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US 2014/0195169 A1Published application
Apparatus for estimating bodily injury level of vehicle occupant
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorShingo Wanami
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for estimating level of bodily injury of occupants at an accident of a vehicle. The apparatus has an occupancy detecting block which determines occupied seat. The apparatus has a deformation estimating block which estimates a deformation amount which is reduction of space around the seat. The apparatus has a bodily injury estimating block which estimates bodily injury level based on the occupied seat and estimated deformation amount.
Claims6
An apparatus for estimating level of bodily injury of occupants at an accident of a vehicle, comprising:
- an occupancy detecting block which determines at least one of occupied seat in the vehicle;
- at least one acceleration sensor disposed around the seat;
- a deformation estimating block which estimates deformation amount a vehicle body based on a detection result of the acceleration sensor;
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- a bodily injury estimating block which estimates injury level of occupants based on the result of the occupancy detecting block and the estimated result of the deformation estimating block.
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