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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2013
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Yong Sun Kim, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Seoung Hoon Lee, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Sang Min Jo, Jeollabuk-Do, KR;
Jin Ho Bae, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Han Sung Lee, Seoul, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an external airbag deployment method of determining whether to deploy an external airbag. The method includes setting, by a controller, a detection area that has a predetermined range and tracking physical characteristics of objects entering the detection area. The detection area is a predetermined area located in front of a vehicle and is set by the controller based on a full deployment time of the external airbag and a relative velocity upon colliding with another object.