US 6,594,570 B2 · Systems and methods for controlling a vehicle-occupant protecting apparatus

Abstract

Systems and methods for controlling a vehicle-occupant protecting apparatus provided on a vehicle such that the apparatus is controlled upon determination that the vehicle has had a rollover motion, the control system including a first detector that determines whether the vehicle has crashed, a second detector that determines whether the vehicle has had a rollover motion, and an invalidating device that invalidates the determination by the second detector that the vehicle has had the rollover motion such that the determination by the second detector is invalidated for a predetermined time after the determination by the first detector that the vehicle has crashed. Furthermore, a controller controls the vehicle-occupant protecting apparatus based on outputs of the second detector and the invalidating device to prevent unnecessary operation of the vehicle-occupant protecting device.

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Dependent claims

A control system for controlling a vehicle-occupant protecting apparatus provided on a vehicle such that the apparatus is controlled upon determination that the vehicle has had a rollover motion, said control system comprising:

a first detector that determines whether the vehicle has crashed;
a second detector that determines whether the vehicle has had a rollover motion;
an invalidating device that invalidates the determination by said second detector that the vehicle has had the rollover motion, such that the determination by the second detector is invalidated for a predetermined time after the determination by said first detector that the vehicle has crashed;
and
a controller that controls said vehicle-occupant protecting apparatus based on outputs of said second detector and said invalidating device.

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A method for controlling a vehicle-occupant protecting apparatus provided on a vehicle such that the apparatus is controlled upon determination that the vehicle has had a rollover motion, comprising the steps of:

determining whether the vehicle has crashed;
determining whether the vehicle has had a rollover motion;
invalidating the determination that the vehicle has had the rollover motion, said determination invalidated for a predetermined time after the determination that the vehicle has crashed;
and
controlling the vehicle-occupant protecting apparatus based on the determination as to whether the vehicle has had the rollover motion and the invalidation of said determination.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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