There is provided an occupant protection device for a vehicle, the occupant protection device including a side collision prediction device configured to predict a collision with a side of a host vehicle and output a prediction result including determination about whether or not the predicted collision is an inevitable collision, a physical quantity detection device configured to detect a physical quantity related to the collision with the side of the host vehicle and output a detection value of the physical quantity, an airbag device configured to expand to protect an occupant of the vehicle when the airbag device is operated, and an electronic control unit.

Aspects of the disclosure relate to reducing the likelihood of injury to a passenger in a collision. In one example, a computing device may determine that an impact between a vehicle and an object external to the vehicle is imminent. The computing device may determine a protection range for a vehicle's airbag based on characteristics of the passenger, including the passenger's seating location within the vehicle. An airbag extension system may position an airbag package, including the vehicle's airbag, such that the vehicle's airbag is within the protection range of the passenger's seating location.

Provided is technology that enables preventive processing to be performed at a proper timing as appropriate by detecting early that there is a danger about an occupant. A vehicle occupant protection system 1 includes: an imaging unit 20 configured to take an image of an occupant 90 who is in a vehicle 98, and an inside of a vehicle compartment 99, to acquire image information over time; and a control unit 30 configured to, during operation of the vehicle 98, analyze actions of the occupant 90 in time series on the basis of the image information, and when having determined that, among the actions of the occupant 90, a transfer preliminary action of the occupant 90 leading to place transfer has alone or cumulatively reached a predetermined danger level, perform preventive processing.

A vehicle airbag control system has an airbag module, a detector and an electronic controller. The airbag module has an airbag that is configured to be positioned below a vehicle floor panel in an undeployed state. The airbag that is configured to be positioned to be above the vehicle floor panel in the deployed state. The detector is configured to detect a presence of an obstruction over the airbag module at a location above the vehicle floor panel. The electronic controller is programmed to deploy the airbag based on a detected result of the detector.

Aspects of the disclosure relate to reducing the likelihood of injury to a passenger in a collision. In one example, a computing device may determine that an impact between a vehicle and an object external to the vehicle is imminent. The computing device may determine a protection range for a vehicle's airbag based on characteristics of the passenger, including the passenger's seating location within the vehicle. An airbag extension system may position an airbag package, including the vehicle's airbag, such that the vehicle's airbag is within the protection range of the passenger's seating location.

A vehicle includes a floor and a roof. A panel is removably attached to and supported by the floor. The panel is designed to engage a personal mobility device. An airbag housing is supported by the roof and moveably relative to the roof along a cross-vehicle axis and along a vehicle-longitudinal axis. An airbag is supported by the airbag housing. The airbag is inflatable to an inflated position that extends from the airbag housing towards the panel.

A vehicle occupant protection device includes a seat belt device having a variable force limiter mechanism that can change a force limiter load that an occupant who is sitting on a vehicle seat receives from a seat belt at a time of a frontal collision of a vehicle, an airbag device that deploys an airbag toward the front of the occupant at the time of the frontal collision, a seating position detection unit that detects a seating position at which the occupant is seated, and a control unit that reduces the force limiter load if, compared to a case in which the occupant is positioned within a standard seating region, the seating position of the occupant detected by the seating position detection unit is further toward a vehicle rear than the standard seating region and is within an airbag protection region in which the occupant is protected by the airbag.

A vehicle, comprising a monitoring unit configured to monitor a surrounding environment of a vehicle body, a detection unit configured to detect an impact applied onto the vehicle body, a plurality of impact absorption units, and an operation control unit configured to selectively operate the plurality of impact absorption units, based on at least one of a monitoring result from the monitoring unit and a detection result from the detection unit.

Triggering personal protection devices for a vehicle with the aid of a sensor having a local sensor time set with respect to a common system time.

An occupant protection device for a vehicle includes a collision predictor, a main airbag, a seat, a sub-airbag, and a deployment controller. The collision predictor is configured to predict a collision of the vehicle. The main airbag is configured to deploy toward an occupant from a front of the vehicle when a collision of the vehicle is predicted by the collision predictor. The seat allows the occupant to be seated, and is movable in a front-back direction of the vehicle. The sub-airbag is accommodated in an upper part of the seat, and configured to deploy downward from above the occupant. The deployment controller is configured to, when a collision of the vehicle is predicted by the collision predictor, cause the sub-airbag to deploy from the upper part of the seat and subsequently cause the main airbag to deploy.