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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jialiang Le, Canton, MI (US);
Hubert Szawarski, Waterford, MI (US);
Manoharprasad K. Rao, Novi, MI (US);
Yeruva Satya Reddy, Farmington, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle system includes a sensor that outputs an impact signal and a processing device that is programmed to calculate an acceleration envelope from the impact signal, determine a number of times the impact signal crosses a predetermined threshold, and determine whether the impact signal represents a pedestrian impact. Whether the impact is a pedestrian impact is based at least in part on the acceleration envelope and the number of times the impact signal crosses the predetermined threshold.