Air bag deployment control system
First Claim
1. An air bag deployment control system, comprising:
- a weight sensor which detects weight of an occupant sitting on a seat of a vehicle; and
a controller which switches between deployment and non-deployment modes of an air bag based on the occupant weight detected by the weight sensor;
wherein the controller switches to the deployment mode permitting deployment of the air bag when the detected weight of the occupant is equal to or larger than a first threshold value and switches to the non-deployment mode prohibiting deployment of the air bag when the detected weight of the occupant is smaller than a second threshold value; and
the second threshold value for switching from the deployment mode to the non-deployment mode is set smaller than the first threshold value for switching from the non-deployment mode to the deployment mode.
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Abstract
An air bag deployment control system, comprises a weight sensor which detects weight of an occupant sitting on a seat of a vehicle, and a controller which switches between deployment and non-deployment modes of an air bag based on the occupant weight detected by the weight sensor. The controller switches to the deployment mode permitting deployment of the air bag when the detected weight of the occupant is equal to or larger than a first threshold value, and switches to the non-deployment mode prohibiting deployment of the air bag when the detected weight of the occupant is smaller than a second threshold value. The second threshold value for switching from the deployment mode to the non-deployment mode is set smaller than the first threshold value for switching from the non-deployment mode to the deployment mode.
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1. An air bag deployment control system, comprising:
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a weight sensor which detects weight of an occupant sitting on a seat of a vehicle; and
a controller which switches between deployment and non-deployment modes of an air bag based on the occupant weight detected by the weight sensor;
wherein the controller switches to the deployment mode permitting deployment of the air bag when the detected weight of the occupant is equal to or larger than a first threshold value and switches to the non-deployment mode prohibiting deployment of the air bag when the detected weight of the occupant is smaller than a second threshold value; and
the second threshold value for switching from the deployment mode to the non-deployment mode is set smaller than the first threshold value for switching from the non-deployment mode to the deployment mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An air bag deployment control method in which weight of an occupant sitting on a seat of a vehicle is detected by a weight sensor, the method comprising the steps of:
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switching between deployment and non-deployment modes of an air bag based on the occupant weight detected by the weight sensor;
wherein a switch to the deployment mode which permits deployment of the air bag occurs when the detected weight of the occupant is equal to or larger than a first threshold value, and a switch to the non-deployment mode which prohibits deployment of the air bag occurs when the detected weight of the occupant is smaller than a second threshold value; and
the second threshold value for switching the deployment mode to the non-deployment mode is smaller than the first threshold value for switching the non-deployment mode to the deployment mode. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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