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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
May. 21, 2001
Yasumasa Kanameda, Tomioka, JP;
Bosch Electronics Corporation, Gunma, JP;
Abstract
If deceleration in excess of a predetermined value is detected (step in FIG. ), a speed integral value &Dgr;V as time integration of the deceleration is calculated (step in FIG. ). A segment length of a characteristic curve of the speed integral value &Dgr;V in a predetermined range is calculated (steps in FIG. ) . If it is decided that the segment length is smaller than a predetermined value l (step in FIG. ), the crash is decided as the low speed crash, etc. other than a soft crash. An air bag is inflated if the speed integral value &Dgr;V exceeds a predetermined threshold value V , whereas the speed integral value &Dgr;V is incremented by a predetermined value &agr; (step in FIG. ) if it is decided that the segment length exceeds l (step in FIG. ). Then, if it is decided that the speed integral value &Dgr;V exceeds the threshold value V (step in FIG. ), inflation of the air bag is executed to detect generation of the soft crash.