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7617048 Method for determining an accident risk between a first object with at least one second object  
A method for determining an accident risk of a first object with at least one second object is proposed, a collision probability and a hazard probability of the at least one second object being...
7617030 Display system, in-vehicle display system, operation control system, and operator specification method  
A seat sensor is arranged for each of a plurality of seats. A pulse-signal supplying unit supplies a pulse signal with a different timing to the seat sensor. An operator identifying unit detects,...
7614685 Vehicle side door structure  
A vehicle side door structure includes an inner panel, an outer panel that is positioned on the outside of the inner panel in the vehicle-width direction, and that forms a closed space in...
7614680 Passenger's weight measurement device for vehicle seat  
A passenger's weight measurement device 1 comprises a left and right pair of fixed lower rails 3 which are fixed on the vehicle floor, a left and right pair of movable upper rails 4 which are...
7614652 Displacement information derivation device, occupant restraint system, vehicle, and displacement information derivation method  
A collision detection device is provided which is effective for improving the detection quality for detection of displacement of a vehicle component during a vehicle collision. In one form, the...
7614651 Motor vehicle capable of preventing malfunction and interrupting high-voltage system when accident occurs  
An output of a semiconductor impact sensor contained in an air bag ECU is used to make determination in light of a criterion for interrupting a high-voltage power supply, which is different from a...
7614597 Seat slide for vehicle  
A seat slide for a vehicle, including a lower rail fixed to a floor of the vehicle, an upper rail fixed to a seat of the vehicle, a lock plate disposed within an inner space between the lower and...
7613569 Crash prediction network with visual input for vehicle  
A method for facilitating the avoidance of a vehicle collision with an object includes the following steps: a) providing an environment for generating training examples, b) evolving a good driver...
7610135 Apparatus for transmitting data acquired from bus-connected plural on-vehicle sensors to processing unit  
An apparatus is provided for transmitting data in an airbag activation system mounted on a vehicle. The apparatus comprises a communication channel, a plurality of sensor units mutually...
7607511 Vehicle passenger-restraining device and method  
A vehicle passenger-restraining device has a rollover detection device that detects or predicts a rollover of the vehicle, a front airbag that deploys in front of the passenger when the rollover...
7607510 Collision detection system for vehicle  
Disclosed herein is a collision detection system for a vehicle. The collision detection system for a vehicle according to the present invention includes a sensor unit and a control unit. The sensor...
7606647 Communication control device for passenger protection device  
A communication control device for passenger protection device includes a satellite sensor unit and an ECU being connected to the satellite sensor unit via a communication line. The satellite...
7606646 Passive safety system and determination device  
A determination device includes a single acceleration sensor that measures an acceleration of a vehicle and a determination circuit that is electrically connected with the acceleration sensor. The...
7603217 Sensor system and method for determining at least one of the weight and the position of a seat occupant  
A sensor system for determining at least one of the weight and the position of a seat occupant is provided, the sensor system comprising a control unit, at least two spaced measurement weight...
7600799 Console box structure  
A console box assembly is configured such that a box body ( 3 ) within a console box ( 2 ) is divided into a potential drop away part ( 15 ), which is located in proximity to a proximity part ( 9...
7598881 Sensor and circuit configuration for occupant detection  
In occupant detection systems, direct connections, such as fixed or permanent connections, are provided between the antenna and measurement circuit and between the measurement circuit and wiring...
7597352 Vehicle passenger restraining system  
A vehicle passenger restraining system comprises a plurality of passenger restraining devices, upper and lower deformation detecting devices, and a passenger restraining device operating unit. The...
7595735 Seat occupancy sensor  
A seat occupancy sensor has at least two pressure-activatable switch elements, which are assigned to two areas of a seat and are spaced a distance apart from one another and connected in a logic...
7584667 Method and apparatus for sensing seat occupant weight  
A system for measuring the weight of a seat occupant is used to control airbag deployment. The system is incorporated into a vehicle seat supported on inboard and outboard track assemblies. The...
7581750 Airbag device for rollover countermeasure of vehicle  
A rear window curtain airbag device comprises an airbag placed at the portion near the upper edge of the rear window, an inflator to inject gas for the airbag, and a connecting pipe to supply the...
7580782 Vehicular electronic system with crash sensors and occupant protection systems  
Electronic system in a vehicle includes crash sensor systems each arranged to sense a crash involving the vehicle and occupant protection systems each including an occupant protection device...
7578198 Method and apparatus for sensing seat occupant weight  
A system for measuring the weight of a seat occupant is used to control airbag deployment. The system is incorporated into a vehicle seat supported on inboard and outboard track assemblies. The...
7577506 Empty seat detection via spectral analysis  
A module and method for determining whether a seat is empty. In one embodiment, the module includes a projection module that is configured to receive force data that includes a plurality of modes....
7576642 Motor-vehicle seat belt with integrated sensors  
A safety belt has an inner face turned toward the body of a user and an outer face turned away from the user. A plurality of sensor are mounted on the outer face, and the inner face is devoid of...
7576445 Power supply arrangement for providing an output signal with a predetermined output signal level  
A power supply arrangement has a charge storage means, a charge means, a reference signal source and a processing means. The power supply arrangement is implemented to provide the output signal...
7575248 Airbag inflation control based on sensed contact with occupant  
Method for controlling inflation of an airbag in a vehicle which protects an occupant from injury in a crash involving the vehicle includes sensing a crash, inflating the airbag to protect the...
7575086 Sensor module for vehicle  
A sensor module mounted on a vehicle body includes a base plate, a sensor and a signal processing unit. The sensor includes a plurality of piezoelectric films for detecting an external force...
7575085 Capacitance-based sensor and occupant sensing system  
An occupant sensing electrode is embedded in a seat. An empty seat capacitance reducing electrode is placed between the occupant sensing electrode and a seat frame of the seat in an opposed...
7570068 Signal processing system and method  
First and second complementary voltage signals are operatively coupled across a series circuit comprising first and second sense resistors and a circuit element therebetween. A DC bias current in...
7568727 Airbag deployment monitoring system  
A system for monitoring the deployment of an airbag. The system includes a sensor adapted to generate a signal and a flexible member having an indicator portion. The indicator portion inhibits at...
7568544 Occupant protection device for vehicle  
An occupant protection device for vehicle includes an impact-predicting unit that predicts an impact of a vehicle, a controlling unit that controls activation of plural actuators mounted on the...
7566073 Airbag apparatus for vehicle  
An airbag control system for a vehicle includes: a switch, configured to be coupled to a projection on a child safety seat when the child safety seat is mounted to a vehicle seat; a tether anchor...
7566070 Airbag system and motorcycle with airbag system  
A technique is provided effective in improving rider restraint performance of an airbag in an airbag system to be mounted to a motorcycle. In one form, an airbag system to be mounted to a...
7562735 Passenger detecting device adapted for motor vehicle  
A passenger detecting device includes a plurality of weight sensors, a weight-fluctuation monitoring means and a passenger judging and data updating means. The weight sensors are arranged at...
7556118 Airbag system for an automobile and method of operating the same  
The present invention may provide an airbag system for an automobile and a method of operating the same. The airbag system comprises the following: sensors mounted on a frame member of a the...
7555380 Non-contact seat position system  
A non-contact seat position system is provided. The system includes a lower seat track, an upper seat track, a target and a sensor. The upper seat track is positionably connected to the lower seat...
7552000 Cockpit of an automotive vehicle with a steering wheel and an adjustable seat  
A passenger compartment (cockpit) of an automotive vehicle is equipped for the driver with a steering wheel ( 20 ), with an underbody ( 24 ), and with a seat ( 26 ). The seat ( 26 ) comprises an...
7551998 System having a control unit and a status acquisition device as well as a method for testing/diagnosing such a system  
In a system having a control unit for triggering a restraint system for vehicles, and having a status acquisition device, such as a seat occupation device, from which a data record describing the...
7548808 Hardware independent mapping of multiple sensor configurations for classification of persons  
Sensors are mounted within a seat structure for measuring seat occupant weight. The sensors can be mounted in any one of various sensor configurations. So that common hardware can be used for each...
7547043 Passenger protection device  
A passenger protection device may be configured with an airbag including a protection space portion region for alleviating restraint pressure at the time of restraining a passenger, so as to...
7546193 Vehicle occupant protection apparatus and initiation method to use for vehicle occupant protection apparatus  
A vehicle occupant protection apparatus 1 including: a first acceleration sensor ( 2 ) for detecting acceleration of a front portion of a vehicle ( 10 ); a second acceleration sensor 3 for...
7546192 Multiplex communication system and car-passenger protection system using the same  
Disclosed is a multiplex communication system which comprises a master unit, and a plurality of slave units, wherein the master unit and the plurality of slave units are annularly connected by a...
7543848 Apparatus and method for controlling an inflatable cushion  
A system for controlling an inflation output in an inflatable cushion of an air bag module, comprising: a first sensing device, the first sensing device being an electronic sensing device...
7543846 Air bag device  
An air bag, a control device and a rider or operator removal detecting part are disposed in an operator's jacket. An air bag device body includes air inflating chambers, an ECU, a battery, a radio...
7543677 Object detection system, protection system, and vehicle  
A system of detecting an object existing at the periphery of a vehicle is provided that is effective in reducing repair cost for a vehicle. In one form, a protection system installed in a vehicle...
7542825 Sensor fusion system and vehicle control system therewith  
Each of multiple probability distribution outputting units computes a probability distribution of a data value detected by the corresponding sensor or algorithm in an image recognition processing...
7540532 Apparatus for triggering restraint means  
An apparatus for triggering a restraint apparatus, arrangement(s) or structure(s) in which, with a precrash sensor system, the apparatus generates a signal as a function of which the restraint...
7539804 Communication apparatus  
An airbag ECU includes a communication bus connection circuit for connecting communication buses to communication circuits. A central control circuit connects some of the communication buses to the...
7536247 Method and apparatus for reconstructing an accident using side satellite lateral acceleration sensors  
An automotive vehicle ( 10 ) includes a restraint control module ( 12 ) coupled to a memory ( 50 ). During an impact, data from various sensors including lateral acceleration sensors ( 30,32 ) are...
7529620 Sensor arrangement for the detection of collisions  
A sensor system for impact detection is situated in the front region of the vehicle. The sensor system is able to detect kinematic variables in both the longitudinal and vertical directions of the...