Recalibration of radar sensor after airbag deployment
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDavid Michael Herman, Brian Quinn Kettlewell
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Abstract
A computer comprises a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to, upon detecting an airbag deployment in a vehicle, determine an airbag inflation state based on vehicle sensor data, to adjust a calibration parameter of a vehicle radar sensor based on the determined airbag inflation state, to operate the vehicle radar sensor based on the adjusted calibration parameter, and to update an output characteristic of the radar sensor for operating the vehicle based on the determined airbag inflation state.
Claims20
A computer, comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- upon detecting an airbag deployment in a vehicle, determine an airbag inflation state based on vehicle sensor data;
- adjust a calibration parameter of a vehicle radar sensor based on the determined airbag inflation state;
- operate the vehicle radar sensor based on the adjusted calibration parameter;
- and
- update an output characteristic of the radar sensor for operating the vehicle based on the determined airbag inflation state.
A method, comprising:
- upon detecting an airbag deployment in a vehicle, determining an airbag inflation state based on vehicle sensor data;
- adjusting a calibration parameter of a vehicle radar sensor based on the determined airbag inflation state;
- operating the vehicle radar sensor based on the adjusted calibration parameter;
- and
- updating an output characteristic of the radar sensor for operating the vehicle based on the determined airbag inflation state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.