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7623967 |
Device and method for detecting collision of vehicle
A method for detecting a collision of a vehicle based on an output value of a pressure sensor for detecting change of a pressure in an interior space of the vehicle, includes: a process for...
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7623950 |
Confidence boost for automotive occupant classifications
The present invention relates to systems for determining the position and the type of an occupant in a vehicle. More specifically, the present invention provides an occupant position and type...
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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,...
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7616101 |
Device for monitoring the surroundings of a vehicle
A device is provided in a vehicle for monitoring the environment around the vehicle. The device includes a sensor system such that objects in a detection range of the sensor system are selected as...
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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...
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7613568 |
Crash-safe vehicle control system
A crash-safe vehicle control system for controlling operating devices of an own vehicle such as a vehicle decelerating device and an occupant protecting device, on the basis of information on at...
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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...
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7610130 |
Physical context management for a motor vehicle
Computer software for and a method of enhancing safety for an operator of a motor vehicle comprising employing a plurality of sensors of vehicle and operator conditions, matching collective output...
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7610129 |
Remote vehicle starter and method for remotely starting vehicle
A remote vehicle starter allows a user to start an engine of a vehicle remotely. The starter includes a parameter-signal generating unit, a receiving unit, an engine starting unit and a controller....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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7603228 |
Haptic apparatus and coaching method for improving vehicle fuel economy
An apparatus is disclosed that includes a haptic actuator operatively associated with a pedal assembly of the vehicle, a human-machine interface (HMI) for enabling the driver to select between a...
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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...
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7603216 |
Collision determination apparatus for vehicle
A collision determination apparatus has a detection unit and a determination unit. The detection unit is disposed to a connecting portion that connects a panel member to a body of a vehicle. The...
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7602279 |
Wheel lifted and grounded identification for an automotive vehicle
A control system ( 18 ) for an automotive vehicle ( 10 ) has a first roll condition detector ( 64 A), a second roll condition detector ( 64 B), a third roll condition detector ( 64 C), and a...
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7600826 |
System for dynamically determining axle loadings of a moving vehicle using integrated sensing system and its application in vehicle dynamics controls
A vehicle ( 10 ) includes a control system ( 18 ) that is used to control a vehicle system. The control system determines a wheel normal loading in response to heave motion wheel loading,...
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7599680 |
System and method of billing for minutes shared between a portable wireless communication device and a telematics unit
A method of tracking short-range wireless communication in a vehicle. The method includes tracking a total usage time of a short-range wireless connection between a telematics unit and a portable...
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7597170 |
Method for controlling the operation of a reversible belt retractor in a motor vehicle
In a method for controlling the operation of a reversible belt retractor to release a belt extraction lock of a restraint belt in a motor vehicle, the lock can be activated by an acceleration...
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7596242 |
Image processing for vehicular applications
Method for obtaining information about an occupying item in a compartment in a vehicle includes obtaining a series of images of the compartment, each image being taken at a different time and at...
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7588116 |
Opening/closing controlling apparatus
An opening/closing controlling apparatus of the present invention has an automatic opening/closing mechanism for automatically opening and closing an opening/closing object such as a door; a...
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7588115 |
System and method for moving a headrest for whiplash prevention
System and method for preventing whiplash injuries to an occupant, in particular, during rear impacts, includes a movable headrest associated with the seat and a system for positioning the headrest...
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7588114 |
Seat belt retractor system
A seat belt retractor system for a vehicle having a vehicle safety system. The seat belt is retracted at a faster rate when a threat is detected using a high-voltage generated by a local power source.
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7587266 |
Collision object determination device
A vehicle speed calculating section calculates the vehicle velocity by integration of a forward and reverse acceleration of a vehicle. A first deforming speed calculating section calculates a first...
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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...
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7584037 |
Occupant determining device
An occupant determining device includes a load detecting sensor provided on a seat body and a controller. The controller calculates a detected load value based on an output value of the load...
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7584036 |
Device for activating personal protection means
A device for activating personal protection devices activates the personal protection devices as a function of a delay between a first signal from an impact sensor system situated in the vehicle...
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7584035 |
Method for monitoring the performance reliability of a control unit and diagnostic device
The present arrangement provides a method for monitoring the performance reliability of a control unit and/or at least one sensor of a safety device for the protection of vehicle occupants,...
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7581613 |
Seat belt device
The seat belt device includes a first unit, a second unit, seat belt webbing, a spindle, a first pretensioner, a second pretensioner, and a controller. The first unit determines a possible...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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7568543 |
Device for controlling restraining means in a vehicle
A device for triggering a restraining arrangement in a vehicle in which the vehicle velocity is taken into consideration in the triggering. In the system, the vehicle velocity is checked for...
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7567184 |
Method for establishing the occupation of a vehicle seat
The invention relates to a method for differentiating between people and other objects on vehicle seats, by recording and evaluating the pressure distribution caused on the seat by said people and...
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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...
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7565231 |
Crash prediction network with graded warning for vehicle
A method for facilitating the avoidance of a vehicle collision with an object includes the following steps: a) providing a neural network, b) evolving a good driver, c) evolving a crash predictor,...
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7565230 |
Method and apparatus for improving vehicle operator performance
A method ( 700 ) for improving driver performance includes the steps of receiving vehicle operating data from the vehicle ( 702 ); monitoring an interior portion of the vehicle and receiving...
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7565229 |
Method and system for detecting malfunctioning sensors
A method of operating a sensor system includes the steps of determining whether any of a plurality of sensors are malfunctioning in response to a physical stimulus on a vehicle, determining whether...
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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...
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7561951 |
Occupant control system integrated with vehicle dynamics controls
A control system for an automotive vehicle that includes a plurality of dynamics sensors ( 14 ) for generating a plurality of dynamic condition signals and also a plurality of environment sensors (...
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7556119 |
Vehicle collision sensing system
Right and left side pressure sensors are provided to left and right doors, respectively, of a vehicle to sense a pressure in a door interior space of the corresponding door. An ECU computes a...
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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...
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7552012 |
Device for detecting objects in the blind spot of a vehicle
A device for detecting objects in the blind spot on a side of vehicle includes a ranging main sensor, an auxiliary sensor, a comparison unit, and an output unit for outputting a warning signal...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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7548805 |
Vehicle control apparatus, vehicle control method and vehicle slip suppressing apparatus
A vehicle control section is operable to control the vehicle based on information on a degree of risk in a risky point through which the vehicle is predicted to drive.
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