Apparatus for protecting passenger of autombile and control methodlamp

• US 9,254,803 B2
• Filed: 05/27/2014
• Issued: 02/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Tae Won
• Primary Examiner(s): Huynh, Luke
• Application Number:
  US14/287,301
• Publication Number:
  US 20150151702A1
• Time in Patent Office: 623 Days
• Field of Search: 701/45, 701/36, 701/46, 701/49, 701/301, 180/282, 340/436
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/01013 Means for detecting collision, impending collision or roll-over
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/01286 Electronic control units
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/01315 monitoring occupant displacement
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/0132 responsive to vehicle motion parameters , e.g. to vehicle longitudinal or transversal deceleration or speed value

Abstract

Provided is an apparatus for protecting a passenger of an automobile, including: an automobile body; a biaxial FIS sensor mounted at a front center of the automobile body to sense decelerations on an X axis which is in a length direction of the automobile body and a Y axis which is in a width direction of the automobile body during an automobile impact; a deceleration meter sensing a first deceleration during the automobile impact; and a controller determining an airbag splaying time based on a displacement value and a predicted displacement value moving forward from an initial position of the passenger calculated based on the first deceleration, and an X-axial velocity variation and a Y-axial velocity variation measured from the biaxial FIS sensor.

Claims

1. An apparatus for protecting a passenger of an automobile, comprising:

an automobile body;

a single biaxial Front Impact Sensor (FIS) mounted at a front center of the automobile body and sensing decelerations on an X axis which is in a length direction of the automobile body and a Y axis which is in a width direction of the automobile body during an automobile impact;

a deceleration meter sensing a first deceleration in the length direction of the automobile body during the automobile impact; and

a controller determining an airbag splaying time based on a displacement value and a predicted displacement value moving forward from an initial position of the passenger calculated based on the first deceleration, and an X-axial velocity variation and a Y-axial velocity variation measured by the single biaxial FIS.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller determines a threshold value of the X-axial velocity variation, and a threshold value of the Y-axial velocity variation by the displacement value, and compares the X-axial velocity variation with the threshold value of the X-axial velocity variation and compares the Y-axial velocity variation with the threshold value of the Y-axial velocity variation to determine a first threshold value and a second threshold value according to a comparison result.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the predicted displacement value includes a first predicted displacement related with the velocity of the automobile body and a second predicted displacement related with the velocity variation of the automobile body, and

the controller controls the airbag to be splayed when the first predicted displacement is equal to or larger than a first threshold value and the second predicted displacement is equal to or larger than a second threshold value.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a horizontal acceleration sensor sensing a second deceleration in the width direction of the automobile body during the automobile impact,

wherein the controller further includes the second deceleration to determine the airbag splaying time.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the single biaxial FIS is proportional to the magnitude of a signal according to the deformation of the automobile body during the automobile impact.

6. A control method of an apparatus for protecting a passenger of an automobile, comprising:

receiving a first deceleration in a length direction of the automobile sensed in a deceleration meter;

receiving an X-axial velocity variation which is in the length direction of the automobile and a Y-axial velocity variation which is in a width direction of the automobile from a single biaxial Front Impact Sensor (FIS) which is mounted at a front center of a automobile body;

calculating a displacement value and a predicted displacement value moving forward from an initial position of the passenger based on the first deceleration; and

determining an airbag splaying time based on the displacement value, the predicted displacement value, the X-axial velocity variation, and the Y-axial velocity variation.

7. The control method of claim 6, wherein the calculating is performed by dividing the predicted displacement value into a first predicted displacement value and a second predicted displacement value.

8. The control method of claim 7, wherein a sum of the first predicted displacement value and the second predicted displacement value is a distance between the initial position of the passenger of the automobile and the splayed airbag.

9. The control method of claim 6, wherein the determining includes:

determining a threshold value of the X-axial velocity variation, and a threshold value of the Y-axial velocity variation by the displacement value;

comparing the X-axial velocity variation with the threshold value of the X-axial velocity variation;

comparing the Y-axial velocity variation with the threshold value of the Y-axial velocity variation; and

determining a first threshold value and a second threshold value according to a comparison result of the X axis and the Y axis.

10. The control method of claim 6, wherein the predicted displacement value includes a first predicted displacement related with the velocity of the automobile and a second predicted displacement related with the velocity variation of the automobile, and

the determining includes splaying the airbag when the first predicted displacement is equal to or larger than a first threshold value and the second predicted displacement is equal to or larger than a second threshold value.

11. The control method of claim 6, wherein the biaxial FIS is proportional to the magnitude of the signal according to the deformation of the automobile body during an automobile impact.

12. The control method of claim 6, wherein the predicted displacement value includes a first predicted displacement related with the velocity of the automobile and a second predicted displacement related with the velocity variation of the automobile, and

the determining includes splaying the airbag when the first predicted displacement is equal to or larger than a first threshold value and the second predicted displacement is equal to or larger than a second threshold value.

13. The control method of claim 6, wherein the sensor is proportional to the magnitude of the signal according to the deformation of a automobile body during an automobile impact.

14. A control method of an apparatus for protecting a passenger of an automobile, comprising:

receiving a first deceleration in a length direction of the automobile sensed in a deceleration meter;

receiving an X-axial velocity variation which is in the length direction of the automobile and a Y-axial velocity variation which is in a width direction of the automobile from a sensor;

calculating a displacement value and a predicted displacement value moving forward from an initial position of the passenger based on the first deceleration; and

determining an airbag splaying time based on the displacement value, the predicted displacement value, the X-axial velocity variation, and the Y-axial velocity variation,

wherein the calculating is performed by dividing the predicted displacement value into a first predicted displacement value and a second predicted displacement value.

15. The control method of claim 14, wherein a sum of the first predicted displacement value and the second predicted displacement value is a distance between the initial position of the passenger of the automobile and the splayed airbag.

16. The control method of claim 14, wherein the determining includes:

determining a threshold value of the X-axial velocity variation, and a threshold value of the Y-axial velocity variation by the displacement value;

comparing the X-axial velocity variation with the threshold value of the X-axial velocity variation;

comparing the Y-axial velocity variation with the threshold value of the Y-axial velocity variation; and

determining a first threshold value and a second threshold value according to a comparison result of the X axis and the Y axis.