Method for determining control data for deploying restraint elements in a vehicle prior to a collision
US6516258B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 6, 2000 |
| Grant date | Feb 4, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 6, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S2013/93271
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method is indicated according to which the triggering of a restraining device or devices in a vehicle can be adjusted to specific characteristics of the vehicle involved in the impending crash in such a way as to furnish optimum protection for the vehicle occupants. To this end, before a crash between two vehicles, each vehicle transmits data concerning its own vehicle-specific characteristics that can affect the course of the crash, and each vehicle receives the vehicle-specific data transmitted by the other vehicle and derives from them control data for triggering its restraining device or devices.
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