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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2005
Shinichi Harase, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Yamashita, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Harase, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Yamashita, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An airbag control apparatus has an acceleration detecting sectionfor detecting acceleration in the longitudinal direction and lateral direction of a vehicle; a collision decision sectionfor making a decision about a frontal collision and side-impact collision of the vehicle in response to the detection outputs of the acceleration detecting section; and a driving sectionfor inflating airbagsmounted in the front or sides of the vehicle in response to the decision output of the collision decision section. The collision decision section suppresses the decision about the side-impact collision in accordance with collision information in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle contained in the detection outputs of the acceleration detecting section.