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Data Processing: Vehicles, Navigation, And Relative Location > Vehicle Control, Guidance, Operation, Or Indication > Vehicle Subsystem Or Accessory Control > Control Of Vehicle Safety Devices (e.g., Airbag, Seat-belt, Etc.) Control Of Vehicle Safety Devices (e.g., Airbag, Seat-belt, Etc.)Control Of Vehicle Safety Devices (e.g., Airbag, Seat-belt, Etc.) patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.12/14/06 - 20060282203 - Airbag, method of manufacturing the same, airbag apparatus and vehicle An airbag is provided in which connecting belts extending from opposed surfaces of a left airbag section and a right airbag section can be connected easily to each other and which can be manufactured easily. In one form, the airbag is composed of four panels; an inside panel, a right ... 12/14/06 - 20060282202 - Supplemental restraint deployment method with anticipatory crash classification A supplemental restraint deployment method utilizes measured vehicle speed and acceleration and the output of a closing velocity sensor that detects the presence and closing rate of an approaching object prior to contact with the vehicle. The closing velocity and vehicle speed are utilized for classification of an impending crash ... 12/14/06 - 20060282201 - Confidence boost for automotive occupant classifications The present invention relates to systems for determining the position and the type of an occupant in a vehicle. More specifically, the present invention provides an occupant position and type classification system including an occupant detection module, a processor in communication with the occupant detection module, and memory accessible by ... 12/07/06 - 20060276946 - Discrimination apparatus Provided is a discrimination apparatus including: an impact application unit for applying an impact to an object to be discriminated; a signal output unit for outputting a signal corresponding to an impact applied by the impact application unit; a discrimination unit for discriminating the object to be discriminated on basis ... 12/07/06 - 20060276945 - Method of operation for a vision-based occupant classification system A vision-based occupant classification method utilizes a static classification routine for achieving highly accurate occupant classification, a dynamic detection routine for quickly responding to changes in occupant position, and a category state change routine for detecting potential changes in occupant category. The static classification routine determines an initial classification of ... 11/30/06 - 20060271259 - Simulated airbag squib interface An electronic circuit connects to an airbag crash controller in a way which is functionally identical to an airbag squib. Based on a squib fire signal from the controller, the circuit provides an activation signal indicating airbag deployment and also allows communication with an airbag crash controller by creating an ... 11/30/06 - 20060271258 - Adaptive voice control and vehicle collision warning and countermeasure system A safety system (10) for a host vehicle (12) includes a voice sensor (38) that detects voice signals from a vehicle occupant. An occupant classifier (30) determines a state of mind of the vehicle occupant. A controller (13) performs a safety countermeasure in response to the state of mind of ... 11/23/06 - 20060265113 - Detection device for passengers A detection device for passengers includes a passenger judgment unit which has a specified load judgment unit and a stability judgment unit, and a plurality of load sensors disposed on supporting parts of a seat of a vehicle. The passenger judgment unit makes a judgment on a state of a ... 11/09/06 - 20060253239 - System and method for sensing soil-and curb-tripped rollover events A method and a system of controlling a restraint device in a vehicle during a crash. The method includes sensing a lateral condition, classifying the crash, sensing a roll value, comparing the roll value with a plausibility region, and activating the restraint device based on the classified crash and when ... 11/09/06 - 20060253238 - Method of distinguishing between adult and cinched car seat occupants of a vehicle seat A normally seated adult occupant of a vehicle seat is distinguished from a cinched car seat occupant based on the static seat force and first and second sets of identified dynamic characteristics that are respectively correlative of a normally seated adult and a cinched car seat. Confidence levels are assigned ... 10/26/06 - 20060241834 - Crash sensing via piezoelectric sensors A system and method for characterizing piezoelectric sensor responses for automotive vehicle crash analysis, is disclosed. The method employs Daubechies wavelet analysis (1006) to plot signal response amplitudes (1008) in three-dimensional space of at least one piezoelectric sensor. A cluster, signifying a combination of Daubechies amplitudes of the at least ... 10/19/06 - 20060235593 - Communication apparatus and method A communication apparatus in an airbag system includes an airbag ECU as a master unit, sets of communication lines and slave sensor devices. The slave sensor devices are respectively connected to the airbag ECU through the set of communication lines. The airbag ECU transmits data transmission request commands to the ... 10/19/06 - 20060235592 - Vibrating device and mobile phone using the same Proposed is a device for triggering a restraining system in a vehicle, the device triggering the restraining system as a function of a mass estimate of an impact object. In this context, the device is configured such that it performs mass estimates as a function of at least one pre-crash ... 10/12/06 - 20060229785 - Method for operating a sensor in a safety system In a safety system and a method of operating a sensor in a safety system, the sensor transmits an electric reaction signal to a central system unit, and is also excited by the central system unit by a diagnostic and/or excitation signal as a reversible electro-mechanical system. ... 10/12/06 - 20060229784 - Method for pre-setting a passenger protection system for a vehicle A vehicle occupant protection system of a vehicle having a plurality of adaptive protection system components assigned to a seat in the vehicle, is preset using data relating to the individual occupant of the seat. The identity of the occupant is determined for at least one seat, and a stored ... 10/12/06 - 20060229783 - Method for generating a firing decision for a restraining system A method is provided for generating a triggering decision for a restraint system, in which method the triggering decision is generated as a function of a conjunction of the vehicle lateral acceleration and a rate of rotation. The vehicle lateral acceleration is additionally subjected to a threshold value decision, the ... 10/05/06 - 20060224289 - Pedestrian detection system A pedestrian detection system for a vehicle includes multiple acceleration sensors provided at different positions in a periphery portion of the vehicle, and a calculation unit for performing, based on a signal outputted by a designation acceleration sensor belonging to the multiple acceleration sensors, a determination whether an object colliding ... 10/05/06 - 20060224288 - Method for recognising a collision by means of an upfront sensor system and device for carrying out said method An apparatus for detecting impact of a moving object, in particular of a vehicle, having a first sensor device for acquiring an acceleration in a direction of motion of the moving object, an evaluation device for evaluating the first acceleration signal, and at least one second sensor device for acquiring ... 09/28/06 - 20060217864 - Weight measuring systems and methods for vehicles Vehicular seat assembly includes a seat having a bottom portion and a back portion coupled at an angle to a rear portion of the bottom portion, a support structure arranged at least partially under the seat and to support the seat on a substrate at a plurality of locations including ... 09/28/06 - 20060217863 - Driving circuit for crew protecting system A driving circuit for a crew protection device to be mounted in a vehicle includes a squib for operating the protection device when a preset amount of electric current is supplied thereto from the DC power source, a pair of first and second transistors connected between the squib and the ... 09/28/06 - 20060217862 - Vehicle occupant discriminating apparatus A vehicle occupant discrimination apparatus is provided, which is capable of precisely discriminating a vehicle occupant using load data detected by a small number of load sensors for detecting a load applied to a vehicle seat. In a vehicle occupant discrimination apparatus for discriminating the kind of an occupant on ... 09/21/06 - 20060212201 - Controller for collision object protection device A controller for controlling a plurality of collided object-protecting apparatuses for absorbing impact at the time when a collided object collides with a hood, the controller including at least a predicting mechanism for predicting a vehicle collision and a detecting mechanism for detecting a vehicle collision, and a control mechanism ... 09/14/06 - 20060206250 - Method for the control of a vehicle safety device The invention relates to a method for the control of a vehicle safety device, wherein signals of at least two motion sensors are measured which are independent of one another in that they are designed or arranged for the measurement of movements of a different direction and/or type, the absolute ... 08/31/06 - 20060195241 - Vehicle information notification device In a vehicle information notification device, a crossing form information acquisition unit acquires crossing form information related to a geometric form of a crossing. A safe-condition check operation detection unit detects a right-and-left safe-condition check operation of a driver on an automotive vehicle. A safe-condition check state evaluation unit evaluates ... 08/17/06 - 20060184301 - Rollover sensing device A rollover sensing device includes a detecting unit that includes at least a pair of acceleration sensors which detect an acceleration in an vertical direction, the pair of acceleration sensors being disposed closer to each other on a same board in a lateral direction of a vehicle, an arithmetic processing ... 08/17/06 - 20060184300 - Vehicle rollover detection method based on differential z-axis acceleration Impending rollover events are detected based on differential z-axis (i.e., vertical) acceleration. Vertical or z-axis acceleration measured at laterally opposite sides of the vehicle are filtered and differenced, and the differential acceleration is processed and compared to a calibrated threshold to detect impending rollover. Separate algorithms are employed to detect ... 08/17/06 - 20060184299 - System for determining rollover in a vehicle control system A control system (18) and method for an automotive vehicle (10) is provided in which various dynamic control system sensors are monitored and used to activate a dynamic control system which is indicative of a vehicle instability. Vehicle instability may also be determined using an energy threshold. Once vehicle instability ... 08/03/06 - 20060173598 - Method for firing restraining means A method for triggering restraint devices is described in which various algorithms determine values as a function of at least one sensor signal, which are combined to form a measure, and in which the restraint devices are triggered as a function of the measure influenced by at least one signal ... 07/27/06 - 20060167605 - Method of evaluating a movement of a motor vehicle The invention relates to a method of evaluating a movement of a motor vehicle, in particular of a vehicle movement influencing the safety of vehicle occupants, in which the acceleration of the vehicle in at least one linear direction, in particular in the direction of a vehicle axis, is measured ... 07/27/06 - 20060167604 - System and method for adjusting a zero point of a seat load sensing system A method (60) for adjusting the zero point of a vehicle seat weight sensing system (10) includes the step of determining a zero point error (64) of the seat weight sensing system. The method (60) also includes the step of adjusting the zero point error (68) in response to determining ... 07/27/06 - 20060167603 - Method and device for controlling occupant protection means in a vehicle The invention relates to a method and a device for controlling occupant protection means in a vehicle. According to said method, a first crash variable (AAA), derived from the absolute value for the crash signal of a crash sensor, preferably from the acceleration signal of an acceleration sensor, is compared ... 07/20/06 - 20060161323 - Passenger protection apparatus A passenger protection apparatus (1) includes a rollover angular speed detection device (10), which detects a rollover angular speed during vehicle rollover, a rollover determination device (14), which conducts a determination of the vehicle rollover based on the rollover angular speed detected by the rollover angular speed detection device (10) ... 07/20/06 - 20060161322 - Seat belt monitoring system A seat belt monitoring system for registering and recording the physical conditions of occupants through an active restraint system commonly referred to as a seat belt, in commercial or private vehicles and other human-operated equipment. The restraint system is equipped with a data processor that allows body temperature and heart ... 07/20/06 - 20060161321 - Method and devcie for detecting the occupancy state of a seat A method and a device for detecting the occupancy state of a seat, e.g., in a vehicle, and for use in activating a restraint mechanism allocated to the seat, as a function of the occupancy state, are provided. With the aid of an image recording system, a 3D image of ... 07/13/06 - 20060155443 - Deployment system for thermal radiating materials An autonomous deployment system is described and disclosed herein for functional utilization in the physical placement and deployment of a heating or thermal mat(s). The invention is designed to enhance human productivity and ease deployment of the prior art thermal radiating or generating devices for the removal and or inhibition ... 07/13/06 - 20060155442 - Method and apparatus for locating an object of interest within an image Systems and methods are provided for identifying a position of a head of a vehicle occupant from a plurality of images of a vehicle interior. Image data is translated from the plurality of images to produce a virtual side view image of the vehicle interior. A largest grouping of pixels ... 07/06/06 - 20060149449 - Method for controlling a safety system in a vehicle In a method for controlling a safety system in a vehicle, wherein an output signal of at least one impact sensor is subjected to frequency analysis in an evaluation unit which is integrated into an electronic control unit, the frequency analysis is performed in at least one predetermined frequency range, ... 06/29/06 - 20060142917 - Vehicle information/task manager The present invention is operative to disable at least one infotainment device under certain conditions relative to the current driving environment of the user. The system uses a weighted matrix to assign risk to certain sensed conditions while driving. A changed condition is assigned a weight and the weighted risks ... 06/15/06 - 20060129295 - Method and apparatus for determining symmetric and asymmetric crash events with improved misuse margins An apparatus (10) for controlling a multistage actuatable occupant restraining system (14, 18) of a vehicle includes a crash sensor (32) sensing crash acceleration at a substantially central location of the vehicle. A crush zone accelerometer (40, 42) is provides a crush zone crash acceleration signal. A controller (50) a ... 05/25/06 - 20060111824 - Arrangement for controlling retaining means A system for triggering restraint devices is proposed, which is distinguished by the fact that it combines signals from a central control unit and from upfront sensors with each other. The signals of the upfront sensor are used for adjusting time-dependent thresholds that are used to trigger the restraint devices. ... 05/18/06 - 20060106517 - Method and system for detecting occupant seat weight sensor measurement error A vehicle system includes a vehicle occupant seat includes at least two weight sensors coupled to the seat and generating weight signals. The system further includes an electronic control unit including an occupant classification algorithm generating an occupant classification signal as a function of the weight signals. The electronic control ... 05/11/06 - 20060100763 - Vehicular collision object determining system A planar pressure-sensitive switch unit has multiple pressure-sensitive switches that are disposed in a longitudinal direction of a bumper cover of a vehicle with given intervals for detecting the number of collision objects. Collision load sensors are disposed between a bumper reinforcement and side members for detecting a total collision ... 05/11/06 - 20060100762 - Vehicle accident analyzing apparatus To provide a vehicle accident analyzing apparatus in which reconstruction quality of low speed crashes is improved. An impact parameter determination apparatus 10 is provided with a triggering unit 20 which uses input signals from in-vehicle sensors, and an area determination unit 30, and a parameter calculation unit 50. The ... 05/11/06 - 20060100761 - Vehicle occupant characterization method based on the power spectrum of a seat sensor output signal The occupant of a vehicle seat is characterized by computing a power spectrum function of data obtained from a seat sensor such as a pressure sensor in a fluid-filled seat bladder or a frame-mounted vertical accelerometer. The spectrum function is integrated over a specified frequency range, and compared to a ... 05/11/06 - 20060100760 - Device for determining the actual vehicle speed An apparatus for determining inherent vehicle velocity determines the inherent vehicle velocity using the pre-crash sensor suite. The determination is performed on the basis of signals reflected from road surfaces. The determination is performed only when a predefined operating state exists, such as a locked, slipping or suspended wheel. ... 05/04/06 - 20060095185 - Airbag development control apparatus An anterior part of a vehicle is provided with a bumper armature as a structural member having high rigidity. A bumper is disposed front of the bumper armature, and a radiator and an engine are disposed behind the bumper armature. A collision determining device embedded with an acceleration sensor as ... 05/04/06 - 20060095184 - Apparatus for detecting a usage condition of a vehicle seat lap/shoulder belt The usage condition of a vehicle seat lap/shoulder belt is determined by detecting the proximity of the belt to at least one of the seat bight and back cushion. A passive component is embedded or otherwise attached to at least one of the lap and shoulder portions of the belt, ... 05/04/06 - 20060095183 - Method for activating restraining means A method for triggering restraint devices in which at least one collision-indicating signal is generated. From the moment that a collision is detected, temporally defined crash phases are specified, and, for every crash phase, a crash type and a crash severity are determined from the signal. The appropriate restraint devices ... 05/04/06 - 20060095182 - Apparatus for detecting a rollover event An apparatus for detecting a rollover event, which includes at least one acceleration sensor in the vertical direction of the vehicle and one acceleration sensor in the horizontal direction of the vehicle. A processor of the apparatus according to the invention will start a rollover algorithm in response to an ... 04/27/06 - 20060089771 - System and method for qualitatively determining vehicle loading conditions A control system (18) and method for an automotive vehicle (10) includes a controller (26) that determines whether or not a potential load change has occurred in a load change detector (59). A load change detector (59) may be coupled to various sensors to determine whether or not a change ... 04/20/06 - 20060085114 - Method for driving a retaining system A method for triggering a restraint system is provided, in which the threshold value calculation, performed by using the acceleration signal, is adapted by an add-on amount which is determined from signal properties of the acceleration signal and the speed signal. Signals from an up-front sensor can be taken into ... 04/06/06 - 20060074537 - Supplemental restraint deployment method using dynamic crash classification A deployment method for a supplemental restraint system having multiple distributed acceleration sensors dynamically classifies each crash event based on relationships among the acceleration signals. A severity threshold is selected based on the instant crash classification, and a measure of crash severity is compared to the selected severity threshold to ... 04/06/06 - 20060074536 - Supplemental restraint deployment method with displacement-based deployment immunity Occupant displacement corresponding to sensed acceleration in a crash event is determined and used to enable and disable deployment of supplemental restraints based on crash severity. The determined occupant displacement is compared to a first threshold calibrated to discriminate against disturbances due to rough roads and other non-crash events, and ... 03/30/06 - 20060069483 - Collision determining apparatus for a vehicle A collision determining apparatus for a vehicle includes: a first acceleration measuring device; a second acceleration measuring device; a movement amount calculating device; a change in movement speed calculating device; a first collision determining threshold value setting device which sets a collision determining threshold value for a correlation between the ... 03/30/06 - 20060069482 - Deployment immunity method for a supplemental restraint Deployment immunity for a supplemental restraint is provided by allowing deployment only when a detected crash is sufficiently severe and immunity conditions involving both velocity and the absolute value of filtered acceleration are satisfied. Utilizing the absolute value of filtered acceleration as an immunity condition minimizes deployment delays while verifying ... 03/23/06 - 20060064220 - Object struck discrimination system and protection system An object struck discrimination system for a vehicle is provided which is effective in increasing the discrimination accuracy for discriminating an object struck by the vehicle. In one form, an object struck discrimination system to be installed in a vehicle includes an impact receiving member for receiving an impact from ... 03/23/06 - 20060064219 - Object struck discrimination system and protection system An object struck discrimination system for a vehicle is provided which is effective in increasing the discrimination accuracy for discriminating an object struck by the vehicle. In one form, an object struck discrimination system to be installed in a vehicle includes an impact receiving member for receiving an impact from ... 03/23/06 - 20060064218 - Intelligent vehicle rollover detection methods and systems Intelligent vehicle rollover detection systems and methods are claimed and described. An embodiment may comprise various data sensors to sense various signals and a control circuit to receive the signals. In some embodiments, the control circuit may be adapted to provide a vehicle unstable signal to activate a first occupant ... 03/23/06 - 20060064217 - Control unit for activating an occupant protection means in a motor vehicle and method for monitoring the proper functioning of a control unit preferably of this type The invention relates to a control unit for activating an occupant protection means in a motor vehicle and to a method for monitoring the proper functioning of a control unit preferably of this type. To this end, the control unit comprises a first and a second arithmetic unit (R1, R2) ... 03/09/06 - 20060052925 - Clipped sensor data estimator A method of estimating values beyond sensor limits accurately and simply includes the initial step of determining an actual slope utilizing measured data. An estimated slope is then determined as a percentage of the actual slope to provide an estimation of data values outside of the sensor limits until measured ... 03/09/06 - 20060052924 - Active adaptation of vehicle restraints for enhanced performance robustness A vehicle crash safety system includes a pre-crash sensing system generating an object threat assessment and vehicle dynamics data, an occupant sensing system generating occupant characteristic data, and an Occupant Safety Reference Model (OSRM) controller for generating a reference safety restraint deployment profile as a function of the object threat ... 03/09/06 - 20060052923 - Classification system and method using relative orientations of a vehicle occupant The present invention relates in general to systems and methods for classifying target information acquired with a sensor. In particular, the systems and methods relate to integrating relative orientations of the target information into evidential reasoning heuristics that are used to classify the target information. An exemplary system for classifying ... 03/02/06 - 20060047392 - Control arrangement and method for testing the operation of a control arrangement of this type for occupant protection means in a motor vehicle The invention relates to the idea of not initially multiplying the output signal (a) of an acceleration sensor (19) with regard to a weighted sum (Σg) with a correction factor (kw) but to alter a test signal (t) by using a weighting means (16) in such a manner that an ... 02/23/06 - 20060041359 - Driving position adjusting device for automotive vehicle The pedal adjusting devises and the floor adjusting device control pedals and the movable floor respectively according to the driver's body size detected, with first adjusting characteristic such that the pedals become closer to the driver and the movable floor goes up further, as the driver's body size detected becomes ... 02/16/06 - 20060036358 - Ignition system with driver identification System and method for positively identifying an operator through biometric means which shall prevent unauthorized or impaired operation of a motor vehicle by requiring the potential operator to sequentially energize several vehicle devices, within a set time period, prior to placing the vehicle ignition into a start position. The system ... 02/09/06 - 20060030988 - Vehicle occupant classification method and apparatus for use in a vision-based sensing system A method and apparatus for selectively deploying or suppressing automated safety equipment in a vehicle is disclosed. Employing methods obtained from the field of Evidential Reasoning, an occupant classification history process computes the most plausible occupant class, and then selects an appropriate piece of safety equipment to deploy or suppress, ... 02/02/06 - 20060025913 - Obstacle detecting apparatus An obstacle detecting apparatus includes sensors and a processing unit. Each of the sensors are rendered operational by predetermined parameters. The processing unit transmits the parameters to the sensors and includes a vehicle state detector, a condition determiner, a communication controller, and a parameter setting processor. The vehicle state detector ... 02/02/06 - 20060025912 - Vehicle restraint device control method and apparatus using dynamically determined threshold A method of controlling a restraint device in a vehicle, and an apparatus employing the method. The method includes sensing accelerations of the vehicle, determining an energy value, determining a transformed acceleration, retrieving a threshold based on the transformed acceleration, and activating the restraint device when the energy value is ... 01/12/06 - 20060009896 - Rollover detection system A rollover detection system for a vehicle comprises at least one sensor for the detection of the angle of rotation of the vehicle and/or at least one angular rate sensor, an electronic control device connected to the sensors as well as at least one safety device which can be activated ... 01/12/06 - 20060009895 - Vehicle occupant protection apparatus and initiation method to use for vehicle occupant protection apparatus A vehicle occupant protection apparatus 1 including: a first acceleration sensor (2) for detecting acceleration of a front portion of a vehicle (10); a second acceleration sensor 3 for detecting acceleration of a central portion; a integral initiation control device (15) for issuing an integral initiation command; the first acceleration ... 01/05/06 - 20060004504 - Airbag deployment-control process and apparatus therefor A process (100) and apparatus (20) for control of a deployment of an airbag (28) for a seat (30) in a motor vehicle (22). Upon issuance of a deployment request (RD) by a vehicular computer (24) intended for a deployment activator (26), a processor (36) intercepts the deployment request (RD). ... 12/22/05 - 20050283292 - Occupant protection apparatus for vehicle An occupant protection apparatus for a vehicle includes a first power source means, a second power source means for supplying power of higher voltage than that of the first power source means, a collision-predicting means for predicting a collision, a driving means for driving an actuation mechanism of the vehicle ... 12/15/05 - 20050278098 - Vehicular impact reactive system and method System and method for reacting to an expected impact involving a vehicle including an anticipatory sensor system for determining that an impact involving the vehicle is about to occur prior to the impact and an impact responsive system coupled to the sensor system and actuated after its determination of the ... 12/15/05 - 20050278097 - Child seat monitoring system and method for determining a type of child seat A child seat monitoring system for a child seat and a method for determining a type of child seat are provided. The child seat has a first region and an opposite second region. The child seat has first and second patterns disposed on the first and second regions, respectively, both ... 12/01/05 - 20050267662 - Simulated airbag squib interface An electronic circuit connects to an airbag crash controller in a way which is functionally identical to an airbag squib. Based on a squib fire signal from the controller, the circuit provides an activation signal indicating airbag deployment and also allows communication with an airbag crash controller by creating an ... 11/17/05 - 20050256621 - Protective device for pacemaker patients or stoma patients Disclosed is a device for protecting pressure-sensitive, touch-sensitive, or injured parts of the human body when using a belt that is worn on the body, such as a seat belt of a vehicle. Said protective device comprises a side facing the body of the user and an opposite upper side. ... 10/20/05 - 20050234623 - Device for triggering restraint means A device for controlling restraining means takes a signal characterizing the trailer into consideration in controlling the restraining means. ... 10/13/05 - 20050228566 - Configuration for generating an activating signal for restraint means and method for activating restraint means in a vehicle An improved passenger protection is achieved by refining the criterion for triggering the restraining unit provided for impact situations. A system and a method for generating a triggering signal for the restraining unit in a vehicle are provided for this purpose, the restraining unit being provided for the event of ... 09/29/05 - 20050216158 - Occupant-classifying system An occupant-classifying system includes a load-detecting device assembled at a vehicle seat for detecting a load value imposed on the vehicle seat and for outputting the load value, and a controller for determining whether the vehicle seat is in an occupied state, or in an unoccupied state on a basis ... 09/22/05 - 20050209756 - Vehicle occupant protection system A vehicle occupant protection system includes a plurality of satellite sensors, a control unit, and a plurality of bus lines. The satellite sensors detect a vehicle condition in a vehicle collision or a rollover event. The control unit determines an occurrence of the vehicle collision or the rollover event based ... 09/22/05 - 20050209755 - Seat belt system having occupant sensing device A seat belt system for a vehicle includes a collision predicting device, an occupant sensing device, a seat belt, a seat belt drive device and a seat belt control device. The collision predicting device senses an imminent collision of the vehicle before the collision actually takes place. The occupant sensing ... 09/22/05 - 20050209754 - Passive safety system A passive safety system includes an occupant detection electronic control unit (ECU) and an airbag electronic control unit (ECU). The occupant detection ECU determines a seat occupancy condition of a vehicle seat and outputs a result of the determination as seat occupancy information. The airbag ECU has a collision determination ... 09/22/05 - 20050209753 - Passenger protection device A device for vehicle occupant protection. A processor connectable to at least two sensors may execute a deployment algorithm, and, in response to a failure of at least one of the sensors, may alter a sequence of execution of the deployment algorithm according to a point in time of the ... 09/15/05 - 20050203689 - Multiple-satellite sensors algorithm wake up and reset strategy for an inflatable restraint system An air bag system (12) provides a central controller (14), a multiple of satellite sensors (16) and a multiple of deployable air bags (18). The central controller (14) runs the impact event algorithms. The number of satellites which are allowed to activate algorithms at any one time is limited. The ... 09/15/05 - 20050203688 - Method and system for determining weight and position of a vehicle seat occupant A method and system for determining weight and/or position of a vehicle seat occupant to be used for controlling the reaction of a safety restraint system. A plurality of spaced weight sensors are disposed between a seating surface and seat mounting surface to provide output signals indicative of an applied ... 09/15/05 - 20050203687 - Occupant classification method based on seated weight measurement An occupant of a motor vehicle seat is characterized for purposes of air bag suppression based on the seated weight of the occupant, the variation of the seated weight, and the occupant's apparent longitudinal center-of-mass. The method distinguishes between an adult and a child seat, distinguishes between forward-facing and rearward-facing ... 09/08/05 - 20050197754 - Methods and devices for identifying the type of occupancy of a supporting surface A method and device for identifying the type of occupancy of a supporting surface, particularly of a motor vehicle seat (2), with the aid of force sensor-assisted signals. The sensor signals si, which are recorded at predetermined instants ti, or quantities derived therefrom, are continuously stored in a memory (4) ... 09/08/05 - 20050197753 - Apparatus for transmitting data acquired from bus-connected plural on-vehicle sensors to processing unit An apparatus is provided for transmitting data in an airbag activation system mounted on a vehicle. The apparatus comprises a communication channel, a plurality of sensor units mutually communicably connected via the communication channel, and a processing unit. Each sensor unit senses a state of the vehicle, produces data indicative ... 09/01/05 - 20050192731 - Method for determining a trigger time for restraint means in a vehicle A method for determining the trigger time for restraint means in a vehicle is provided, where, by forming two time windows for the speed reduction in a crash, the slope of the speed reduction in the respective time windows and the position of the time windows are determined. In this ... 09/01/05 - 20050192730 - Driver safety manager A unified approach that permits the consideration of different issues and problems that affect driving safety. Particularly, there is proposed herein the creation of a driver safety manager (DSM). The driver safety manager embraces numerous different factors, multimodal data, processes, internal and external systems and the like associated with driving. ... 08/25/05 - 20050187687 - Safety logic for vehicle rollover detection systems and a method for detecting near rollover situations A safety logic for vehicle rollover detection systems comprising a main rollover detection logic and at least one protection device for the occupant or occupants of the vehicle, including a vehicle lateral acceleration sensor (11), which generates an output signal indicating a near rollover event, when a lateral acceleration of ... 08/25/05 - 20050187686 - Passenger detection device A passenger detection device for a vehicle is provided with multiple load sensors, each of which detects a load on a seat of the vehicle within a predetermined detection range of the load sensor, and an ECU that determines passenger information of the seat. The ECU has at least one ... 08/25/05 - 20050187685 - Occupant restraint system An occupant restraint system of a vehicle has an airbag, a pre-crash sensor which calculates a probability of a collision of a vehicle with an object and outputs a pre-crash signal indicating a prediction of the collision when the probability is higher than a predetermined value, a satellite sensor which ... 08/25/05 - 20050187684 - Driving information system with haptic notification seat A driving information system that conveys driving condition information to a driver of a vehicle via a haptic notification seat. A signal representing a driving condition, such as a lateral position of the vehicle, is generated. Two haptic signals are provided and regulated in specific ways to provide the driving ... 08/25/05 - 20050187683 - Data communications control system In a case where a dynamic range of an output signal from each of multiple sensors falls within ±D (LSB) in decimal numeration with a reference value centered, the reference value is set so that entire bits do not change between 1 and 0 when one of values within the ... 08/11/05 - 20050177290 - System or method for classifying target information captured by a sensor The disclosure describes a system and method for classifying information relating to target attributes that are captured by a sensor (collectively “classification system”). A wide variety of sensors, classification categories (including potentially classes and groups of classes), targets, and purposes can influence the processing performed by the classification system. The ... 08/11/05 - 20050177289 - Protection device A protection device for a pregnant person in a vehicle is described, a sensor being provided for detecting the pregnant person and restraint means being configured in such a way that the usability of the restraint means is influenceable as a function of a signal of the sensor. Restraint means ... 07/28/05 - 20050165530 - Passive safety system and determination device A determination device includes a single acceleration sensor that measures an acceleration of a vehicle and a determination circuit that is electrically connected with the acceleration sensor. The determination circuit has a plastic deformation pulse detection section and a severity determination section. The plastic deformation pulse detection section detects a ... 07/28/05 - 20050165529 - Short-circuit detecting circuit device In a circuit device for analyzing analog signals from first and second circuits. The first and second circuits are designed to output analog signals which are opposite to each other in the positive and negative signs of phase. When short-circuit occurs, the output signals from the first and second circuits ... 07/14/05 - 20050154517 - Method of controlling seatbelt retractor A method of controlling a seatbelt retractor having a mechanism for retracting a seatbelt with a motor includes the steps of receiving a door-open signal; determining whether the door-open signal is received after a predetermined time since a door-lock release signal is input; and retracting the seatbelt only when the ... 07/14/05 - 20050154516 - Method and a system for processing measurement signals for characterizing the state of occupancy of a motor vehicle seat A method of processing measurement signals output from a detection array comprising at least one sensor, for characterizing the state of occupancy of a motor vehicle seat. 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