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Originally Posted by Njjawn
Wait really?
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Originally Posted by HunterGreene
Well, I don't know for sure. That's more of a hypothesis/educated guess.
The sensor works based on pressure, but it is an electronic device. And your phone puts off a small amount of electromagnetic radiation even when its idle or in airplane mode, so there is a good probability that there is some interaction between your phones transmissions and the seat occupancy sensor, sending a false positive to the car's computer.
Now that I think about it, I'll test this hypothesis on the way home, see if airplane mode still triggers it.  |
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitive_sensing"]Capacitive sensing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
http://machinedesign.com/archive/cap...mplify-sensing
http://www.capacitance-sensors.com/
Electrical signals from a phone or other electronic device give a false positive on the
capacitive load sensor in the seats of the Toyobaru.