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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1997
Brian K Blackburn, Rochester, MI (US);
Joseph F Mazur, Washington, MI (US);
Scott B Gentry, Romeo, MI (US);
TRW Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Abstract
An occupant restraint system (10), and an associated control method, for a vehicle (16). The system (10) includes an actuatable occupant restraint device (18). An ultrasound sensor (34) senses an occupant condition and provides a signal (38) indicative thereof. An ultrasound signal sampler function (46) of a controller (26) samples the signal (38) at a sample rate. A restraint control determination function (50) of the controller (26) makes determinations regarding control of the restraint device (18) using the signal samples. A rate determination function (52) determines the sensor and sample rates using the signal samples.