Nippondenso Co., Ltd.

Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Nippon Soken, Inc.

Toshio Yasui

Motoharu Naito

Ken Asami

Michima Ogawa

Masahiro Taguchi

Satosi Kuwakado

Noboru Tsuge

Kenzo Ito

A map display system for displaying a linear object on a map in accordance with stored map data is disclosed. The coordinate components of at least two specified points on the linear object and other points thereon crossing straight lines drawn in spaced relationship and in parallel with the straight line connecting the specified points are stored as map data in a memory. The coordinate components thus stored are converted into a display coordinate by a display control to generate a display signal. In accordance with the display signal the linear object is displayed on a display within a predetermined display section.

Map display system

In an electronic map display system, predetermined linear display object data of all map data are stored in a first memory according to a predetermined coordinate system. Target point data other than the predetermined linear display object data are stored in a second memory in accordance with a relative coordinate system based on the predetermined linear objects. The data of the first memory are converted into display data of designated magnification rate by a first converter. The target point data of the second memory are converted into display data in accordance with a coordinate system based on the linear display objects by a second converter. A display signal is produced to display a map image in accordance with the data converted by the first and second data converters.

Electronic display system

A retractable safety belt system for restraining a vehicle occupant in a seat comprising a seat belt secured at one end to a reel of an electric-motor driven retractor. The retractor motor is controlled by control means (9) having a drive circuit (92G) and a reverse rotation or protraction rotation detection circuit (94A) which senses the reverse rotation of the motor as the seat belt is protracted and energizes the motor to retract the seat belt, thereby removing any slack in the seat belt. Preferably, the control means includes an increasing voltage circuit (94C) for gradually increasing the voltage applied to the motor, thereby reducing the motor torque at the initial stage of retraction. Also, the control means preferably includes a load sensing circuit (94B) which de-energizes the motor as the load on the motor and, hence, the tension in the seat belt reaches a predetermined level.

Retractable safety belt system

An electric apparatus for a vehicle safety device including an actuation recording apparatus for vehicle safety devices for protecting occupants in a vehicle during a crash thereof includes an internal power supply circuit and a plurality of circuits each thereof including a parallel connection of a resistor and an external recorder driving an electric circuit. The apparatus also includes connecting terminals for connection to a power source, external crash sensors, external initiators for vehicle safety devices and external recorders. The apparatus is fabricated as a unit in the form of an integrated circuit package.

Electric apparatus for a vehicle safety device

A passenger protection system comprises an air bag operating circuit having a G sensor and a squib, and a back-up circuit connected in parallel to the operating circuit. A terminal of the parallel circuit including the air bag operating circuit and the back-up circuit is connected to the body earth through a battery mounted in the automobile, and the other terminal thereof is grounded through a diode, thus making it possible to supply power to squib for expansion of the air bag even if the G sensor is short-circuited on the occasion of an automobile collision.

Passenger protection apparatus

In an electric control circuit for a safety apparatus including an actuator in series with an electric power source through a normally open switch to be electrically operated upon closure of the switch in the occurrence of a vehicle collision, a resistor is connected in parallel with the switch and has a predetermined resistance value defining an electric current applied to the actuator through the resistor to maintain the actuator inoperative. The control circuit further comprises a differential amplifier for amplifying a terminal voltage appearing between the opposite ends of the actuator to generate an amplified voltage therefrom, a constant voltage generator for generating a constant voltage therefrom, a comparator for comparing the amplified voltage with the constant voltage to generate an output signal therefrom when the amplified voltage becomes lower or higher than the constant voltage, and an indicator for informing of malfunction of the control circuit in response to the output signal from the comparator.

Electric control circuit for safety apparatus in automotive vehicles

An electric control circuit for a safety apparatus adapted to be actuated by electrically operated actuator, the control circuit including an electric power source, a first storage condenser connected with the power source through a resistor to be charged in a predetermined time constant, a normally open switch interposed between the condenser and actuator to discharge the condenser through the actuator upon closure of the switch, a second storage condenser connected with the power source through a second resistor to be charged in a second predetermined time constant, the first-named time constant being normally larger than the second time constant, a comparator for comparing a first signal indicating the charged voltage of the first condenser with a second signal indicating the charged voltage of the second condenser to generate an output signal therefrom when the first-named time constant becomes smaller than the second time constant, and an indicator for indicating shortage of the charged voltage of the first condenser when received the output signal from the comparator.

An electric control circuit for a safety apparatus of an automotive vehicle comprises an electrically operated actuator connected in series with an electric power source through a normally open switch to actuate the safety apparatus upon closure of the switch and is provided with a storage condenser connected in parallel with the switch and actuator to supply electric energy to the actuator upon disconnection of a conductor between the power source and actuator. In the control circuit, a first diode is connected at its anode in series with the positive electrode of the power source and at its cathode in series with the positive electrode of the condenser to interrupt an electric current discharged from the condenser therethrough, and a second diode is connected at its cathode in series with the negative electrode of the power source and at its anode in series with the negative electrode of the condenser to interrupt a reverse electric current flowing therethrough.

In an electric control circuit adapted to a safety apparatus including a plurality of actuators in parallel with each other to be electrically operated upon deceleration of vehicle in excess of a predetermined magnitude, a plurality of resistors are connected in series with the respective actuators, each resistance value of the resistors being predetermined in such a manner that even when one of the actuators is shorted at its conductors, a sufficient electric current is supplied to the remaining actuators.

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