Patent classifications
B60R2021/01302
AIRBAG AND RESTRAINT SYSTEM CONTROL USING SEAT PRESSURE DATA
A vehicle airbag and restraint system includes a vehicle seat positioned in a vehicle. At least one pressure sensor is included with the vehicle seat to sense when a user is in contact with the vehicle seat. At least one airbag is opened in response to a vehicle crash event. A controller determines when the user is seated on the vehicle seat in a position different than a normally upright position thereby defining the user being out-of-position, and generates a signal applied by the controller to modify an opening sequence of the at least one airbag when the user is out-of-position.
Crash detection on mobile device
- Vinay R. Majjigi ,
- Sriram Venkateswaran ,
- Aniket Aranake ,
- Tejal Bhamre ,
- Alexandru Popovici ,
- Parisa Dehleh Hossein Zadeh ,
- Yann Jerome Julien Renard ,
- Yi Wen Liao ,
- Stephen P. Jackson ,
- Rebecca L. Clarkson ,
- Henry Choi ,
- Paul D. Bryan ,
- Mrinal Agarwal ,
- Ethan Goolish ,
- Richard G. Liu ,
- Omar Aziz ,
- Alvaro J. Melendez Hasbun ,
- David Ojeda Avellaneda ,
- Sunny Kai Pang Chow ,
- Pedro O. Varangot ,
- Tianye Sun ,
- Karthik Jayaraman Raghuram ,
- Hung A. Pham ,
- Lauren Schutz
Embodiments are disclosed for crash detection on one or more mobile devices (e.g., smartwatch and/or smartphone). In some embodiments, a method comprises: detecting, with at least one processor, a crash event on a crash device; extracting, with the at least one processor, multimodal features from sensor data generated by multiple sensing modalities of the crash device; computing, with the at least one processor, a plurality of crash decisions based on a plurality of machine learning models applied to the multimodal features; and determining, with the at least one processor, that a severe vehicle crash has occurred involving the crash device based on the plurality of crash decisions and a severity model.
Airbag and restraint system control using seat pressure data
A vehicle airbag and restraint system includes a vehicle seat positioned in a vehicle. At least one pressure sensor is included with the vehicle seat to sense when a user is in contact with the vehicle seat. At least one airbag is opened in response to a vehicle crash event. A controller determines when the user is seated on the vehicle seat in a position different than a normally upright position thereby defining the user being out-of-position, and generates a signal applied by the controller to modify an opening sequence of the at least one airbag when the user is out-of-position.
Collision accident response system and method for a vehicle
A collision accident response system for a vehicle includes: a transparent glass attached to a front surface of the vehicle; a transparent pressure sensor film attached to a rear surface of the transparent glass; and a control unit embedded in the vehicle. The control unit is configured to determine a height and a collision strength of a collision object by a collision pressure detected by the transparent pressure sensor film. As a result, the collision accident response system for a vehicle enables a rapid and accurate response to collision accidents in vehicles equipped with the front glass.
Detecting vehicle impacts based on interior microphones
Techniques for detecting impacts to a vehicle body are described herein. A vehicle may receive first audio data (associated with a sound) from a microphone located inside the vehicle. Further, the vehicle may receive second audio data (associated with the sound) from a microphone that is external to the vehicle. The vehicle can compare, for example, the volumes of the first and second audio to determine a difference. The vehicle can compare the difference to a threshold to determine whether the sound corresponds to an impact to the vehicle body. For example, if the difference is below the threshold (e.g., the volume levels of the first and second audio data are similar), the vehicle can classify the sound as corresponding to an impact to the vehicle. The vehicle can control the vehicle based on the sound being classified as an impact to the vehicle body.