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US 9,802,566 B2Granted
Adaptive suppression of vehicle restraint system
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsGerald H. Engelman, Alex Maurice Miller, Brian Robert Spahn, Richard Lee Stephenson, Levasseur Tellis, Timothy D. Zwicky
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Abstract
A vehicle has a restraint system with at least two restraint devices. A sensor detects a potential collision object and outputs a signal representing a relative position of the potential collision object to the vehicle. A processing device suppresses deployment of at least one of the restraint devices based at least in part on the signal output by the at least one sensor.
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A method comprising:
- determining a seat configuration in a vehicle including detecting a rear facing front seat;
- detecting a potential collision object;
- receiving a position signal representing a position of the potential collision object relative to the vehicle;
- and
- suppressing deployment of at least one restraint device based at least in part on the position signal representing the position of the potential collision object and the seat configuration.
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A method comprising:
- determining an initial seat configuration of a host vehicle, the initial seat configuration including at least one seat facing a first direction while the host vehicle is operating in an autonomous mode;
- determining a new seat configuration of the host vehicle, the new seat configuration including the at least one seat facing a second direction while the host vehicle is operating in the autonomous mode;
- detecting a potential collision object external to the host vehicle;
- receiving a position signal representing a position of the potential collision object relative to a vehicle;
- and
- suppressing deployment of at least one restraint device based at least in part on the position signal representing the position of the potential collision object and the new seat configuration.
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