Systems and Methods for Detecting a Collision
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1. A method for setting activation parameters for a vehicle safety system of a subject vehicle comprising:
- determining whether a collision between the subject vehicle and an object is imminent or in progress;
determining whether the collision will be, or is, a front small overlap collision based at least in part on whether the subject vehicle has departed from its intended lane of travel; and
setting activation parameters of the vehicle safety system of the subject vehicle in a front small overlap collision mode based on whether the collision is determined to be a front small overlap collision or not.
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Abstract
A method for setting activation parameters for a vehicle safety system of a subject vehicle. The method includes determining whether a collision between a subject vehicle and an object is imminent or in progress. Whether the collision will be a front small overlap collision is determined, and activation parameters of a vehicle safety system are set in a front small overlap collision mode if the collision is determined to be a front small overlap collision.
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1. A method for setting activation parameters for a vehicle safety system of a subject vehicle comprising:
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determining whether a collision between the subject vehicle and an object is imminent or in progress; determining whether the collision will be, or is, a front small overlap collision based at least in part on whether the subject vehicle has departed from its intended lane of travel; and setting activation parameters of the vehicle safety system of the subject vehicle in a front small overlap collision mode based on whether the collision is determined to be a front small overlap collision or not. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for setting activation parameters for a vehicle safety system of a subject vehicle comprising:
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determining whether the subject vehicle has at least partially exited an intended lane of travel; determining a predicted path of travel of the subject vehicle; determining whether an object is present along the predicted path of travel of the subject vehicle outside of the intended lane of travel; determining whether a turn signal of the subject vehicle is activated; and setting activation parameters of the vehicle safety system of the subject vehicle in a front head-on collision mode or a front small overlap collision mode based on at least one of the following;
whether the subject vehicle has at least partially exited the intended lane of travel, whether the object is present along the predicted path of travel of the vehicle outside of the intended lane of travel, and whether the turn signal of the subject vehicle has been activated;wherein in the front head-on collision mode an airbag of the subject vehicle is set to deploy at a first time after a collision, and in the front small overlap collision mode the airbag of the subject vehicle is set to deploy at a second time that is different from the first time. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for setting activation parameters for a vehicle safety system of a subject vehicle comprising:
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a lane recognition system configured to determine whether the subject vehicle has at least partially exited an intended lane of travel; a vehicle path prediction system configured to determine a predicted path of travel of the subject vehicle; an object recognition system configured to determine whether an object is present along the predicted path of travel of the vehicle outside of the intended lane of travel; a controller configured to determine whether a collision involving the vehicle is a front head-on collision type or a front small overlap collision type based on at least one of the following;
whether the subject vehicle has at least partially exited the intended lane of travel, whether the object is present along the predicted path of travel of the vehicle outside of the intended lane of travel, and whether the turn signal of the subject vehicle has been activated;wherein; the controller is configured to activate a front head-on collision mode or a front small overlap collision mode based on whether the controller determines the collision to be the front head-on collision type or the front small overlap collision type; the controller is configured to set the airbag to deploy at a first time after a collision in the front head-on collision mode, and set the airbag to deploy at a second time after a collision in the front small overlap collision mode, the first time is different from the second time. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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