Apparatus for reducing impact of vehicle crash
First Claim
1. An apparatus for reducing an impact of a vehicle crash, comprising:
- obstacle detecting means for detecting an obstacle located in front of a driver'"'"'s own vehicle and detecting a relative distance and a relative speed of the obstacle;
crash judgment means for judging whether or not the driver'"'"'s own vehicle will crash against the obstacle detected by the obstacle detecting means; and
an obstacle handling device for reducing an impact caused at a time of a crash against the obstacle when the crash judgment means has judged that the driver'"'"'s own vehicle will crash against the obstacle, wherein the crash judgment means makes a crash judgment according to a limit distance enabling avoidance of the crash only through braking, when the obstacle detecting means has detected a first obstacle in an area in front of the driver'"'"'s own vehicle and a second obstacle in an area that is supposed to be entered by the driver'"'"'s own vehicle afterward as a result of a steering operation for avoiding a crash against the first obstacle.
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Abstract
An apparatus includes: an obstacle detecting unit for detecting a relative distance and a relative speed of an obstacle; a crash judgment unit for determining whether or not the driver'"'"'s own vehicle will crash against the obstacle; and an obstacle handling device for reducing an impact caused at a time of a crash against the obstacle when the crash judgment unit has judged that the driver'"'"'s own vehicle will crash against the obstacle. The crash judgment unit makes a crash judgment according to a limit distance enabling avoidance of the crash only through braking, when the obstacle detecting unit has detected a first obstacle in an area in front of the driver'"'"'s own vehicle and a second obstacle in an area that is supposed to be entered by the driver'"'"'s own vehicle afterward as a result of a steering operation for avoiding a crash against the first obstacle.
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1. An apparatus for reducing an impact of a vehicle crash, comprising:
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obstacle detecting means for detecting an obstacle located in front of a driver'"'"'s own vehicle and detecting a relative distance and a relative speed of the obstacle;
crash judgment means for judging whether or not the driver'"'"'s own vehicle will crash against the obstacle detected by the obstacle detecting means; and
an obstacle handling device for reducing an impact caused at a time of a crash against the obstacle when the crash judgment means has judged that the driver'"'"'s own vehicle will crash against the obstacle, wherein the crash judgment means makes a crash judgment according to a limit distance enabling avoidance of the crash only through braking, when the obstacle detecting means has detected a first obstacle in an area in front of the driver'"'"'s own vehicle and a second obstacle in an area that is supposed to be entered by the driver'"'"'s own vehicle afterward as a result of a steering operation for avoiding a crash against the first obstacle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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