Passenger protection apparatus for a motor vehicle
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1. A passenger protection apparatus for a motor vehicle comprising:
- an airbag system having a crash sensor and an airbag for generating a crash trigger signal when a crash is detected;
a passenger detection system for detecting said passenger in said motor vehicle to generate data regarding said passenger; and
data holding means having a non-volatile memory for holding said data up to said detected crash in said non-volatile memory in response to said crash trigger signals, the passenger detection system comprising a passenger sensor for detecting said passenger to generate a passenger sensor signal and type detection means for detecting a type of said passenger on the basis of said passenger sensor signal, the passenger sensor signal and the type of the passenger being held in the data holding means as the data.
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Abstract
An airbag system having a crash sensor generates a crash trigger signal when a crash is detected. A passenger detected system detects at least a passenger in the motor vehicle to generate data regarding the passenger. In response to the crash trigger signal, a latest piece of the data regarding the passenger is held in non-volitile memory when the crash is detected to provide the data for the accident analysis.
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1. A passenger protection apparatus for a motor vehicle comprising:
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an airbag system having a crash sensor and an airbag for generating a crash trigger signal when a crash is detected;
a passenger detection system for detecting said passenger in said motor vehicle to generate data regarding said passenger; and
data holding means having a non-volatile memory for holding said data up to said detected crash in said non-volatile memory in response to said crash trigger signals, the passenger detection system comprising a passenger sensor for detecting said passenger to generate a passenger sensor signal and type detection means for detecting a type of said passenger on the basis of said passenger sensor signal, the passenger sensor signal and the type of the passenger being held in the data holding means as the data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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