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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1999
Hiromichi Fujishima, Toyota, JP;
Masahide Sawada, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An activation control apparatus of an occupant safety system has a floor sensor disposed at a predetermined position in a vehicle and arranged to detect impact on the vehicle and an activation control of the occupant safety system for activating the occupant safety system when an operation value obtained based on a detection value detected by the floor sensor exceeds a predetermined threshold, and the activation control apparatus further has satellite sensors A, B disposed more to the front than the floor sensor in the vehicle and arranged to detect a level of the impact on the vehicle to detect values of at least two different magnitudes according to the level of the detected impact, and a threshold changer for changing the predetermined threshold in accordance with a detection value of the satellite sensors A, B.