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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2002
Aki Ugusa, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Yamashita, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A collision type decision device includes left and right deceleration detectors, an arithmetic unit, an average calculating unit, and a decision unit. The left and right deceleration detectors are located at left and right front portions of a vehicle for detecting decelerations at the left and right front portions, respectively. The arithmetic unit calculates the decelerations detected by the deceleration detectors to obtain arithmetic results with respect to the left and right portions of the vehicle. The average calculating unit calculates an average of the arithmetic results. The decision unit compares the average with a threshold and decides whether a collision type of the vehicle is a symmetric or asymmetric on the basis of the comparison.