Collision damage reduction apparatus
First Claim
1. A collision damage reducing apparatus, which is for lessening damage of a vehicle due to a collision, monitoring an obstacle in a moving direction of a vehicle and activating apiece of equipment of the vehicle according to a possibility of a collision with the monitored object, said collision damage reducing apparatus comprising:
- designated obstacle detecting means, which is included in said vehicle, detecting an object being positioned in the moving direction and having a possibility of a collision with the vehicle to be a designated obstacle;
detecting period calculating means obtaining a continuous detecting period, for which the object has been uninterruptedly detected as the designated obstacle;
monitoring target acknowledging means, according to the continuous detecting period obtained by said detecting period calculating means, deciding whether or not the designated obstacle is regarded as a monitoring target that is to be monitored by said damage reducing apparatus, and deciding whether or not the designated obstacle is regarded as an activation cause to activate the equipment activated under control by said damage reducing apparatus;
reliability determining means judging a possibility of the collision of the vehicle with the designated obstacle if the continuous detecting period is longer than a detecting period threshold value), and defining a reliability level coefficient indicating a degree of reliability of the designated obstacle if a result of the judging of the collision is positive;
attentiveness determining means defining attentiveness coefficient, which indicates a degree of attentiveness of the driver of the vehicle and is decreased according to deterioration in the attentiveness of the driver; and
detecting period threshold value adjusting means decreasing the detecting period threshold value according to decrease in the attentiveness coefficient defined by said attentiveness determining means.
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Abstract
A collision damage reducing apparatus for lessening vehicle collision damage, includes: designated obstacle detecting means detecting an object having a collision possibility to be a obstacle; calculating means obtaining a continuous detecting period, for which the object is detected as the obstacle; monitoring target acknowledging means, according to the continuous detecting period, deciding whether or not the obstacle is regarded as a monitoring target, and deciding whether or not the obstacle is regarded as an activation cause; reliability determining means judging a collision possibility if the continuous detecting period is longer than a threshold value, and defining a reliability level coefficient indicating obstacle'"'"'s reliability if a result of the judging of the collision possibility is positive; attentiveness determining means defining attentiveness coefficient decreased according to attentiveness deterioration; and detecting period threshold value adjusting means decreasing the threshold value according to decrease in the attentiveness coefficient.
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6 Claims
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1. A collision damage reducing apparatus, which is for lessening damage of a vehicle due to a collision, monitoring an obstacle in a moving direction of a vehicle and activating apiece of equipment of the vehicle according to a possibility of a collision with the monitored object, said collision damage reducing apparatus comprising:
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designated obstacle detecting means, which is included in said vehicle, detecting an object being positioned in the moving direction and having a possibility of a collision with the vehicle to be a designated obstacle; detecting period calculating means obtaining a continuous detecting period, for which the object has been uninterruptedly detected as the designated obstacle; monitoring target acknowledging means, according to the continuous detecting period obtained by said detecting period calculating means, deciding whether or not the designated obstacle is regarded as a monitoring target that is to be monitored by said damage reducing apparatus, and deciding whether or not the designated obstacle is regarded as an activation cause to activate the equipment activated under control by said damage reducing apparatus; reliability determining means judging a possibility of the collision of the vehicle with the designated obstacle if the continuous detecting period is longer than a detecting period threshold value), and defining a reliability level coefficient indicating a degree of reliability of the designated obstacle if a result of the judging of the collision is positive; attentiveness determining means defining attentiveness coefficient, which indicates a degree of attentiveness of the driver of the vehicle and is decreased according to deterioration in the attentiveness of the driver; and detecting period threshold value adjusting means decreasing the detecting period threshold value according to decrease in the attentiveness coefficient defined by said attentiveness determining means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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