Vehicle passenger restraining system
First Claim
1. A vehicle passenger restraining system comprising:
- a plurality of passenger restraining devices configured and arranged to restrain a passenger inside a vehicle;
a deformation detecting device including at least one deformation sensor coupled to a single location of a vehicle body of the vehicle with the deformation sensor being configured and arranged to detect a deformation condition of the vehicle body; and
a passenger restraining device operating unit configured to process an output signal from the deformation sensor to obtain a processed signal waveform, to identify an impact location among a plurality of locations of the vehicle body as impact information by comparing the processed signal waveform to a reference database with the impact information being different for each of the plurality of locations depending upon the impact location, and to selectively operate at least one of the passenger restraining devices in accordance with the impact information.
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Abstract
A vehicle passenger restraining system is basically comprises a plurality of passenger restraining devices, a deformation detecting device and a passenger restraining device operating unit. The passenger restraining devices are configured and arranged to restrain a passenger inside a vehicle. The deformation detecting device is coupled to a vehicle body of the vehicle with the deformation detecting device being configured and arranged to detect a deformation condition of the vehicle body. The passenger restraining device operating unit is configured to obtain impact information of the vehicle based on the deformation condition detected by the deformation detecting device, and to selectively operate at least one of the passenger restraining devices in accordance with the impact information.
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18 Claims
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1. A vehicle passenger restraining system comprising:
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a plurality of passenger restraining devices configured and arranged to restrain a passenger inside a vehicle; a deformation detecting device including at least one deformation sensor coupled to a single location of a vehicle body of the vehicle with the deformation sensor being configured and arranged to detect a deformation condition of the vehicle body; and a passenger restraining device operating unit configured to process an output signal from the deformation sensor to obtain a processed signal waveform, to identify an impact location among a plurality of locations of the vehicle body as impact information by comparing the processed signal waveform to a reference database with the impact information being different for each of the plurality of locations depending upon the impact location, and to selectively operate at least one of the passenger restraining devices in accordance with the impact information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A vehicle passenger restraining method comprising:
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detecting a deformation condition by using a deformation detecting device including at least one deformation sensor coupled to a single location of a vehicle body; processing an output signal from the deformation sensor to obtain a processed signal waveform; identifying an impact location among a plurality of locations of the vehicle body as impact information of the vehicle by comparing the processed signal waveform to a reference database with the impact information being different for each of the plurality of locations depending upon the impact location; and selectively operating at least one of a plurality of passenger restraining devices in accordance with the impact information. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A vehicle passenger restraining system comprising:
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deformation detecting means coupled to a single location of a vehicle body for detecting a deformation condition the vehicle body; signal processing means for processing an output signal from the deformation detecting means to obtain a processed signal waveform; impact information determining means for identifying an impact location among a plurality of locations of the vehicle body as impact information of a vehicle by comparing the processed signal waveform to a reference database with the impact information being different for each of the plurality of locations depending upon the impact location; and restraining device operating means for selectively operating at least one of a plurality of passenger restraining devices in accordance with the impact information.
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18. A vehicle comprising:
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a vehicle body structure; a plurality of passenger restraining devices configured and arranged to restrain a passenger inside the vehicle; a deformation detecting device including at least one deformation sensor coupled to a single location of the vehicle body structure with the deformation detecting device being configured and arranged to detect a deformation condition of the vehicle body structure; and a passenger restraining device operating unit configured to process an output signal from the deformation sensor to obtain a processed signal waveform, to identify an impact location among a plurality of locations of the vehicle body as impact information of the vehicle body structure by comparing the processed signal waveform to a reference database with the impact information being different for each of the plurality of locations depending upon the impact location, and to selectively operate at least one of the passenger restraining devices in accordance with the impact information.
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Specification