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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
May. 22, 2012
Applicants:
Chek-peng Foo, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Huahn-fern Yeh, Novi, MI (US);
Ying-chang Lee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Chek-Peng Foo, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Huahn-fern Yeh, Novi, MI (US);
Ying-chang Lee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
TRW AUTOMOTIVE U.S. LLC, Livonia, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/38 (2011.01); B60R 21/34 (2011.01); B60R 21/36 (2011.01); B60R 21/0132 (2006.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/0136 (2006.01); B60R 19/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/38 (2013.01); B60R 21/00 (2013.01); B60R 21/0132 (2013.01); B60R 21/0136 (2013.01); B60R 21/34 (2013.01); B60R 21/36 (2013.01); B60R 19/483 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus detects a vehicle/pedestrian impact event by sensing impact events near a forward location of a vehicle using both acceleration sensors and pressure sensors and providing associated signals indicative thereof, determining metric values for each of the sensor signals, and determining if a vehicle/pedestrian impact has occurred in response to the determined metric values.