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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen R. W. Cooper, Fowlerville, MI (US);
Kiran Ramanlal Magiawala, Hawthorne, CA (US);
Assignee:
TRW Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 ;
Abstract
An arrangement ( ) is used in a vehicle ( ), and contains an occupant characteristic sensor ( ), a filter ( ) and a controller ( ). The sensor ( ) senses an occupant characteristic and outputs a signal indicative thereof. The filter ( ) and the controller ( ) operate to monitor the signal for a frequency component indicative of a vehicle crash event. In one example, the arrangement ( ) is part of an occupant protection system ( ) that includes an actuatable protection device ( ). The controller ( ) controlling actuation of the protection device ( ) in response to the filtered frequency component.