US5081587A
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Control system for actuating vehicle safety devices
Assignee: Bosch Corp
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Filing: 1990-04-04
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Granted: 1992-01-14
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Expires: 2010-04-04
Abstract
Abstract In a control system for actuating vehicle safety devices, data representing change in the detected vehicle speed is calculated on the basis of the acceleration sensed by a vehicle acceleration sensor. The data is compared with a reference signal depending upon the vehicle running speed to discriminate whether or not the change in the detected vehicle speed has reached a level determined by the reference signal, whereby the occurrence collision can be detected reliably and without erroneous detection over a wide range of vehicle running speeds.
Inventors
- 👤 Masami Okano
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 06:42
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60R; B60R21/00; B60R21/02; B60R21/16; B60R21/01; B60R21/013; B60R21/0132; B60R21/0133; B60R21/01332
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
185 words
A control system for actuating a vehicle safety device in a motor vehicle, said system comprising: an acceleration sensor for producing an output signal representing acceleration of the vehicle; processing means for producing change data representing change in the detected vehicle speed calculated on the basis of the output signal produced by said acceleration sensor; detecting means for detecting the running speed of the vehicle; generating means for generating a reference signal; discriminating means responsive to said processing means and said detecting means for discriminating whether or not a collision of the vehicle has occurred by comparing the change data with the reference signal in order to indicate whether or not the change in the detected vehicle speed has reached a magnitude relative to a reference level of the reference signal, said discriminating means including means for making said comparison in such a way that as the running speed of the vehicle increases, a smaller change in the detected vehicle speed produces an indication that collision of the vehicle has occurred; and, actuating means responsive to said discriminating means for activating said vehicle safety device.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
185 words
A control system for actuating a vehicle safety device in a motor vehicle, said system comprising: an acceleration sensor for producing an output signal representing acceleration of the vehicle; processing means for producing change data representing change in the detected vehicle speed calculated on the basis of the output signal produced by said acceleration sensor; detecting means for detecting the running speed of the vehicle; generating means for generating a reference signal; discriminating means responsive to said processing means and said detecting means for discriminating whether or not a collision of the vehicle has occurred by comparing the change data with the reference signal in order to indicate whether or not the change in the detected vehicle speed has reached a magnitude relative to a reference level of the reference signal, said discriminating means including means for making said comparison in such a way that as the running speed of the vehicle increases, a smaller change in the detected vehicle speed produces an indication that collision of the vehicle has occurred; and, actuating means responsive to said discriminating means for activating said vehicle safety device.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
A control system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the change data is obtained by integrating the output signal after the acceleration indicated by the output signal exceeds a predetermined level which is never incurred in the normal running condition of the vehicle.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
66 words
A control system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said discriminating means has a generating means responsive to the output of said detecting means for generating the reference signal and a comparing means for comparing the change data with the reference signal in order to discriminate whether or not the change in the detected vehicle speed has reached the reference level according to the reference signal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
46 words
A control system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the reference signal is determined in accordance with the running speed of the vehicle in such a way that the reference level according to the reference signal becomes greater as the running speed of the vehicle increases.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
61 words
A control system as claimed in claim 3, wherein said generating means has a signal generator for generating a standard signal, a determination means responsive to the output of said detecting means for determining a correction value corresponding to the running speed of the vehicle, and means for correcting the standard signal by the correction value to produce the reference signal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
A control system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the correction value is determined on the basis of a predetermined characteristic curve representing the relationship between the correction value and the vehicle running speed.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
A control system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the correction value is determined by a map calculation based on map data corresponding to the predetermined characteristic curve.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
A control system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the correction value increases as the the vehicle running speed increases for a medium range of the vehicle running speed.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
41 words
A control system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the reference level according to the reference signal becomes greater as the the running speed of the vehicle increases at least within a part of the range of the vehicle running speed.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
101 words
A control system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said reference signal is a standard signal; and wherein said discriminating means comprises determination means responsive to the output of said detecting means for determining a correction value corresponding to the running speed of the vehicle, means for correcting the change data on the basis of the correction value to produce a corrected speed signal, and comparing means for comparing the corrected speed signal with the standard signal in order to discriminate whether or not a level of the corrected speed signal has reached the reference level according to the standard signal.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
159 words
A control system for actuating a vehicle safety device in a motor vehicle, said system comprising: an acceleration sensor for producing an output signal representing acceleration of the vehicle; processing means for producing data representing change in the detected vehicle speed calculated on the basis of the acceleration sensed by said acceleration sensor; detecting means for detecting the running speed of the vehicle; generating means responsive to the output of said detecting means for generating a reference signal which is determined to accordance with the running speed of the vehicle in such a way that the level according to the reference signal becomes greater as the running speed of the vehicle increases; comparing means for comparing the data with the reference signal in order to discriminate whether or not the change in the detected vehicle speed has reached the level according to the reference signal; and actuating means responsive to said comparing means for activating said vehicle safety device.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
159 words
A control system for actuating a vehicle safety device in a motor vehicle, said system comprising: an acceleration sensor for producing an output signal representing acceleration of the vehicle; processing means for producing data representing change in the detected vehicle speed calculated on the basis of the acceleration sensed by said acceleration sensor; detecting means for detecting the running speed of the vehicle; generating means responsive to the output of said detecting means for generating a reference signal which is determined to accordance with the running speed of the vehicle in such a way that the level according to the reference signal becomes greater as the running speed of the vehicle increases; comparing means for comparing the data with the reference signal in order to discriminate whether or not the change in the detected vehicle speed has reached the level according to the reference signal; and actuating means responsive to said comparing means for activating said vehicle safety device.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
60 words
A control system as claimed in claim 11, wherein said generating means comprises a signal generator for generating a standard signal, determination means responsive to the output of said detecting means for determining a correction value corresponding to the running speed of the vehicle, and means for correcting the standard signal by the correction value to produce the reference signal.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
34 words
A control system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the correction value is determined on the basis of a predetermined characteristic curve representing the relationship between the correction value and the vehicle running speed.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
28 words
A control system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the correction value is determined by a map calculation based on map data corresponding to the predetermined characteristic curve.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
170 words
A control system for actuating a vehicle safety device in a motor vehicle, said system comprising: an acceleration sensor for producing an output signal representing acceleration of the vehicle; processing means for producing change data representing change in the detected vehicle speed calculated on the basis of the acceleration sensed by said acceleration sensor; means for generating a standard signal; detecting means for detecting the running speed of the vehicle; determination means responsive to the output of said detecting means for determining a correction value corresponding to the running speed of the vehicle; means for correcting the change data on the basis of the correction value to produce corrected speed data in such a way that a level of the corrected speed data becomes smaller as the running speed of the vehicle increases; and, comparing means for comparing the corrected speed data with the standard signal in order to discriminate whether or not the level of the corrected speed data has reached a reference level according to the standard signal.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
170 words
A control system for actuating a vehicle safety device in a motor vehicle, said system comprising: an acceleration sensor for producing an output signal representing acceleration of the vehicle; processing means for producing change data representing change in the detected vehicle speed calculated on the basis of the acceleration sensed by said acceleration sensor; means for generating a standard signal; detecting means for detecting the running speed of the vehicle; determination means responsive to the output of said detecting means for determining a correction value corresponding to the running speed of the vehicle; means for correcting the change data on the basis of the correction value to produce corrected speed data in such a way that a level of the corrected speed data becomes smaller as the running speed of the vehicle increases; and, comparing means for comparing the corrected speed data with the standard signal in order to discriminate whether or not the level of the corrected speed data has reached a reference level according to the standard signal.
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