VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230096248A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-30

    申请号:US17950515

    申请日:2022-09-22

    发明人: Kenji KOMORI

    IPC分类号: B60R21/0134

    摘要: A vehicle comprises a motor configured to wind a seat belt provided in the vehicle; a first detection unit configured to detect a following vehicle while the vehicle is traveling; a second detection unit configured to detect a preceding vehicle while the vehicle is traveling; a determination unit configured to determine a risk that the following vehicle that is detected by the first detection unit will collide with the vehicle; and a control unit configured to control winding of the seat belt by changing a winding speed of the seat belt by the motor in a case when the determination unit determines that there is the risk.

    Outside protection apparatus for vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US11603073B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-14

    申请号:US17082412

    申请日:2020-10-28

    发明人: Isamu Nagasawa

    摘要: An outside protection apparatus includes: an outside airbag device including an expandable member expandable rearward from a front portion of a body of a vehicle so as to be overlaid on a hood of the body, and an inflator that expands the expandable member; a collision detector that predicts or detects a collision between the body and a outside person outside the vehicle; and a controller that expands the expandable member when the collision detector predicts or detects a collision. The expandable member includes: a front bag portion expandable at the front portion of the body so as to be overlaid on the hood; a rear bag portion expandable in a location closer to rear than the front bag portion; and a tensile member coupled together with the rear bag portion to the body. The rear bag portion is expandable by the tensile member to stand on the hood.

    Method for Assisting an Occupant in Exiting a Vehicle, Taking into Account Following Objects, Computing Device, and Driver Assistance System

    公开(公告)号:US20230074621A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-09

    申请号:US17801202

    申请日:2020-12-15

    摘要: A method for assisting an occupant exiting a vehicle includes: receiving opening data describing an imminent opening of a door of the vehicle; receiving object data describing positions and speeds of objects in the vehicle environment; determining a time-to-collision between the opening of the door and a possible collision of a first object with the door, based on the opening data and the object data; outputting an urgent warning signal if the time-to-collision falls below a predetermined minimum duration; using the object data to check whether the first object is followed by a second object; classifying the second object as a first following object if a time-gap between the first object and the second object is below a predetermined limit; and outputting a warning signal after the output of the urgent warning signal in the event that the second object is classified as the first following object.

    Systems and methods for obstacle proximity detection

    公开(公告)号:US11599117B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-07

    申请号:US16796012

    申请日:2020-02-20

    摘要: Embodiments for assisting steering of a vehicle responsive to detecting an object in a proximity of a vehicle are described. Embodiments described include: receiving an image of a lane indicator corresponding to a lane of travel of the vehicle from an image capturing device; determining, based on the image, reference values corresponding to a position of the lane indicator relative to the vehicle; associating each of the reference values to values used to locate a point within a reference frame related to a direction the vehicle is traveling; receiving position information of an object in an environment external to the vehicle from a radar sensor; determining, based on the values and the position information, an assigned lane of the object; detecting an impending change of the lane of travel of the vehicle to the assigned lane of the object; generating a steering control value based on the impending change.

    Airbag apparatus
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11560109B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-24

    申请号:US17690152

    申请日:2022-03-09

    发明人: Isamu Nagasawa

    IPC分类号: B60R21/0134 B60R21/36

    摘要: An airbag apparatus to be applied to a vehicle includes airbags, a pre-crash determiner, an airbag deployment controller, and an airbag contraction controller. The airbags are configured to be deployed forward of a vehicle body front of the vehicle, and are disposed in a vehicle width direction. The pre-crash determiner is configured to establish a pre-crash determination when a probability of a collision with an object is a predetermined value or higher. The airbag deployment controller is configured to deploy the airbags in response to establishment of the pre-crash determination. The airbag contraction controller is configured to control contraction of the airbags individually, and perform side airbag contraction control by contracting one of the airbags that is on one side in the vehicle width direction and in a region where the collision with the object is occurring, and keeping deployed another one or more of the airbags in the region.

    Adjusting interior configuration of a vehicle based on vehicle contents

    公开(公告)号:US11554736B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-17

    申请号:US17168719

    申请日:2021-02-05

    摘要: Systems and methods are provided for improving safety of one or more vehicle occupants. An example method for improving safety of one or more vehicle occupants includes accessing interior vehicle configuration data that is generated by, or derived from data generated by an interior data collection component, the data representing an interior space of a vehicle; determining, by processing the interior vehicle configuration data, location and orientation of one or more vehicle occupants; selecting a plurality of vehicle safety components to be active based on the location and orientation of the one or more vehicle occupants, and setting the plurality of vehicle safety components to an active state in which the plurality of vehicle safety components are deployed, when an emergency condition is detected.

    METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE MOTION MITIGATION DURING IMPACT

    公开(公告)号:US20220355754A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-10

    申请号:US17680754

    申请日:2022-02-25

    申请人: Nuro, Inc.

    摘要: According to one aspect, a method includes identifying a condition relating to an impact on a vehicle by an object, the vehicle including at least one anchor mechanism, the at least one anchor mechanism configured to anchor the vehicle to a surface. The method also includes determining whether the condition indicates that the anchor mechanism is to be deployed, and deploying the anchor mechanism when it is determined that the condition indicates that the anchor mechanism is to be deployed.

    EXTERNAL AIRBAG FOR VEHICLE
    8.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220348162A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-03

    申请号:US17734465

    申请日:2022-05-02

    IPC分类号: B60R21/36 B60R21/0134

    摘要: The present invention provides an external airbag system for a vehicle, the external airbag system including a detection sensor configured to detect an object moving at a rear or lateral side of a vehicle, an airbag cushion provided on a rear frame on which a door of the vehicle is mounted, the airbag cushion being configured to be deployed to extend in a leftward/rightward direction of the vehicle in a state in which the door of the vehicle is opened, and a control unit configured to perform control to deploy the airbag cushion when the detection sensor detects the object.

    Triggering at least one crash cushion of an unmanned vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US11472362B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-18

    申请号:US16929888

    申请日:2020-07-15

    摘要: A method is disclosed in which sensor information is obtained that is captured by at least one environment sensor of an unmanned vehicle. The sensor information represents at least one object parameter of an object that is moving relative to the unmanned vehicle. At least partly based on the at least one object parameter, it is determined whether a collision between the unmanned vehicle and the object is imminent. If it is determined that a collision between the unmanned vehicle and the object is imminent, at least partly based on the at least one object parameter, at least one triggering parameter is determined for triggering at least one crash cushion of the unmanned vehicle. The at least one crash cushion is triggered according to the at least one triggering parameter. The at least one crash cushion is triggered before the imminent collision.

    VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220324422A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-13

    申请号:US17714342

    申请日:2022-04-06

    发明人: Jeong Hee LEE

    摘要: A vehicle control system includes a setting unit to sense a plurality of forward vehicles positioned ahead of a subject vehicle in a driving direction, to classify each of the forward vehicles as a far-away vehicle or a near-by vehicle, and to set each of the far-away vehicles as an interest vehicle, a receiving unit to receive braking information of each of the interest vehicles from the respective interest vehicles, and a control unit to control braking of the subject vehicle based on the braking information of each of the interest vehicles received by the receiving unit.