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Vehicle satellite sensor for frontal or side occupant restraint deployment

  • US 6,453,224 B1
  • Filed: 10/16/2000
  • Issued: 09/17/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for controlling deployment of an occupant restraint in a motor vehicle crash, the apparatus comprising:

  • means for receiving and sampling an acceleration signal;

    means for deriving a first oscillation value from consecutive values of the received and sampled acceleration signal in a first predetermined process;

    means for deriving a second oscillation value from the consecutive values of the received and sampled acceleration signal in a second predetermined process;

    means for activating a predetermined one of the means for deriving a first oscillation value and the means for deriving a second oscillation value on the basis of a reference datum so that a selected one of the first oscillation value and the second oscillation value is derived; and

    means for deriving an occupant restraint deployment signal from the received and sampled acceleration signal and the selected one of the first oscillation value and the second oscillation value.

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