SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SIDE-IMPACT COLLISION STATUS OF A VEHICLE
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1. A system for determining a side-impact collision status of a vehicle and responding to same, the system comprising;
- (a) a mechanism for detecting a presence of the vehicle;
(b) a controller for determining the lateral displacement of the vehicle in predetermined time intervals and comparing same to threshold values to determine the side-impact collision status of the vehicle; and
(c) if the vehicle has been in a side-impact collision, a signal is configured to trigger a response.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided to determine the side-impact collision status of a nearby vehicle or vehicles. If a nearby vehicle has been in a collision, responsive systems may be triggered automatically. Responses may include warning the driver of the host vehicle and/or warning drivers of other vehicles or centralized networks by, among other methods, V2V or V2I communications. Responses may also include automatically triggering countermeasures in the host vehicle.
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1. A system for determining a side-impact collision status of a vehicle and responding to same, the system comprising;
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(a) a mechanism for detecting a presence of the vehicle; (b) a controller for determining the lateral displacement of the vehicle in predetermined time intervals and comparing same to threshold values to determine the side-impact collision status of the vehicle; and (c) if the vehicle has been in a side-impact collision, a signal is configured to trigger a response. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of avoiding a collision, comprising:
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(a) determining a side-impact collision status of a vehicle based upon lateral displacement of the vehicle in predetermined time intervals relative to the vehicle'"'"'s longitudinal direction of travel and comparing measured lateral displacement to predetermined thresholds to determine if the side-impact collision status is positive; and (b) automatically responding to the side-impact collision status. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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