Title:
SENSOR SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING PEDESTRIAN
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH1128994
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pedestrian protecting sensor system in which collision with a pedestrian can be easily discriminated from collision with other things, and in which time required for above discrimination can be shortened. SOLUTION: In a pedestrian protecting sensor system provided with lifting mechanisms 5a, 5b, a car speed sensor 11, a pedestrian detection means 2, and a controller 12, the pedestrian detection means 2 is composed of a load or displacement sensor disposed in a car width direction inside or around a front bumper 1 to output in proportion to load quantity or displacement quantity in a vehicle axial direction, and it detects collision with a pedestrian to lift a hood 4 when outputs of the car speed sensor 11 and the load or displacement sensor coincide with predetermined conditions.
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Inventors:
MATSUURA YASUKUNI
MAKI TETSUO
MAEDA KOZO
MAKI TETSUO
MAEDA KOZO
Application Number:
JP18788997A
Publication Date:
February 02, 1999
Filing Date:
July 14, 1997
Export Citation:
Assignee:
NISSAN MOTOR
International Classes:
B60R19/48; B60R21/00; B60R21/0136; B60R21/34; B60R21/38; (IPC1-7): B60R21/00; B60R19/48; B60R21/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takeshi Takatsuki
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