# US 2014/0195169 A1 · Apparatus for estimating bodily injury level of vehicle occupant

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- Number: US 2014/0195169 A1
- Document ID: US20140195169A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/150,169
- Filed: 2014-01-08
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-09
- Assignees: Denso Corporation
- Applicants: Denso Corporation
- Inventors: Shingo Wanami
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140195169A1

## CPC

- G16H 40/60: for the operation of medical equipment or devices
- G01P 15/00: Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration
- G16H 50/20: for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
- G01P: MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION, OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT (measuring or recording blood flow A61B5/02, A61B8/06; monitoring speed or deceleration of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L3/00; vehicle lighting systems adapted to indicate speed B60Q1/54; determining position or course in navigation, measuring ground distance in geodesy or surveying G01C; combined measuring devices for measuring two or more variables of movement G01C23/00; measuring velocity of sound G01H; measuring velocity of light G01J7/00; measuring direction or velocity of solid objects by reception or emission of radiowaves or other waves and based on propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effect, propagation time, direction of propagation, G01S; measuring speed of nuclear radiation G01T; measuring acceleration of gravity G01V; {measuring or recording the speed of trains B61L23/00; speed indicators incorporated in motor vehicles B60K35/00; measuring frequency or phase G01R; traffic control G08G})

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

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; and
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.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus for estimating level of bodily injury claimed in claim 1, further comprising a wireless communication device which reports accident information including the estimated result of bodily injury level to a predetermined entity when the bodily injury estimating block estimates bodily injury level.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The apparatus for estimating level of bodily injury claimed in claim 1, wherein the occupancy detecting block detects whether corresponding one of seat belts disposed on the seats is used or not.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The apparatus for estimating level of bodily injury claimed in claim 1, wherein the occupancy detecting block detects whether a child restraint seat is installed in corresponding one of the seats or not.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The apparatus for estimating level of bodily injury claimed in claim 1, wherein the acceleration sensor is disposed in a portion which defines an occupancy space corresponding to the seats.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The apparatus for estimating level of bodily injury claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
an auxiliary acceleration sensor disposed on a center of the vehicle, and wherein
the deformation estimating block estimates the deformation amount based on detection results of the acceleration sensor and the auxiliary acceleration sensor.