Dual stage occupant restraint deployment control for motor vehicle
    1.
    发明授权
    Dual stage occupant restraint deployment control for motor vehicle 有权
    机动车辆双级乘员约束部署控制

    公开(公告)号:US06553294B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-04-22

    申请号:US09690141

    申请日:2000-10-16

    IPC分类号: G06F700

    CPC分类号: B60R21/0132 B60R21/0133

    摘要: A dual stage occupant restraint deployment control provides a signal for first stage restraint deployment if, during a sensed possible crash event, a velocity value derived from a sensed acceleration and one or more immunity measures meet predetermined criteria. A second stage restraint deployment signal is provided if a crash severity measure derived from the time rate of change of the sensed acceleration meets predetermined criteria and the first stage activation signal has been generated. The method and apparatus ensure that the immunity criteria are met for both first and second stage deployment without repeated testing if the crash severity measure is vulnerable to non-crash accelerations produced by “misuse” events and rough road driving. The crash severity measure may be the time rate of change of the acceleration itself, an oscillation value derived this time rate of change of the acceleration with a velocity value requirement in the predetermined criteria, or a veloscillation value derived as a scaled sum of the oscillation value and the velocity value.

    摘要翻译: 如果在感测到的可能的碰撞事件期间从感测到的加速度导出的速度值和一个或多个抗扰度措施满足预定标准,则双阶段乘员约束部署控制提供用于第一阶段约束部署的信号。 如果从所感测到的加速度的时间变化率导出的碰撞严重性度量符合预定标准并且已经产生了第一级激活信号,则提供第二级限制部署信号。 该方法和装置确保如果碰撞严重度测量容易受到“滥用”事件和粗暴道路驾驶所产生的非碰撞加速度的影响,则可以对第一和第二阶段的部署实现免疫标准。 碰撞严重度测量可以是加速度本身的时间变化率,振荡值以预定标准中的速度值要求得出加速度变化速率,或者以振荡的缩放和得出的速度值 值和速度值。

    Satellite crash sensor and method with constant and dynamic thresholds for multi-stage restraint deployment
    2.
    发明授权
    Satellite crash sensor and method with constant and dynamic thresholds for multi-stage restraint deployment 有权
    卫星碰撞传感器和具有恒定和动态阈值的方法,用于多级约束部署

    公开(公告)号:US06363308B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-03-26

    申请号:US09688750

    申请日:2000-10-16

    IPC分类号: B60R2200

    摘要: A satellite crash sensor for a motor vehicle occupant restraint system that provides multi-stage deploy signaling in a manner that detects a second stage deploy crash event having an initial velocity rise followed by a loss of velocity that delays the continuation of the velocity rise. The sensor derives a velocity value from an accelerometer signal. The initiation of a possible crash event is detected and a clock count indicating a time progression into the event is initiated. A constant second stage threshold value and data defining a first stage threshold varying as function of the clock count are stored. Only for a time indicated by a first predetermined value of the clock count, a second stage datum is stored if the velocity exceeds the second stage threshold value. For a longer time determined by a second predetermined clock count, the velocity value is compared with a clock count determined value of the first stage threshold and alternatively (1) a second stage deploy signal is generated if the velocity value exceeds the value of the first stage threshold and the second stage datum is stored, (2) a first stage deploy signal is generated if the velocity value exceeds the value of the first stage threshold and the second stage datum is not stored, and (3) no deploy signal is generated if the velocity value does not exceed the first stage threshold. For at least a portion of the predetermined clock count, the clock determined value of the first threshold exceeds the second threshold value.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于机动车辆乘员约束系统的卫星碰撞传感器,其以检测具有初始速度上升,随后延迟速度上升的延续的速度损失的第二阶段部署碰撞事件的方式提供多级部署信令。 传感器从加速度计信号中导出速度值。 检测到可能的碰撞事件的发起,并且启动指示进入事件的时间进度的时钟计数。 存储恒定的第二级阈值和定义作为时钟计数的函数变化的第一级阈值的数据。 只有在由时钟计数的第一预定值指示的时间内,如果速度超过第二级阈值,则存储第二级数据。 对于由第二预定时钟计数确定的更长时间,将速度值与第一级阈值的时钟计数确定值进行比较,并且可选地(1)如果速度值超过第一级阈值的值,则产生第二级展开信号 存储阶段阈值和第二阶段数据,(2)如果速度值超过第一阶段阈值并且没有存储第二阶段数据,则产生第一阶段部署信号,并且(3)不产生部署信号 如果速度值不超过第一级阈值。 对于预定时钟计数的至少一部分,第一阈值的时钟确定值超过第二阈值。

    Supplemental restraint deployment method providing rough road immunity
    3.
    发明授权
    Supplemental restraint deployment method providing rough road immunity 失效
    补充约束部署方法提供粗糙的道路免疫力

    公开(公告)号:US6154698A

    公开(公告)日:2000-11-28

    申请号:US124775

    申请日:1998-07-30

    IPC分类号: B60R21/01 B60R22/00

    CPC分类号: B60R21/0132

    摘要: An improved deployment method for a vehicular supplemental restraint system, wherein the existence of a rough road condition is indicated if a measure of crash severity obtained from an acceleration sensor exceeds a rough road threshold and the crash event reset criteria are subsequently met with no intervening deployment of the restraint device. The rough road indication is maintained for a timed period, and normal deployment of the restraint device is inhibited during the timed period unless the acceleration signal exceeds a minimum threshold and the measure of crash severity exceeds an additional deployment threshold which is initially higher than the normal deployment threshold. When the rough road condition is detected, a counter is initialized to a predefined value, and then periodically indexed so long as no potential crash event is in progress. If the counter is indexed to another predefined value prior to another rough road detection, the rough road condition is reset. A severe rough road will produce multiple initializations of the counter, resulting in a prolonged rough road indication, whereas a single rough road impact will result in a much shorter rough road indication. Raising the crash severity threshold in the presence of a rough road condition increases immunity to rough road events and allows the use of relatively aggressive reset criteria, while retaining the ability to properly deploy the restraints in a concatenated crash event.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于车辆补充约束系统的改进的部署方法,其中如果从加速度传感器获得的碰撞严重程度的测量值超过粗略道路阈值并且随后遇到碰撞事件重置标准,则不指示中间部署 的约束装置。 粗糙的道路指示保持一段时间,并且在定时期间禁止约束装置的正常部署,除非加速度信号超过最小阈值,并且碰撞严重程度的测量值超过初始高于正常情况的附加部署阈值 部署阈值。 当检测到粗糙的道路状况时,计数器被初始化为预定义的值,然后只要没有潜在的碰撞事件正在进行,就定期进行索引。 如果在另一次粗暴的道路检测之前计数器被索引到另一个预定义的值,则粗略的道路状况被重置。 严重的粗糙道路将产生多个初始化的柜台,导致长时间的粗暴路面指示,而单一粗暴的道路冲击将导致更短的粗暴路面指示。 在恶劣道路状况的情况下提高坠机严重程度阈值会增加对粗暴道路事件的抵御能力,并允许使用相对激进的重置标准,同时保持在级联碰撞事件中正确部署限制的能力。

    Method of enabling and disabling occupant restraints
    4.
    发明授权
    Method of enabling and disabling occupant restraints 失效
    启用和禁用乘员约束的方法

    公开(公告)号:US6088639A

    公开(公告)日:2000-07-11

    申请号:US943703

    申请日:1997-10-03

    IPC分类号: B60Q1/00

    CPC分类号: B60R21/01

    摘要: A controller for airbags and seat belt pretensioners stores a digital flag for each restraint to enable or disable the corresponding deployment loop. A diagnostic tester is coupled by a communications link to the controller to selectively set the flags as desired. The controller stores a seed and a key and the tester is provided with an algorithm which can calculate the key from the seed. The tester requests the seed, which is supplied, and then calculates the key and sends the key to the controller along with a request to set the status of the deployment loops. If the transmitted key matches the stored key, the controller will comply with the request and set the flags accordingly.

    摘要翻译: 用于安全气囊和安全带预紧器的控制器存储用于每个约束的数字标志,以启用或禁用相应的部署循环。 诊断测试器通过通信链路耦合到控制器,以根据需要选择性地设置标志。 控制器存储种子和密钥,并且向测试者提供可以从种子计算密钥的算法。 测试者请求提供的种子,然后计算密钥,并将密钥发送到控制器以及设置部署循环的状态的请求。 如果发送的密钥与存储的密钥匹配,则控制器将遵守该请求并相应地设置标志。

    Arming method and apparatus for supplemental inflatable restraint system
    5.
    发明授权
    Arming method and apparatus for supplemental inflatable restraint system 失效
    补充充气约束系统的装备方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US5916289A

    公开(公告)日:1999-06-29

    申请号:US797069

    申请日:1997-02-10

    摘要: A SIR system has frontal air bags and side air bags both controlled by the same microprocessor. To guard against spurious deployment of side air bags with minimal software burden, a lateral accelerometer and an arming circuit detect side crash activity and apply an arming signal to a pulse accumulator circuit in the microprocessor which monitors the accumulator state to detect arming, thereby inhibiting deployment when the arming signal is absent. The arming circuit receives the accelerometer signal, removes the dc component which is subject to drift, adds a fixed offset voltage and compares the resultant signal to threshold values to produce an arming signal when a threshold is breached.

    摘要翻译: SIR系统具有正面安全气囊和侧面安全气囊,均由相同的微处理器控制。 为了防止软件负担最小的侧面安全气囊的虚假部署,侧向加速度计和布防电路检测侧面碰撞活动,并向微处理器中的脉冲累加器电路施加布防信号,微处理器监视蓄电池状态以检测布防,从而阻止部署 当布防信号不存在时。 布防电路接收加速度计信号,去除经受漂移的直流分量,增加固定偏移电压,并将结果信号与阈值进行比较,以在违反阈值时产生布防信号。