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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Canton, MI (US);
Joshua Wheeler, Trenton, MI (US);
Brian Bennie, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Scott Andrew Amman, Milford, MI (US);
Doug B. Thornburg, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An example vehicle for monitoring windshield vibrations for vehicle collision detection includes a windshield, a vibration sensor coupled to the windshield to detect window vibrations of the windshield, a first accelerometer to detect vehicle body vibrations of a vehicle body, and a restraint control module. The restraint control module is to detect an event based upon the window vibrations and determine whether the event is a collision event or a non-collision event responsive to comparing the window vibrations and the vehicle body vibrations.