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Arrangement for triggering a vehicle safety device

  • US 7,912,608 B2
  • Filed: 05/20/2005
  • Issued: 03/22/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An arrangement for triggering a safety device for a vehicle, the arrangement comprising a proximity sensor configured to provide a proximity signal related to at least one of the distance to an object and the relative velocity between the object and the proximity sensor, an accelerometer, a first processing unit to perform a crash algorithm on the proximity signal received from the proximity sensor and an acceleration signal received from the accelerometer and generating a first signal, and a second processing unit to perform an arming algorithm on the proximity signal and the acceleration signal and generating a second signal, the arrangement generating a trigger signal in response to simultaneous output of the first signal from the first processing unit and the second signal from the second processing unit.

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