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Low impact detection for automated driving vehicles

US11912306B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21Claims

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Assignee

ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG · DE

Inventors

Steven Gerd Kanzler · Rochester Hills, US
Kiran Balasubramanian · Canton, US
Carl A. Munch · Troy, US
Andreas Fleckner · Mühlhausen-Ehingen, DE
Harald Pfriender · Friedrichshafen, DE
Michal Duchowski · Częstochowa, PL
Charles A. Bartlett · Oakley Park, US
Huahn-Fern Yeh · Novi, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 20, 2020
Grant date	Feb 27, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 8, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60W2554/4029
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method helps to protect an occupant of a vehicle (10) equipped with an automated driving system (200) and a vehicle safety system (100) by detecting low impact crash events (99) with the vehicle (10). The method includes utilizing automated driving sensors (220, 230, 240, 250, 260) of the automated driving system (200) to identify possible low impact collision risks. The method also includes utilizing vehicle safety system sensors (110, 115, 120, 125, 130) of the vehicle safety system to determine a low impact collision resulting from the identified possible low impact collision. A vehicle safety system (100) includes an airbag controller unit (150) configured to implement the method to determine low impact crash events with the vehicle (10).

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