Impact signal processor for front impact acceleration sensor

• US 8,463,503 B2
• Filed: 06/17/2010
• Issued: 06/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
• Inventors: Kang, Suk Chang, Choi, Sei-Bum, Cho, Kwang Hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Trammell, James
• Assistant Examiner(s): TESTARDI, DAVID A
• Application Number:
  US12/817,698
• Publication Number:
  US 20110082617A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,090 Days
• Field of Search: 701/45, 701/46, 280/735
• US Class Current: 701/46
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/0136 responsive to actual contact with an obstacle , e.g. to vehicle deformation, bumper displacement or bumper velocity relative to the vehicle monitoring crash strength in combination with passenger seat detection B60R21/01558

Abstract

The present invention features an impact signal processor. In preferred aspects, the impact signal processor comprises a first speed signal detection unit detecting a first speed signal of a vehicle using acceleration sensor data provided from an ACU (Airbag Control Unit) sensor, a second speed signal detection unit detecting a second speed signal of the vehicle using acceleration sensor data provided from a FIS (Front Impact Sensor) sensor, a phase lead unit, and a front impact speed estimation unit.

Claims

1. An impact signal processor comprising:

a first speed signal detection unit configured to detect a first speed signal of a vehicle using acceleration sensor data provided from an ACU (Airbag Control Unit) sensor;

a second speed signal detection unit configured to detect a second speed signal of the vehicle using acceleration sensor data provided from a FIS (Front Impact Sensor) sensor;

a phase lead unit configured to lead a phase of the first speed signal, and generating an upper threshold value and a lower threshold value that are changed to correspond to the first speed signal of which the phase has been led; and

a front impact speed estimation unit configured to estimate a front impact speed of the vehicle by processing the second speed signal using the upper threshold value and the lower threshold value.

2. The impact signal processor of claim 1, wherein the first speed signal detection unit and the second speed signal detection unit are configured to detect the first speed signal and the second speed signal by integrating the received acceleration sensor data, respectively.

3. The impact signal processor of claim 1, wherein the phase lead unit is configured to lead the phase of the first speed signal by as much as a phase difference between the first speed signal and the second speed signal.

4. The impact signal processor of claim 3, wherein a phase lead value {circumflex over (F)} of the phase lead unit is calculated by the following equation,

5. The impact signal processor of claim 4, wherein the phase lead unit is configured to generate the upper threshold value and the lower threshold value by adjusting sizes of the parameters in the function.

6. The impact signal processor of claim 1, wherein the front impact speed estimation unit is configured to filter the second speed signal using the upper threshold value and the lower threshold value.

7. The impact signal processor of claim 1, wherein the front impact speed estimation unit is configured to match a portion of the second speed signal having a speed value larger than the upper threshold value to the upper threshold value, receives a portion of the second speed signal having a speed value between the upper threshold value and the lower threshold value as it is, and matches a portion of the second speed signal having a speed value smaller than the lower threshold value to the lower threshold value.