Method and apparatus for testing child presence detection systems

摘要

The invention relates to a dummy object for functional verification of child presence detection systems (CPD system),having a torso having a chest region, a abdominal region and a back region, and having an upper body part movable for adjusting a breathing movement relative to the torso, wherein the upper body part forms at least a part of a chest-abdominal contour of the dummy object to be detected by the CPD system, and having an actuator equipped therefor, deflect the upper body part from a basic position to a deflected position. According to the invention, it is provided that the dummy object has at least one elastic reset element, which is designed to reset the upper body part from the deflected position to the basic position.