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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2020
Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Kiran Balasubramanian, Canton, MI (US);
Charles A. Bartlett, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Andreas Fleckner, Mühlhausen-Ehingen, DE;
Harald Pfriender, Constance, DE;
Raymond David, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Huahn-Fern Yeh, Novi, MI (US);
ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
A vehicle safety system implements a method for helping to protect a vehicle occupant in the event of a frontal collision. The method includes determining a passive safety crash mode classification in response to crash signals received in response to the occurrence of a crash event. The method also includes determining an active safety crash mode classification in response to active safety signals received prior to the occurrence of the crash event. The method also includes determining an active safety confidence factor for the active safety crash mode classification. The method also includes determining the weighted crash mode classification as being the active crash mode classification in response to the active safety confidence factor exceeding a predetermined confidence value. The method further includes determining the weighted crash mode classification as being the passive crash mode classification in response to the active safety confidence factor not exceeding the predetermined confidence value.