A diagnostic pedestrian protection system includes a pedestrian protection system having at least two impact detection sensors connected to each other by a conduit, where the impact detection sensor configured to measure a differential condition of the pedestrian protection system. The impact detection sensor communicatively coupled with an air bag module that is configured to evaluate if the pedestrian protection system is inoperable using the measured differential condition of the pedestrian protection system.

A sensor system having a current interface includes a supply and current interface, an electronic control unit and an enhanced initialization sensor. The supply and current interface is configured to receive a supply voltage. The electronic control unit is coupled to the supply and current interface. The enhanced initialization sensor is coupled to the supply and current interface. The enhanced initialization sensor is configured to initialize the supply and current interface at a suitable current level to mitigate erroneous information. measurement system.

A duplex squib module is provided. The duplex squib module may include a first squib, a second squib, a first active blocking circuit, and a second active blocking circuit: The first active blocking circuit being in series with the first squib. The first active blocking circuit having a transistor in series with a first diode to block current in a first direction. The second active blocking circuit being in series with the second squib. The second active blocking circuit having a transistor in series with a first diode to block current in a second direction opposite of the first direction.

According to various implementations, a vehicle pyrotechnic initiator assembly includes an initiator that includes at least one electrode pin and a validation device in electrical communication with the at least one electrode pin. The validation device provides validation information about at least a portion of the initiator assembly and/or a safety device in which the initiator assembly is installed. The validation information may include a date associated with an expiration of the initiator assembly and/or the safety device. The validation information may also or alternatively include a manufacturer identity associated with a manufacturer of the initiator assembly and/or safety device. In some implementations, the validation device includes an electrical circuit and/or memory that stores the validation information. For example, the validation device may include an ASIC chip.

A method and system for diagnosing a fault condition in common connected squib loops is disclosed. A current source supplies current to the feed terminal for the first squib loop and current is returned through the feed terminal for the second squib loop. The voltage is measured between the feed terminal for the first squib loop and the feed terminal for the second squib loop.

An electronic module assembly (EMA) for use in controlling one or more personal restraint systems. A programmed processor within the EMA is configured to determine when a personal restraint system associated with each seat in a vehicle should be deployed. In addition, the programmed processor is configured to perform a diagnostic self-test to determine if the EMA and the personal restraint systems are operational. In one embodiment, results of the diagnostic self-test routine are displayed on a display included on the electronic module assembly. In an alternative embodiment, the results of the diagnostic self-test routine are transmitted via a wireless transceiver to a remote device. The remote device can include a wireless interrogator or can be a remote computer system such as a cabin management computer system.

Systems and methods are provided for determining features in a vehicle. The interior of the vehicle can be scanned with a camera of a mobile device to locate one or more symbols or shapes within the interior. The one or more symbols or shapes can be processed using one or more machine learning models to obtain data associated with the one or more symbols or shapes. The data associated with the one or more symbols or shapes can be displayed to a driver of the vehicle.

A vehicle-mounted information processing apparatus is mounted in a vehicle and includes: a plurality of processing units configured to execute processing in parallel; and a plurality of shared storage units that are accessible by the plurality of processing units, wherein the plurality of processing units exchange information via at least one of the shared storage units and change the at least one of the shared storage units used to exchange information, at predetermined timing. A detection unit configured to detect an abnormality for the shared storage units is also provided. The predetermined timing is the timing at which the detection unit has detected an abnormality occurred at the at least one of the shared storage units. When the detection unit has detected an abnormality occurred at the at least one of the shared storage units, the plurality of processing units may exchange information via a different shared storage unit.

Presented is an artificial intelligence interactive Emergency Response Robot for detecting hazardous conditions within a motor vehicle for the prevention of vehicle related deaths.

A Virtual Robot based on IBM's Watson cognitive super-computing platform continuously monitors the internal and external environment of the motor vehicle and will automatically commence a rescue sequence in the event it detects a dangerous condition such as a child, or pet left abandoned in an overheated vehicle is detected.

When life threatening conditions are detected, the robot's ai simulates a human emergency responder to immediately dispatch assistance to the location and will assume control of the vehicle's electronic system to make adjustments in the environment.

The invention functions provides a universal method of connecting artificial intelligence to any vehicle for preserving lives and a method for speedy assistance to victims, and emergency response teams interacting in real time and will substantially decrease vehicle related deaths.

A method for recognizing a usability of a control device of a safety device in a vehicle includes: applying a voltage to the control device; acquiring a voltage curve or a current curve at the control device; and recognizing a usability of the control device as a function of the acquired voltage curve or of the acquired current curve. In particular, the correct polarity of an inductive actuator having a freewheeling diode is recognized, because in the case of incorrect polarity the inductive actuator is bridged by the freewheeling diode.