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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Joseph Y. Yoon, Oakland Township, MI (US);
Inventor:
Joseph Y. Yoon, Oakland Township, MI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/01 (2006.01); G01S 17/88 (2006.01); G01S 13/88 (2006.01); G01S 17/93 (2006.01); G01S 13/86 (2006.01); G01S 13/93 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/01 (2013.01); G01S 13/86 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G01S 17/936 (2013.01); B60R 2021/01013 (2013.01); B60R 2021/01027 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9367 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9375 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9378 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9385 (2013.01);
Abstract
An airbag deployment control apparatus and method utilizes an output of a pre-collision sensor mounted on the vehicle as a first airbag safing signal, and an output of a vehicle mounted impact sensor, when the impact sensor output exceeds a predetermined level corresponding to an actual vehicle collision, as a second airbag safing signal. A control, after determining the occurrence of the two consecutive safing signals, checks airbag arming and deployment criteria for deployment of the airbag. The pre-impact sensor can be a camera, radar, or Lidar sensor mounted on the vehicle.