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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2000
Junichi Ando, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Abstract
In an airbag deployment mode selection system, the closer an occupant approaches to an airbag deployment port, the quicker the reflected signal therefrom is received by a reflected signal receiver, a range-finding signal generator being caused to generate subsequent range-finding signals (A,, A,) and so on immediately after the reception of the reflected signals (S,, S,) and so on by the reflected signal receiver. By doing this, the shorter the distance from the airbag deployment port to the occupant is, the shorter is the period for measuring the distance by a distance sensor, thereby accurately measuring the distance from the airbag deployment port to the occupant immediately before the airbag is operated in order to select an appropriate airbag deployment mode.