A control device for controlling a passenger protection device for a vehicle includes an input unit configured to receive a first acceleration signal in a first axial direction and a second acceleration signal in a second axial direction which are generated by an acceleration sensor disposed in a side door of a vehicle, a determination unit configured to determine whether a collision has occurred in the side door of the vehicle using at least one of the first acceleration signal and the second acceleration signal, and a control unit configured to control a passenger protection device disposed adjacent to the side door of the vehicle based on a result of determining whether the collision has occurred.

A device, method and software program for sensor self-calibrating are disclosed, including sensing, by sensors, objects in at least one field of view and generating sense data from the sensing; detecting, from the sense data, at least one marker disposed in a fixed position within the at least one field of view; for each marker detected, extracting position information of the marker and associating the marker with the extracted position information therefor; and calibrating the sensors based upon the extracted position information for each marker detected.

A vehicle body front section structure includes a front side member, an outer side frame member, a linking member, and a reinforcing structure. The outer side frame member is disposed separated from the front side member at a vehicle width direction outer side, has a vehicle front-rear direction rear end connected to an apron section or to a front pillar, and has a vehicle front-rear direction front end side overlapping with a vehicle front-rear direction front end side of the front side member in side view. The linking member links the vehicle front-rear direction front end side of the front side member and the vehicle front-rear direction front end side of the outer side frame member, and is input with a collision load. The reinforcing structure reinforces the outer side frame member at a portion of the outer side frame member overlapping with the front side member in side view.

A method and apparatus of predicting a crash are provided. The method includes detecting coordinates of a target obstacle based on first coordinate information of a radar sensor and second coordinate information of an ultrasonic sensor, translating the second coordinate information to the coordinate system of the first coordinate information and generating translated coordinate information, estimating a position, speed, and acceleration of a vehicle if the vehicle is a predetermined distance from the target obstacle based on the translated coordinate information, determining a potential crash type between the vehicle and the target obstacle based on the estimated position, speed and acceleration of the vehicle, determining a three-dimensional movement trajectory based on the estimated position, speed and acceleration of the vehicle and the determined crash type, and predicting a crash point of the vehicle, a crash point of the target object and a crash time based on the three-dimensional movement trajectory.

A vehicle body front section structure includes a front side member, an outer side frame member, a linking member, and a reinforcing structure. The outer side frame member is disposed separated from the front side member at a vehicle width direction outer side, has a vehicle front-rear direction rear end connected to an apron section or to a front pillar, and has a vehicle front-rear direction front end side overlapping with a vehicle front-rear direction front end side of the front side member in side view. The linking member links the vehicle front-rear direction front end side of the front side member and the vehicle front-rear direction front end side of the outer side frame member, and is input with a collision load. The reinforcing structure reinforces the outer side frame member at a portion of the outer side frame member overlapping with the front side member in side view.

A vehicle body front section structure includes a front side member, an outer side frame member, a linking member, and a reinforcing structure. The outer side frame member is disposed separated from the front side member at a vehicle width direction outer side, has a vehicle front-rear direction rear end connected to an apron section or to a front pillar, and has a vehicle front-rear direction front end side overlapping with a vehicle front-rear direction front end side of the front side member in side view. The linking member links the vehicle front-rear direction front end side of the front side member and the vehicle front-rear direction front end side of the outer side frame member, and is input with a collision load. The reinforcing structure reinforces the outer side frame member at a portion of the outer side frame member overlapping with the front side member in side view.

The present invention provides a method of airbag spot blast control, device, storage media, vehicle controller and vehicle, according to the method of airbag spot blast control, obtaining the first transverse acceleration signal detected in real time by the first collision sensor and the second transverse acceleration signal detected in real time by the second collision sensor, and based on the first transverse acceleration signal and the second transverse acceleration signal, determine whether the collision to the vehicle is a frontal pole collision. When the collision is determined as frontal pole collision, the airbag spot blast threshold of the vehicle is lowered according to the preset threshold adjustment method. Then, based on the adjusted airbag spot blast threshold, airbag spot blast control is performed on the vehicle. This invention can solve the problem of the airbag not spot-blasting in time during a frontal pole collision, thereby improving safety.

A vehicle includes a vehicle frame member, a storage compartment, and a sealing device coupling the storage compartment to the vehicle frame member. At least a portion of the sealing device is configured to move in a downward vehicle vertical direction upon a force exceeding a predetermined threshold being applied against an upper end of the sealing device.