AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE RESTRAINT DEPLOYMENT
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1. A vehicle system comprising:
- a base;
a driver seat rotatably disposed on the base;
a sensor programmed to measure an angular displacement of the driver seat relative to the base and output a displacement signal representing the angular displacement; and
a processor programmed to receive the displacement signal and select at least one of a plurality of passive safety devices based at least in part on the angular displacement represented by the displacement signal, an impact zone, and a predicted impact angle and only deploy the selected passive safety devices during a collision.
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Abstract
A vehicle system includes a base, a driver seat rotatably disposed on the base, a sensor, and a processor. The sensor is programmed to measure an angular displacement of the driver seat relative to the base and output a displacement signal representing the angular displacement. The processor is programmed to receive the displacement signal and select at least one of a plurality of passive safety devices based at least in part on the angular displacement represented by the displacement signal and only deploy the selected passive safety devices during a collision.
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1. A vehicle system comprising:
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a base; a driver seat rotatably disposed on the base; a sensor programmed to measure an angular displacement of the driver seat relative to the base and output a displacement signal representing the angular displacement; and a processor programmed to receive the displacement signal and select at least one of a plurality of passive safety devices based at least in part on the angular displacement represented by the displacement signal, an impact zone, and a predicted impact angle and only deploy the selected passive safety devices during a collision. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A vehicle system comprising:
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a base; a driver seat rotatably disposed on the base; a sensor programmed to measure an angular displacement of the driver seat relative to the base and output a displacement signal representing the angular displacement; and a processor programmed to receive the displacement signal and select at least one of a plurality of passive safety devices based at least in part on the angular displacement represented by the displacement signal and an impact zone and predicted impact angle, wherein the processor is programmed to receive an impact angle signal confirming an area of a host vehicle involved in a collision and deploy only the at least one selected passive safety device in accordance with the displacement signal, the impact zone, and the impact angle signal. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A vehicle system comprising:
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a base; a driver seat rotatably disposed on the base; a sensor programmed to measure an angular displacement of the driver seat relative to the base and output a displacement signal representing the angular displacement; and a processor programmed to receive the displacement signal, associate the angular displacement represented by the displacement signal to one of a plurality of virtual zones, identify at least one of a plurality of passive safety devices associated with the virtual zone associated with the angular displacement, and select the at least one of the plurality of passive safety devices associated with the virtual zone and based at least in part on an impact zone and predicted impact angle. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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