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System and method for determining a collision status of a vehicle

A technology of vehicle collision and status, applied in the field of sensing systems, can solve the problems of not recognizing nearby vehicles, collision, personal injury, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2010-06-16
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC
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This would cause the driver of the host vehicle to collide with two or more colliding vehicles
At higher speeds, such collisions can result in more serious personal injury and property damage
[0004] Existing collision sensing systems do not recognize the collision status of nearby vehicles, that is, whether a nearby vehicle has collided, and do not respond accordingly, issue warnings to the primary driver and other drivers, or take measures such as automatically applying the brakes, Fasten seat belts, or pre-install airbags

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[0016] exist figure 1 , indicates that the host vehicle 10 is following two nearby vehicles 20 and 30 . All vehicles are traveling in the same direction. Finally, vehicles 20 and 30 collide. In this example, the host vehicle 10 detects the collision status of the vehicle 20 in the affirmative due at least to the fact that the longitudinal deceleration of the vehicle 20 has decreased beyond a predetermined threshold. The host vehicle 10 then issues a warning of the sensed collision to the driver in the host vehicle 10 and to other drivers, such as the driver of a nearby vehicle 40 . Any known warning method and device can be used to alert the driver that a collision has occurred. figure 1 Some exemplary, non-limiting warning methods and devices are illustrated. By flashing the warning light of the host vehicle 10, the driver in the vehicle 40 is alerted to the common driving hazard. Also via vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication initiated by the host vehicle 10, the drive...

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A system and method are provided to determine the collision status of a nearby vehicle or vehicles. If a nearby vehicle has been in a collision, responsive systems may be triggered automatically. Responses may include warning the driver of the host vehicle and / or warning drivers of other vehicles or centralized networks by, among other methods, V2V or V2I communications. Responses may also include automatically triggering countermeasures in the host vehicle.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a sensing system for a motor vehicle to determine whether one or more nearby vehicles have been involved in a collision and, if so, to respond accordingly. Background technique [0002] When traffic is high, especially on highways, vehicles experience frequent and unpredictable deceleration and acceleration. Unfortunately, due in part to driver distractions such as cell phones and the like, the driver of the host vehicle may not be aware that a nearby vehicle has been involved in a crash. This can lead to avoidable pile-up crashes, especially in heavy traffic. [0003] During times of less dense traffic, vehicle speeds tend to increase. If the driver of the host vehicle has reduced attention to other vehicles due to reduced traffic or due to one or more distractions, the driver may not notice that a collision has occurred, or even occur in front of the host vehicle. This can result in the driver of the host vehicle ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B60R21/013G08G1/16
CPCG08G1/164G08G1/162B60Q1/525G08G1/161B60W30/08B60Q1/543
Inventor 斯蒂芬·瓦吉斯·塞缪尔克里斯多夫·斯科特·纳伍威尔福德·特伦特·约普罗杰·阿诺德·特朗布利
Owner FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC