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INTEGRATED SENSING SYSTEM

  • US 20080015762A1
  • Filed: 06/29/2007
  • Published: 01/17/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle control system comprising:

  • a housing;

    a plurality of input sensors within said housing generating a plurality of signals including a roll rate signal, a pitch rate signal, a yaw rate signal, a longitudinal acceleration signal, a lateral acceleration signal, and a vertical acceleration signal, a wheel speed signal, a steering wheel angle signal, and conditions among calculated signals reflecting a road constraint, a wheel speed alignment, a level ground attitude alignment, and a virtual heading alignment;

    an integrated controller comprising a relative attitude determination unit and a sensor misalignment unit, said relative attitude determination unit receiving at least one of said plurality of signals and generating a relative attitude signal therefrom, said sensor misalignment unit calculating sensor misalignments within said plurality of signals and generating a sensor misalignment signal as a function of said sensor misalignments, said integrated controller generating a vehicle frame signal as a function of said relative attitude signal and said sensor misalignment signal;

    a dynamic system controller receiving said vehicle frame signal and generating a dynamic control signal in response thereto; and

    a safety device controller receiving said dynamic control signal and further generating a safety device signal in response thereto.

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