges in Simulation and Sensor Development for Occupant Protection in Rollover Accidents
  
• 2000-01-C039 Child Occupant Safety - What Might We Expect
  
• 2000-01-C086 Role of Electronics in Automotive Safety
  
• 2001-01-0163 A Preliminary Look At Occupant Sensing and Child Restraints
  
• 2002-01-0398 Development of Short Range Radar for Automotive Applications
  
• 2002-01-1306 3d Vision Systems for Active Safety
  
• 2002-21-0031 Interior Sensing for Automotive Occupant Safety
  
• 720411 Special Problems and Considerations in the Development of Air Cushion Restraint Systems
  
• 720442 Airbag Effects on the Out-Of-Position Child
  
• 740574 Barbi, a New Radar Concept for Precollision Sensing
  
• 932915 Occupant Position Sensing Systems: Functional Requirements and Technical Means
  
• 940527 Vehicle Occupant Position Sensing
  
• 940906 The Use of Signal Processing Techniques in An Occupant Detection System
  
• 950347 Investigation of Sensor Requirements and Expected Benefits of Predictive Crash Sensing
  
• 971047 Occupant Detection Systems
  
• 971051 Occupant Sensing Utilizing Perturbation of Electric Fields
  
• 971052 Control and Application of Intelligent Restraint Systems
  
• 980558 Smart Airbag Systems
  
• 980613 Intelligent System for Video Monitoring of Vehicle Cockpit
  
• 980907 Accorate Predictive Algorithm for Air Bag Expansion By Fusing the Conventional Predictive Algorithm and Proximity Sensor
  
• 982292 Capacitive Occupant Sensing
  
• 982293 Direct Thermal Detection for Front Passenger Seat Airbag Suppression