There is provided a seat belt retrieval control device including: a drive unit that drives a retrieval of a webbing; and a setting unit that is configured to, when a vehicle attitude is being controlled by an attitude control unit that controls a vehicle attitude, set a retrieval load applied by the drive unit to a predetermined first load, and when the vehicle attitude is not being controlled by the attitude control unit, set the retrieval load to a second load that is greater than the first load.

A collision preventing ECU 10 determines that a support performing condition is established when a relationship between a threshold and a collision index value representing emergency degree of a collision between an object and the own vehicle satisfies with a predetermined relationship. In this case, the ECU performs a collision preventing control for preventing the collision. The ECU determines whether or not the object is a continuous structure. The ECU determines whether or not a running status is a steering operation running status. The ECU changes at least one of the collision index value and the threshold such that the support performing condition becomes more difficult to be established when a specific condition that the object is determined to be the continuous structure and the running status is determined to be the steering operation running status is established than when the specific condition is not established.

An information processing apparatus mountable on a first moving body obtains second movement information including the position and velocity of a second moving body and first movement information including the position and velocity of the first moving body. A second predicted path is determined from the second movement information, and a first predicted path is determined from the first movement information. Then, the information processing apparatus generates travel assistance information including information for directing the first moving body to take a detour from the first predicted path in a direction corresponding to a difference between arrival time periods taken for the second moving body and the first moving body to reach an intersection point of the second predicted path and the first predicted path. Finally, the generated travel assistance information is output.

A collision detection sensor includes a sensor module which includes a first surface and a second surface facing each other. The first surface includes an acceleration detection element detecting a vehicle acceleration in one direction parallel thereto, and the second surface is formed with a first land and a second land. Among four corners of the second surface, one corner in a first pair of opposing corners is provided with the first land, and the other corner in the first pair of opposing corners is provided with the second land.

An occupant protection device capable of protecting occupants at a higher level is provided. An occupant protection device comprises a first sensor for detecting a value concerning a rotation angle of a vehicle, a second sensor for detecting an acceleration in the vehicle longitudinal direction, and a collision determination section adapted to determinate whether or not a collision has occurred to the vehicle based on the detection result of the first sensor and to determinate whether or not the collision has occurred to the vehicle also based on the detection result of the second sensor.

An apparatus (10) is provided for controlling an actuatable restraint (14, 16) in a vehicle (12). An sensor (24) is mounted in the vehicle (12) and outputs an electrical signal having a characteristic indicative of a vehicle event. A discrimination circuit (42) is coupled to the sensor (24) and determines if a predetermined event occurred. A safing circuit (50) is copied to the sensor (24) signal and sequestered from the discrimination circuit (42) for determining if the predetermined event occurred. An actuation device is actuates the restraint when both the discrimination circuit (42) and the safing circuit (50) determine the predetermined event occurred.

Vehicle drive and control systems are disclosed. A utility vehicle includes a first electric drive motor configured to drive a first traction wheel, a second electric drive motor configured to drive the a traction wheel, a steering wheel configured to receive a first user input, one or more pedals configured to receive a second user input, a steering input sensor, and a drive input sensor. The steering input sensor is configured transmit a steering input signal that corresponds with a steering input position. The drive input sensor is configured to transmit a drive input signal that corresponds with a drive input position. A plurality of controllers are configured to collectively generate, based on the steering input signal and the drive input signal, a first drive signal to drive the first electric drive motor and a second drive signal to drive the second electric drive motor.

Embodiments of the present disclosure set forth techniques for compensating for a roll effect for an optical sensor. The techniques include receiving sensor data from at least one sensor associated with the vehicle, detecting an amount of a roll of the vehicle based on the sensor data, generating a command based on the detected amount of roll, and controlling an orientation of the optical sensor based on the command.

A method and system for operating restraint devices in a vehicle during a fast roll event or a slow roll event includes a lateral acceleration sensor and an angular rate sensor. When the angular rate and a vertical acceleration of the vehicle predict a vehicle rollover, the system integrates the lateral acceleration from the lateral acceleration sensor to obtain a roll rate velocity. When the lateral acceleration is greater than a fast lateral acceleration threshold and the roll rate velocity is greater than a fast roll rate velocity threshold, the system provides a fast roll event output. When the lateral acceleration is less than the fast lateral acceleration threshold and greater than a slow lateral acceleration threshold while the roll rate velocity is greater than a slow roll rate velocity threshold, the system provides a slow roll event output. The system operates restraint devices based on the roll event.

A method and system for operating restraint devices in a vehicle during a fast roll event or a slow roll event includes a lateral acceleration sensor and an angular rate sensor. When the angular rate and a vertical acceleration of the vehicle predict a vehicle rollover, the system integrates the lateral acceleration from the lateral acceleration sensor to obtain a roll rate velocity. When the lateral acceleration is greater than a fast lateral acceleration threshold and the roll rate velocity is greater than a fast roll rate velocity threshold, the system provides a fast roll event output. When the lateral acceleration is less than the fast lateral acceleration threshold and greater than a slow lateral acceleration threshold while the roll rate velocity is greater than a slow roll rate velocity threshold, the system provides a slow roll event output. The system operates restraint devices based on the roll event.