Vehicle inertial sensor systems
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1. A satellite sensor module for a vehicle sensor system, the satellite sensor module comprising:
- a first wide-g horizontal acceleration sensor arranged for sensing accelerations for a first horizontal vehicle axis;
a vertical acceleration sensor arranged for sensing accelerations for a vertical vehicle axis; and
a local processor in communication with the sensors, the local processor configured to process acceleration information received from the sensor for at least one of vehicle crash, roll, pitch, or yaw detection.
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Abstract
Integrated crash and vehicle movement sensing by use of distributed new multi-axis satellite sensors combines side and/or front/rear crash sensing with other applications requiring dynamic vehicle movement data like (but not limited to) roll and/or pitch detection as well as active suspension, head light beam leveling, etc. Depending on the required functionality, two or more satellite sensor modules are used, which measure multi-axis high-g and low-g acceleration, without needing any further sensor inputs like gyroscopes while achieving a high level of failsafe and redundancy.
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18 Claims
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1. A satellite sensor module for a vehicle sensor system, the satellite sensor module comprising:
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a first wide-g horizontal acceleration sensor arranged for sensing accelerations for a first horizontal vehicle axis; a vertical acceleration sensor arranged for sensing accelerations for a vertical vehicle axis; and a local processor in communication with the sensors, the local processor configured to process acceleration information received from the sensor for at least one of vehicle crash, roll, pitch, or yaw detection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A vehicle sensor system comprising:
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a front satellite sensor module including a wide-g horizontal acceleration sensor and a vertical acceleration sensor, the wide-g horizontal acceleration sensor arranged for sensing accelerations for a vehicle longitudinal axis; a first side satellite sensor module including a wide-g horizontal acceleration sensor and a vertical acceleration sensor, the wide-g horizontal acceleration sensor arranged for sensing accelerations for a vehicle lateral axis; a second side satellite sensor module including a wide-g horizontal acceleration sensor and a vertical acceleration sensor, the wide-g horizontal acceleration sensor arranged for sensing accelerations for the vehicle lateral axis; and a central processing unit in communication with the satellite sensor modules, the central processing unit configured to process acceleration information received from the satellite sensor modules for at least one of vehicle crash, roll, pitch, or yaw detection. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A vehicle comprising:
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a front satellite sensor module including a wide-g horizontal acceleration sensor and a vertical acceleration sensor, the wide-g horizontal acceleration sensor arranged for sensing accelerations for a vehicle longitudinal axis; a first side satellite sensor module including a wide-g horizontal acceleration sensor and a vertical acceleration sensor, the wide-g horizontal acceleration sensor arranged for sensing accelerations for a vehicle lateral axis; a second side satellite sensor module including a wide-g horizontal acceleration sensor and a vertical acceleration sensor, the wide-g horizontal acceleration sensor arranged for sensing accelerations for the vehicle lateral axis; and a central processing unit in communication with the satellite sensor modules, the central processing unit configured to process acceleration information received from the satellite sensor modules for at least one of vehicle crash, roll, pitch, or yaw detection, wherein; the front satellite sensor module is placed toward the front of the vehicle; and the side satellite sensor modules are placed opposite one another behind the front satellite sensor module and on opposite sides of the vehicle longitudinal axis. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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