Airbag system for vehicle
First Claim
1. An airbag system for a vehicle, which comprises determining means for making a predetermined communication between a seat of a vehicle and a child seat placed on the seat, and determining a direction of the child seat, and control means for, when an output from said determining means indicates the child seat facing the front direction of the vehicle, permitting an airbag, associated with the child seat placement, to deploy, and for, when the output from said determining means indicates the child seat facing the rear direction of the vehicle, inhibiting the airbag from deploying,wherein when said control means detects that the predetermined communication is made by said determining means, and said determining means cannot determine the direction of the child seat, said control means inhibits the airbag from deploying.
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Abstract
In an airbag system for a vehicle, a seat sensor unit determines the attached state of a child seat on the basis of the radio communication state made between a transponder equipped in the child seat and antennas in a front passenger seat, and the output state of a passenger detection sensor in the front passenger seat, and transmits the determined state to a control unit. The control unit controls the necessity of deployment of a passenger-side airbag on the basis of the incoming communication result.
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17 Claims
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1. An airbag system for a vehicle, which comprises determining means for making a predetermined communication between a seat of a vehicle and a child seat placed on the seat, and determining a direction of the child seat, and control means for, when an output from said determining means indicates the child seat facing the front direction of the vehicle, permitting an airbag, associated with the child seat placement, to deploy, and for, when the output from said determining means indicates the child seat facing the rear direction of the vehicle, inhibiting the airbag from deploying,
wherein when said control means detects that the predetermined communication is made by said determining means, and said determining means cannot determine the direction of the child seat, said control means inhibits the airbag from deploying.
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9. An airbag system for a vehicle, which comprises determining means for making a predetermined communication between a seat of a vehicle and a child seat placed on the seat, and determining a direction of the child seat, and control means for, when an output from said determining means indicates the child seat facing the front direction of the vehicle, permitting an airbag, associated with the child seat placement, to deploy, and for, when the output from said determining means indicates the child seat facing the rear direction of the vehicle, inhibiting the airbag from deploying,
wherein when said control means detects that the predetermined communication is made by said determining means, and said determining means cannot determine the direction of the child seat, said control means inhibits the airbag from deploying irrespective of a state of an external sensor output input to said control means.
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10. An airbag system for a vehicle, which comprises a determining device for making a predetermined communication between a communication unit of a seat of a vehicle and a communication unit of a child seat placed on the seat, and determining a direction of the child seat, and a CPU for, when an output from said determining device indicates the child seat facing the front direction of the vehicle, permitting an airbag, associated with the child seat placement, to deploy, and for, when the output from said determining device indicates the child seat facing the rear direction of the vehicle, inhibiting the airbag from deploying,
wherein when said CPU detects that the predetermined communication is made by said determining device, and said determining device cannot determine the direction of the child seat, said CPU inhibits the airbag from deploying.
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