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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2001
Yujiro Miyata, Toyota, JP;
Tomoki Nagao, Nagoya, JP;
Katsuji Imai, Nagoya, JP;
Motomi Iyoda, Seto, JP;
Yujiro Miyata, Toyota, JP;
Tomoki Nagao, Nagoya, JP;
Katsuji Imai, Nagoya, JP;
Motomi Iyoda, Seto, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling an output of an air bag device () such that the output is made relatively high when a deceleration value (G) detected by a floor sensor () disposed in a central portion of a vehicle body is higher than a threshold which changes with a velocity (∫G·dt) which is obtained as a time integral of the deceleration value (G). The threshold is changed from a normally selected high value to a low value when one of two deceleration values (G, G) detected by respective two satellite sensors () disposed in front left and right portions of the vehicle body has reached a threshold value which changes with the velocity (∫G·dt).