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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
May. 03, 2022
Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, Ingolstadt, DE;
Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, DE;
Naveen Shirur, Ingolstadt, DE;
Christian Birkner, Ingolstadt, DE;
Roman Henze, Braunschweig, DE;
Thomas Deserno, Braunschweig, DE;
TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE INGOLSTADT, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
The invention refers to a crash monitoring system () for a vehicle () equipped with an airbag (). The system () comprises an occupant monitoring system () configured for providing a mass value corresponding to a mass of the head () of an occupant () of the vehicle (); an airbag pressure sensor () configured for providing a pressure value corresponding to a gas pressure within the airbag () of the vehicle (); an airbag contact sensor () configured for providing a contact area value corresponding to a contact area at which the head () of the occupant () of the vehicle () contacts the airbag () of the vehicle (); and a processing unit () configured for providing an acceleration value corresponding to an acceleration of the head () of the occupant () of the vehicle () based on the mass value, the pressure value and the contact area value. The invention further refers to an airbag system and a vehicle comprising such an occupant monitoring system and to a corresponding method of generating an acceleration value corresponding to an acceleration of the head () of an occupant () of a vehicle () in a crash situation.
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