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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2006
Applicant:
Tadahiro Igawa, Minato-ku, JP;
Inventor:
Tadahiro Igawa, Minato-ku, JP;
Assignee:
Takata Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system of detecting an object existing at the periphery of a vehicle is provided that is effective in reducing repair cost for a vehicle. In one form, a protection system installed in a vehicle is adapted to detect an object existing at the periphery of the vehicle through a camera sensor, determine, based on the detected information, whether the object is a vulnerable road user (person), and change the operation mode of outside protection devices according to the body size of the vulnerable road user.