METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING PEDESTRIAN VEHICLE IMPACT
    2.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING PEDESTRIAN VEHICLE IMPACT 有权
    检测PEDESTRIAN车辆碰撞的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20110282553A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-11-17

    申请号:US12778505

    申请日:2010-05-12

    IPC分类号: G06F19/00 B60R21/34

    摘要: An apparatus (50) detects a pedestrian/vehicle impact, the apparatus including a plurality of sensors (62, 64, 66) mounted near a forward location of a vehicle (52), each sensor providing an associated signal indicative of an impact event. A metric determining device (80) determines metric values for each of the sensor signals. A controller (80) determines if any of said determined metric values indicates the occurrence of a misuse event. The controller also determines if a pedestrian/vehicle impact event is occurring by comparing the metric value of at least one sensor signal against a selectable threshold. An actuation signal is provided in response to the comparison. The selectable threshold is selected in response to the determined occurrence of a misuse event. An actuatable pedestrian impact mitigation device (84) is attached to the vehicle and is actuated in responsive to the actuation signal from said controller.

    摘要翻译: 装置(50)检测行人/车辆碰撞,该装置包括安装在车辆(52)的前方位置附近的多个传感器(62,64,66),每个传感器提供指示冲击事件的相关信号。 度量确定装置(80)确定每个传感器信号的度量值。 控制器(80)确定所述确定的度量值中的任一个是否指示出错误事件的发生。 控制器还通过将至少一个传感器信号的度量值与可选择的阈值进行比较来确定行人/车辆撞击事件是否发生。 响应于比较来提供致动信号。 响应于确定的滥用事件的发生而选择可选阈值。 可操作的行人撞击缓解装置(84)被附接到车辆并且响应于来自所述控制器的致动信号被致动。

    Method and apparatus for controlling a front actuatable restraining device using side satellite safing sensors
    4.
    发明申请
    Method and apparatus for controlling a front actuatable restraining device using side satellite safing sensors 有权
    用于使用侧卫星安全传感器控制前可致动限制装置的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20070005207A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-01-04

    申请号:US11172109

    申请日:2005-06-30

    IPC分类号: B60R21/32

    摘要: An apparatus (10) for controlling a vehicle actuatable occupant restraining system including a crash accelerometer (32) for sensing frontal crash acceleration and providing a first crash acceleration signal indicative thereof. A side crash accelerometer (46, 48) senses transverse crash acceleration and provides a second crash acceleration signal indicative thereof. A controller (50) actuates the actuatable occupant restraining system in response to the first crash acceleration signal and the transverse crash acceleration signal.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于控制车辆可启动乘员约束系统的装置(10),其包括用于感测前部碰撞加速度的碰撞加速度计(32),并提供指示其的第一碰撞加速度信号。 侧面碰撞加速度计(46,48)感测横向碰撞加速度并且提供指示其的第二碰撞加速度信号。 响应于第一碰撞加速度信号和横向碰撞加速度信号,控制器(50)致动可起动乘员约束系统。

    Method and apparatus for controlling an actuatable restraining device using XY crush-zone satellite accelerometers
    5.
    发明申请
    Method and apparatus for controlling an actuatable restraining device using XY crush-zone satellite accelerometers 有权
    用于使用XY挤压区卫星加速度计控制可启动约束装置的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20060254848A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-11-16

    申请号:US11416674

    申请日:2006-05-03

    IPC分类号: B60K28/10 B60R21/01

    摘要: An apparatus is provided for controlling a vehicle actuatable occupant restraining system including a central crash accelerometer sensing crash acceleration at a central vehicle location and providing a first crash acceleration signal indicative thereof. A crush zone crash accelerometer senses transverse crash acceleration at a forward location of the vehicle. A controller actuates the actuatable occupant restraining system in response to the central crash acceleration signal and the transverse crash acceleration signal from the crush zone sensor.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于控制车辆可致动乘员约束系统的装置,其包括中央碰撞加速度计,其感测中央车辆位置处的碰撞加速度,并提供指示其的第一碰撞加速度信号。 挤压区域碰撞加速度计感测车辆前方位置处的横向碰撞加速度。 控制器响应于来自压碎区传感器的中心碰撞加速度信号和横向碰撞加速度信号来致动可起动乘员约束系统。

    Method and apparatus for controlling an actuatable restraint device using a velocity/displacement based safing function with immunity box
    6.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for controlling an actuatable restraint device using a velocity/displacement based safing function with immunity box 有权
    使用具有抗扰度箱的基于速度/位移的安全功能来控制可致动约束装置的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06549836B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-04-15

    申请号:US09589444

    申请日:2000-06-07

    IPC分类号: G06F700

    摘要: An apparatus and method for controlling an actuatable occupant restraint device having a plurality of actuatable stages (24, 26), the apparatus including a crash sensor (14, 16) for sensing crash acceleration and providing a crash acceleration signal indicative thereof. A controller (22) determines a velocity value (74) and a displacement value (80) from the crash acceleration signal. A safing function controls enabling and disabling of a deployment control circuit in response to the determined velocity (74) and displacement (80) values. A displacement based velocity threshold (133) and a displacement threshold value (125) define an immunity box. The velocity threshold value (133) varies as a step function of displacement. If the velocity/displacement values are within the immunity box, the safing function is in a disabling condition. If either value is outside of the immunity box, the safing function is in an enabling condition. A side impact sensor (28) and side impact crash event circuit (122) determine if a side impact crash event is occurring. If a side impact crash event is occurring, the threshold values (125, 133) of the immunity box are adjusted.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于控制具有多个可致动级(24,26)的可致动乘员约束装置的装置和方法,所述装置包括用于感测碰撞加速度并提供指示其的碰撞加速度信号的碰撞传感器(14,16)。 控制器(22)根据碰撞加速度信号确定速度值(74)和位移值(80)。 响应于确定的速度(74)和位移(80)值,安全功能控制部署控制电路的启用和禁用。 基于位移的速度阈值(133)和位移阈值(125)定义了一个免疫箱。 速度阈值(133)作为位移的阶梯函数而变化。 如果速度/位移值在免疫箱内,则安全功能处于禁用状态。 如果任何一个值都在免疫框之外,则保护功能处于启用状态。 侧面碰撞传感器(28)和侧面碰撞事故电路(122)确定是否发生侧面碰撞事件。 如果发生侧面撞击碰撞事件,则调整免疫箱的阈值(125,133)。

    Vehicle crash determination arrangement and method, utilizing center of gravity, for an occupant protection system
    8.
    发明授权
    Vehicle crash determination arrangement and method, utilizing center of gravity, for an occupant protection system 失效
    车辆碰撞确定布置和方法,利用重心,为乘员保护系统

    公开(公告)号:US06431593B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-08-13

    申请号:US09687707

    申请日:2000-10-13

    IPC分类号: B60R2132

    摘要: A vehicle crash determination arrangement (20) includes a plurality of weight sensors (52,54). The sensors (52,54) are disposed beneath a vehicle seat (16), and each sensor senses a weight value from the seat and an occupant (14) located on the seat. A center of gravity determination portion (62) of a controller (34) determines center of gravity of the seat (16) and the occupant (14) using the sensed weight values. A C.O.G. crash determination portion (64) of the controller (34) determines occurrence of a vehicle crash using change in the determined center of gravity and outputs a signal (66) indicative of the determination of crash occurrence. Preferably, the arrangement (20) is part of an occupant protection system (10) for the occupant (14). The system (10) includes an actuatable occupant protection device (24). An actuation control portion (46) of the controller (34) controls actuation of the device (24).

    摘要翻译: 车辆碰撞确定装置(20)包括多个重量传感器(52,54)。 传感器(52,54)设置在车辆座椅(16)下方,并且每个传感器感测来自座椅和位于座椅上的乘员(14)的重量值。 控制器(34)的重心确定部分(62)使用检测到的重量值确定座椅(16)和乘客(14)的重心。 一个C.O.G. 控制器(34)的碰撞判定部(64)使用所确定的重心的变化来确定车辆碰撞的发生,并且输出表示碰撞发生的确定的信号(66)。 优选地,所述装置(20)是乘员(14)的乘员保护系统(10)的一部分。 系统(10)包括可起动的乘员保护装置(24)。 控制器(34)的致动控制部分(46)控制设备(24)的致动。

    Method and apparatus for controlling an actuatable restraint device
using crash severity indexing
    9.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for controlling an actuatable restraint device using crash severity indexing 失效
    用于使用碰撞严重程度分度来控制可致动约束装置的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US6036225A

    公开(公告)日:2000-03-14

    申请号:US108819

    申请日:1998-07-01

    摘要: An apparatus for controlling an actuatable occupant restraint device for a vehicle, the restraining device having a plurality of actuatable stages (24, 26), the apparatus including a crash sensor (14, 16) for sensing crash acceleration and providing a crash acceleration signal indicative thereof. A controller (22) includes an integrator (72, 172) for determining a velocity value from the crash acceleration signal and for providing a velocity signal (74, 174). The controller (22) is coupled to the actuatable device for (i) effecting actuation of a first of the actuatable stages (24) when the determined velocity value exceeds a first threshold value, and (ii) upon the determined velocity value exceeding a second threshold value, determining a crash severity index (112, 212) having a value related to a time interval from when the determined velocity value (74, 174) exceeds the first threshold value (88, 188) to when the determined velocity value exceeds the second threshold value (96, 196). The controller effects actuation of a second of the actuatable stages (26) in response to the crash severity index value (112, 212).

    摘要翻译: 一种用于控制用于车辆的可起动乘员约束装置的装置,所述约束装置具有多个可致动级(24,26),所述装置包括用于感测碰撞加速度并提供碰撞加速度信号的碰撞传感器(14,16) 其中。 控制器(22)包括用于根据碰撞加速度信号确定速度值并用于提供速度信号(74,174)的积分器(72,172)。 控制器(22)联接到可致动装置,用于(i)当所确定的速度值超过第一阈值时实现第一可致动级(24)的致动,以及(ii)根据所确定的速度值超过第二阈值 阈值,确定具有与从所确定的速度值(74,174)超过第一阈值(88,188)到当所确定的速度值超过所述第一阈值(88,188)的时间间隔相关的值的碰撞严重性指数(112,212) 第二阈值(96,196)。 所述控制器响应于所述碰撞严重性指标值(112,212)而影响所述致动级(26)中的第二级的致动。