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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Gerald H. Engelman, Plymouth, MI (US);
Alex Maurice Miller, Canton, MI (US);
Brian Robert Spahn, Plymouth, MI (US);
Richard Lee Stephenson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Levasseur Tellis, Southfield, MI (US);
Timothy D. Zwicky, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/015 (2006.01); B60R 21/013 (2006.01); B60R 21/23 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/01554 (2014.10); B60R 21/013 (2013.01); B60R 21/01556 (2014.10); B60R 21/23 (2013.01); G06K 9/00838 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0032 (2013.01); B60R 2021/01013 (2013.01); B60R 2021/01286 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle has a restraint system with at least two restraint devices. A sensor detects a potential collision object and outputs a signal representing a relative position of the potential collision object to the vehicle. A processing device suppresses deployment of at least one of the restraint devices based at least in part on the signal output by the at least one sensor.