The present invention relates to a system that is mounted on a mounting structure or chassis intended to protect the vehicles and their occupants. The system uses a main computer, high-precision radars, external airbag impellers, airbags that protect the vehicle and to some extent help its buoyancy, fluid sensors to detect the water limit that the vehicle can reach, and if these sensors are activated send a signal to the main computer that is responsible for activating air bag impellers, an inclinometer to detect the limit of inclination established in the vehicle and if the inclinometer detects an inclination that exceeds the limit established, this sends a signal to the main computer that is responsible for activating all the air bag impeller devices; and a monitor with signal transmitters to visualize in the state in which the system is located.

An occupant protection device which can protect an occupant without delay is provided. An image taken by an imaging device is analyzed to judge whether there is an object approaching the subject car. In the case where a collision between the object and the subject car is judged to be inevitable, an airbag device is activated before the collision, whereby the occupant can be protected without delay. By using selenium for a light-receiving element of the imaging device, an accurate image can be obtained even under low illuminance. Imaging in a global shutter system leads to an accurate image with little distortion. This enables more accurate image analysis.

In various examples, systems and methods are disclosed that accurately identify driver and passenger in-cabin activities that may indicate a biomechanical distraction that prevents a driver from being fully engaged in driving a vehicle. In particular, image data representative of an image of an occupant of a vehicle may be applied to one or more deep neural networks (DNNs). Using the DNNs, data indicative of key point locations corresponding to the occupant may be computed, a shape and/or a volume corresponding to the occupant may be reconstructed, a position and size of the occupant may be estimated, hand gesture activities may be classified, and/or body postures or poses may be classified. These determinations may be used to determine operations or settings for the vehicle to increase not only the safety of the occupants, but also of surrounding motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians.

A device for detecting a rear collision of a vehicle, the device including a first sensor unit that is disposed on one side of a back of the vehicle and detects a target vehicle positioned behind the vehicle to generate first sensing data, a second sensor unit that is disposed on the other side of the back of the vehicle and detects the target vehicle to generate second sensing data, an ultrasonic sensor that is mounted on the back of the vehicle, and detects a proximity of the target vehicle to generate third sensing data, and a controller that determines a relative speed and a relative distance with the target vehicle using the first sensing data and the second sensing data, determines the proximity of the target vehicle using the third sensing data, and determines an output of a command of unfolding an airbag outwardly mounted on the back of the vehicle and an output of a command of controlling a vehicle headrest.

A vehicle safety system for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle seat includes a seatbelt extensible around the occupant to help restrain the occupant in the vehicle seat. The seatbelt includes a lap belt configured to extend across the occupant at the hips. An airbag is secured to the lap belt and configured to inflate and deploy upward from the lap belt to a deployed position in front of the occupant. The system is configured to adjust the deployed position of the airbag in response to the position of the occupant.

A protective system is provided including an airbag system for protecting a body part of a user in case of an accident, including a control unit and a communication interface. The protective system further includes an external device having a communication interface. The communication interface of the airbag system is configured to communicate with the external device using wireless communication.

An airbag deployment control apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a first sensing unit configured to sense yaw rate information including yaw rate and acceleration values of a vehicle; a second sensing unit configured to sense whether a passenger in the vehicle wears a seat belt; a collision sensing unit configured to sense whether the vehicle collides; a communication unit configured to receive seat position information and ADAS operation information of the vehicle; and a control unit configured to calculate dynamic behavior information of the passenger and decide an airbag deployment point based on the dynamic behavior information of the passenger and the collision sensing result of the collision sensing unit.

An airbag deployment control apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a first sensing unit configured to sense yaw rate information including yaw rate and acceleration values of a vehicle; a second sensing unit configured to sense whether a passenger in the vehicle wears a seat belt; a collision sensing unit configured to sense whether the vehicle collides; a communication unit configured to receive seat position information and ADAS operation information of the vehicle; and a control unit configured to calculate dynamic behavior information of the passenger and decide an airbag deployment point based on the dynamic behavior information of the passenger and the collision sensing result of the collision sensing unit.

A vehicle safety system for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle seat includes a seatbelt extensible around the occupant to help restrain the occupant in the vehicle seat. The seatbelt includes a lap belt configured to extend across the occupant at the hips. An airbag is secured to the lap belt and configured to inflate and deploy upward from the lap belt to a deployed position in front of the occupant. The system is configured to adjust the deployed position of the airbag in response to the position of the occupant.

The invention describes a vehicle occupant restraint system (2) comprising a control unit and at least two restraint elements (8, 10) for the protection of lower extremities (6, 6′, 7, 7′) in the area of a footwell (4) of a vehicle of a vehicle occupant seated in a particular vehicle seat of the vehicle, wherein a first restraint element (8) is configured as a knee airbag module (12), wherein a second restraint element (10) is provided for mounting into the footwell (4) of the vehicle, especially in an area of the footwell (4) of the vehicle arranged in the vehicle longitudinal direction (x) ahead of the knee airbag module (12), wherein, in a situation of restraint, the control unit can differentiate between different given situations, wherein the given situation can be determined via a vehicle seat position and parameters relating to vehicle occupants, wherein, in the situation of restraint, when a situation is given in which the vehicle seat (5) is in a position shifted backwards, especially in a position shifted backwards compared to the standard position, and the vehicle occupant is a short and/or light person, the control unit only activates the foot airbag module (16) of the second restraint element (10).