In a vehicle, an occupant is suitably protected even when the occupant is seated in the vehicle with the seat inclined and facing a direction different from the advancing direction of the vehicle. A system for protecting an occupant boarding on a seat in a vehicle, where a seat back of the seat is configured to be inclinable with respect to a seat cushion of the seat. The system includes an acquiring unit that acquires environment information related to the vehicle in traveling or the surrounding environment thereof; and a control unit that, when the seat is facing a direction different from an advancing direction of the vehicle and the seat back is in an inclined state with respect to the seat cushion by greater than or equal to a predetermined angle, executes a support control to support the occupant in the seat to resist an inertial force that is assumed to act on the occupant boarding on the seat, based on the environment information.

A method for controlling a passenger airbag may include determining whether an occupant is present on a passenger seat; determining whether the occupant seated on the passenger seat has fastened a safety belt; determining whether deployment of a passenger airbag is required; and deploying, when the deployment of the passenger airbag is required, a main chamber of the passenger airbag, and further deploying a sub-chamber connected to the main chamber of the passenger airbag to be interlocked with the deployment of the main chamber when the occupant is present on the passenger seat and has fastened the safety belt.

A vehicle includes a seat assembly having a seat bottom and a seatback. The vehicle includes a middle console adjacent the seat assembly. The vehicle includes an airbag inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The airbag is supported by the seatback in the uninflated position and the inflated position. The vehicle includes an inflator supported by the middle console, the inflator operatively connected to the airbag to provide inflation medium.

A vehicle includes a body defining a passenger cabin with a front end, the body having a bulkhead at the front end of the passenger cabin. The vehicle includes a telescoping member supported by the bulkhead and movable from a stowed position to a deployed position. The vehicle includes an airbag supported by the telescoping member and movable from the stowed position to the deployed position, the airbag inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position.

A method for controlling a passenger airbag may include determining whether an occupant is present on a passenger seat; determining whether the occupant seated on the passenger seat has fastened a safety belt; determining whether deployment of a passenger airbag is required; and deploying, when the deployment of the passenger airbag is required, a main chamber of the passenger airbag, and further deploying a sub-chamber connected to the main chamber of the passenger airbag to be interlocked with the deployment of the main chamber when the occupant is present on the passenger seat and has fastened the safety belt.

An airbag device and a method for controlling deployment of the same are proposed. The airbag device is configured to protect a passenger by controlling an airbag cushion deployed toward the rear space of a seatback in an event of a vehicle collision, and the airbag device includes an airbag cushion deploying toward the rear space of the seatback, a sensor part detecting a seating status and a seating posture of a passenger with respect to each seat, and a controller, in an event of a collision, configured to change and control a deploying status of the airbag cushion and an inflation amount of the airbag cushion in response to the seating status and the seating posture of the passenger.

A bench seating and side airbag system is provided. The system comprises a back portion and a side portion. The back portion has an interior facing interior facing surface and an exterior facing surface opposite the interior facing surface. The side portion and the back portion are positioned to define a seam between the back portion and the side portion. A chamber is configured to be mounted proximate the seam and behind the exterior facing surface of the back portion. An inflator is coupled to the chamber and configured to inflate the chamber. When inflated, the chamber extends through the seam and beyond the interior facing surface of back portion along the side portion.

A target tracking system for use in a vehicle interior of a motor vehicle includes a target sensor and an electronic control unit (ECU). The target sensor, e.g., a red, green, blue (RGB) camera, RGB-infrared, or RGB-depth (RGBD) camera, is situated in the vehicle interior and outputs a sensor data stream of a seat surface. The ECU includes a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium on which is recorded instructions, execution of which by the processor causes the ECU to receive the sensor data stream of the seat surface and segment the sensor data stream into an output file. The ECU also detects a target on the seat surface using the output file, such as a child restraint system, and classifies the target into a target class. The ECU then executes a control action in response to the target class.

An occupant protection method and system, and a computer-readable medium, where the method includes: S1: collecting external environment information of a vehicle; S2: determining, based on the environment information, whether there is an obstacle within a monitoring area, and if yes, proceeding to step S3; or if no, returning to step S1; S3: predicting a movement trajectory of the obstacle; S4: calculating a probability of collision between the vehicle and the obstacle based on vehicle body data and motion information of the vehicle, and the movement trajectory of the obstacle; S5: determining whether the probability of collision is greater than a collision threshold, and if yes, proceeding to step S6; or if no, returning to step S1; S6: partially inflating a seat cushion airbag of the vehicle to adjust a sitting posture of an occupant; S7: determining whether a collision is detected, and if yes, proceeding to step S8; or if no, returning to step S1; and S8: fully inflating the seat cushion airbag.

A target tracking system for use in a vehicle interior of a motor vehicle includes a target sensor and an electronic control unit (ECU). The target sensor, e.g., a red, green, blue (RGB) camera, RGB-infrared, or RGB-depth (RGBD) camera, is situated in the vehicle interior and outputs a sensor data stream of a seat surface. The ECU includes a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium on which is recorded instructions, execution of which by the processor causes the ECU to receive the sensor data stream of the seat surface and segment the sensor data stream into an output file. The ECU also detects a target on the seat surface using the output file, such as a child restraint system, and classifies the target into a target class. The ECU then executes a control action in response to the target class.