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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2005
Pedestrian detection device, related method, air bag system and vehicle equipped with air bag system
Makiko Sugiura, Hekinan, JP;
Inao Toyoda, Anjo, JP;
Makiko Sugiura, Hekinan, JP;
Inao Toyoda, Anjo, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A pedestrian detection device, a related method, an air bag system and a vehicle are disclosed. The pedestrian detection deviceincludes an infrared ray sensorA, which detects a temperature of a detection object approaching to or in contact with the vehicleto provide a temperature signal, an impact sensortowhich generate impact signals when the vehicle encounters a collision, and an impact collision generation unitoperative to generate a pedestrian collision signal upon discrimination that the detection object is a pedestrian, discrimination that the impact signal is being outputted, and discrimination that a direction in which the pedestrian is present and a direction in which the impact is applied to the vehicle falls in a substantially same direction.