APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING IMPACT ON VEHICLE AND APPARATUS FOR WARNING IMPACT ON VEHICLE
First Claim
1. An apparatus for determining an impact on a vehicle comprising:
- a load detecting portion attached to an end portion of a seat portion of a seat for the vehicle that includes a seat back at a rear portion of the seat for the vehicle, and detecting a compressing-direction load, applied to the end portion of the seat portion toward a floor of the vehicle, and a pulling-direction load, applied to the end portion of the seat portion away from the floor of the vehicle; and
an impact determining portion determining that the impact is applied on the vehicle in a case where the compressing-direction load, which is equal to or larger than a first predetermined value, is detected and subsequently the pulling-direction load, which is equal to or larger than a second predetermined value, is detected within a first predetermined time period, at the end portion of the seat portion by means of the load detecting portion, or in a case where the pulling-direction load, which is equal to or larger than a third predetermined value, is detected and subsequently the compressing-direction load, which is equal to or larger than a fourth predetermined value, is detected within a second predetermined time period, at the end portion of the seat portion by means of the load detecting portion.
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Abstract
An apparatus for determining an impact on a vehicle includes: a load detecting portion attached to an end portion of a seat portion of a seat for the vehicle, and detecting a compressing-direction load, and a pulling-direction load; and an impact determining portion determining that the impact is applied on the vehicle in a case where the compressing-direction load, which is equal to or larger than a first predetermined value, is detected and subsequently the pulling-direction load, which is equal to or larger than a second predetermined value, is detected within a first predetermined time period, or in a case where the pulling-direction load, which is equal to or larger than a third predetermined value, is detected and subsequently the compressing-direction load, which is equal to or larger than a fourth predetermined value, is detected within a second predetermined time period.
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Citations
13 Claims
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1. An apparatus for determining an impact on a vehicle comprising:
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a load detecting portion attached to an end portion of a seat portion of a seat for the vehicle that includes a seat back at a rear portion of the seat for the vehicle, and detecting a compressing-direction load, applied to the end portion of the seat portion toward a floor of the vehicle, and a pulling-direction load, applied to the end portion of the seat portion away from the floor of the vehicle; and an impact determining portion determining that the impact is applied on the vehicle in a case where the compressing-direction load, which is equal to or larger than a first predetermined value, is detected and subsequently the pulling-direction load, which is equal to or larger than a second predetermined value, is detected within a first predetermined time period, at the end portion of the seat portion by means of the load detecting portion, or in a case where the pulling-direction load, which is equal to or larger than a third predetermined value, is detected and subsequently the compressing-direction load, which is equal to or larger than a fourth predetermined value, is detected within a second predetermined time period, at the end portion of the seat portion by means of the load detecting portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus for warning an impact on a vehicle comprising:
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an apparatus for determining the impact on the vehicle including a load detecting portion attached to an end portion of a seat portion of a seat for a vehicle that includes a seat back at a rear portion of the seat for the vehicle, and detecting a compressing-direction load, applied to the end portion of the seat portion toward a floor of the vehicle, and a pulling-direction load, applied to the end portion of the seat portion away from the floor of the vehicle, and an impact determining portion determining that the impact is applied on the vehicle in a case where the compressing-direction load, which is equal to or larger than a first predetermined value, is detected and subsequently the pulling-direction load, which is equal to or larger than a second predetermined value, is detected within a first predetermined time period, at the end portion of the seat portion by means of the load detecting portion, or in a case where the pulling-direction load, which is equal to or larger than a third predetermined value, is detected and subsequently the compressing-direction load, which is equal to or larger than a fourth predetermined value, is detected within a second predetermined time period, at the end portion of the seat portion by means of the load detecting portion; and an impact warning portion warning a passenger of the vehicle that the impact is applied on the vehicle in a case where the apparatus for determining the impact on the vehicle determines that the impact is applied on the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for determining an impact on a vehicle comprising:
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detecting a compressing-direction load, applied to an end portion of a seat portion toward a floor of the vehicle, and a pulling-direction load, applied to the end portion of the seat portion away from the floor of the vehicle; and determining that the impact is applied on the vehicle in a case where the compressing-direction load, which is equal to or larger than a first predetermined value, is detected and subsequently the pulling-direction load, which is equal to or larger than a second predetermined value, is detected within a first predetermined time period, at the end portion of the seat portion, or in a case where the pulling-direction load, which is equal to or larger than a third predetermined value, is detected and subsequently the compressing-direction load, which is equal to or larger than a fourth predetermined value, is detected within a second predetermined time period, at the end portion of the seat portion.
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