Volvo Car Corporation

Autoliv Development Ab

Veoneer Sweden Ab

Pär Nilsson

Peter Harda

Peter Hardå

Anders Axelson, Ii

Yann Le Merrer

Anders Wogel

Martin Ask

Alessandro Zin

Anders Axelsson

Arnaud Devavry

Moroine Laoufi

Tomas Björklund

Stefan Johansson

Anders Almevad

Erik Nordin

Björn Johansson

Stefan Järvholm

Filip Fischer

Patrick Johansson

Björn Bogert

Mladen Gibanica

Yidan Lai

Teik Huat Ong

Raimo Kabral

Chenyang Weng

A safety system for a motor vehicle having at least a front wheel arrangement having one or more wheels and rear wheel arrangement having one or more wheels, the arrangement having: a control unit; and one or more vehicle inertial sensors to detect acceleration experienced by the vehicle, the inertial sensors being connected to the control unit so the control unit receives output signals from the inertial sensors; and one or more vehicle safety systems which may be activated by the control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to process the signals received from the inertial sensors and to determine whether at least one of the wheels of the front and rear wheel arrangements is not in contact with the surface over which the vehicle is driven.

Vehicle safety system

A safety arrangement for a vehicle. The safety arrangement has a control unit; one or more sensors, a road detection arrangement; and one or more vehicle safety systems. The control unit processes the signals from the sensors and determines whether the vehicle is travelling over rough terrain, entering a ditch-like feature, or is airborne. The control unit will activate one or more of the vehicle safety systems if it is determined that the vehicle is travelling over rough terrain, entering a ditch-like feature, or is airborne. Signals, or derived quantities, from the sensors are compared against a threshold to determine whether to activate a vehicle safety system. A first threshold level is used if the vehicle has not or is not likely to leave the road, and a second threshold level is used if the vehicle has or is likely to leave the road.

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Mölndal, Sweden

Pär Nilsson