Method for Operating a Pre-Crash Sensing System to Deploy Airbags Using Confidence Factors Prior to Collision
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1. A method comprising:
- scanning a frontal zone with a pre-crash sensing system and generating a pre-crash signal;
classifying a collision in response to the pre-crash signal;
determining a pre-crash collision confidence factor; and
when the confidence factor is high, deploying a restraint system in pre-collision mode;
when the confidence factor is low, confirming a collision with vehicle collision sensors and deploying the restraint system in collision mode.
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Abstract
A method of operating a vehicle includes determining a pre-crash collision confidence factor and estimating a time to collision. The method further includes deploying a reversible restraint in response to the confidence factor and the time to collision and deploying a non-reversible restraint in response to the confidence factor and the time to collision.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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scanning a frontal zone with a pre-crash sensing system and generating a pre-crash signal;
classifying a collision in response to the pre-crash signal;
determining a pre-crash collision confidence factor; and
when the confidence factor is high, deploying a restraint system in pre-collision mode;
when the confidence factor is low, confirming a collision with vehicle collision sensors and deploying the restraint system in collision mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of operating a restraint system having a reversible restraint and a non-reversible restraint comprising:
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determining a pre-crash collision confidence factor;
estimating a time to collision;
deploying the reversible restraint in response to the confidence factor and the time to collision; and
deploying the non-reversible restraint in response to the confidence factor and the time to collision. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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