Soil trip vehicle rollover detection method
First Claim
1. A method of detecting an impending soil trip rollover event of a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
- determining a roll rate and a lateral acceleration of the vehicle;
sampling the determined lateral acceleration and buffering a plurality of sampled values to create a first lateral acceleration profile;
establishing a second lateral acceleration profile characteristic of a plow phase of a soil trip rollover event;
cross-correlating said first and second lateral acceleration profiles and identifying a first peak correlation value;
establishing a correlation threshold that decreases with increasing values of the determined roll rate; and
detecting the impending rollover event when said first peak correlation value crosses said correlation threshold.
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Abstract
Impending rollover events are detected by recognizing a plow phase increase in lateral acceleration, coupled with a significant trip phase roll rate. The plow phase increase is recognized by modeling a typical soil trip lateral acceleration characteristic and computing a cross-correlation between the measured lateral acceleration and the modeled acceleration. The correlation is compared to a threshold that varies with the measured roll rate to reliably discriminate rollover events from near-rollover events while enabling timely deployment of suitable occupant restraints.
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5 Claims
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1. A method of detecting an impending soil trip rollover event of a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
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determining a roll rate and a lateral acceleration of the vehicle;
sampling the determined lateral acceleration and buffering a plurality of sampled values to create a first lateral acceleration profile;
establishing a second lateral acceleration profile characteristic of a plow phase of a soil trip rollover event;
cross-correlating said first and second lateral acceleration profiles and identifying a first peak correlation value;
establishing a correlation threshold that decreases with increasing values of the determined roll rate; and
detecting the impending rollover event when said first peak correlation value crosses said correlation threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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