Vehicle and tax procedure for it

Abstract

Vehicle comprising: a safety device (210); a camera sensor (180) for detecting an obstacle around the vehicle; a radar sensor (170) for detecting the obstacle around the vehicle; and a controller (200) configured to: predict a collision state and a collision position of the vehicle by the camera sensor (180) and the radar sensor (170); in response to a prediction result based on a vehicle type and / or a collision speed and / or a seating position of an occupant and / or whether the occupant is wearing a seatbelt and / or a gender of the occupant and / or whether the occupant is a child and / or a size of the occupant, determine whether to control the safety device (210); and the safety device (210) in dependence on a determination result, characterized in that the controller (200) is arranged to: predict that the collision position of the vehicle is in a direction of a driver's seat if: an overlap ratio detected by the camera sensor (180) is greater than or equal to 0% and less than 50%, a difference between an amount of acceleration detected by a front collision detection sensor (140-1) mounted in the direction of the driver's seat and an amount of acceleration detected by a front collision detection sensor (140-2) mounted in a direction of a passenger's seat is greater than a first value, and an acceleration detected by an airbag control unit (ACU) is greater than a second value.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The disclosure relates to a vehicle and a control method therefor. BACKGROUND

[0002] In general, vehicle safety devices such as seat belts and airbags are devices capable of preventing serious injuries by elastically protecting the body of a passenger in a vehicle when a sudden impact is applied due to contact or collision during driving. However, in the prior art, due to the same test conditions and the same safety device deployment criteria regardless of the vehicle type when a collision occurs, it is difficult to develop the performance of a safety device according to different collision performances.

[0003] In addition, these conditions are not taken into account in developing the safety device deployment performance depending on various conditions such as whether the passenger in the vehicle is male or female, the position of a seat on which the passenger is present, and whether the passenger is wearing a seat belt.

[0004] Document DE 103 23 483 A1 proposes a device for determining a relative speed between a vehicle and an impact object, wherein the device is arranged in the vehicle itself. The device has an active environment sensor and a contact sensor. The device determines the relative speed based on a first signal from the environment sensor and a second signal from the contact sensor.

[0005] Furthermore, DE 103 36 638 A1 is known, which shows a device for classifying at least one object in a vehicle environment by means of an environment sensor system.

[0006] The publication DE 10 2007 015 768 A1 describes a method for operating a restraint system.

[0007] Further documents are DE 10 2008 059 240 A1, DE 10 2009 012 407 B3, DE 10 2010 053 063 A1, DE 10 2016 223 541 A1, DE 11 2016 001 484 B4, DE 11 2016 002 257 B4 and DE 11 2021 003 776 T5. SUMMARY

[0008] The invention relates to a vehicle having the features according to claim 1.

[0009] Another aspect of the disclosure is the provision of a vehicle having an embodiment of determining a deployment speed of the safety device.

[0010] Additional aspects of the disclosure will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the disclosure.

[0011] According to one aspect of the disclosure, a vehicle has the features of claim 1.

[0012] The controller can determine a deployment speed of the safety device.

[0013] The controller is said to predict that the collision position of the vehicle is in a direction of a driver's seat when an overlap ratio detected by the camera sensor is 0% or more and less than 50%, a difference between an amount of acceleration detected by a front collision detection sensor mounted in the direction of the driver's seat and an amount of acceleration detected by a front collision detection sensor mounted in a direction of a passenger's seat is greater than a first value, and an acceleration detected by an airbag control unit (ACU) is greater than a second value.

[0014] The controller may predict that the collision position of the vehicle is in a direction of a passenger seat when an overlap ratio detected by the camera sensor is 50% or more and 100% or less, a difference between an amount of acceleration detected by a front collision detection sensor mounted in a direction of a driver's seat and an amount of acceleration detected by a front collision detection sensor mounted in the direction of the passenger seat is less than a third value, and an acceleration detected by an airbag control unit (ACU) is less than a fourth value.

[0015] The safety device may comprise a driver airbag (DAB) and / or a passenger airbag (PAB) and / or a pretensioner (PT).

[0016] The controller may control a driver airbag (DAB) and / or a passenger airbag (PAB) to operate based on the seating position of the occupant when the collision speed of the vehicle is 9 mph or greater and 14 mph or less and the occupant is not wearing a seat belt.

[0017] The controller can control a pretensioner (PT) based on the occupant's seating position to operate when the vehicle's collision speed is 11 mph and the occupant is wearing a seat belt.

[0018] The controller may control a pretensioner (PT) to operate based on the seating position of the occupant and control a driver air bag (DAB) and / or a passenger air bag (PAB) to operate when the collision speed of the vehicle is 14 mph or greater and the occupant is wearing a seat belt.

[0019] The collision position of the vehicle may be a direction of a driver's seat and / or a direction of a passenger's seat.

[0020] According to a further aspect of the invention, a control method having the features according to claim 9 is provided.

[0021] The control method may further comprise determining a deployment speed of the safety device.

[0022] The control method includes predicting that the collision position of the vehicle is in a direction of a driver's seat when an overlap ratio detected by the camera sensor is 0% or more and less than 50%, a difference between an amount of acceleration detected by a front collision detection sensor mounted in the direction of the driver's seat and an amount of acceleration detected by a front collision detection sensor mounted in a direction of a passenger's seat is greater than a first value, and an acceleration detected by an airbag control unit (ACU) is greater than a second value.

[0023] The control method may further include predicting that the collision position of the vehicle is in a direction of a passenger seat when an overlap ratio detected by the camera sensor is 50% or more and 100% or less, a difference between an amount of acceleration detected by a front collision detection sensor mounted in a direction of a driver's seat and an amount of acceleration detected by a front collision detection sensor mounted in the direction of the passenger seat is less than a third value, and an acceleration detected by an airbag control unit (ACU) is less than a fourth value.

[0024] The safety device may comprise a driver airbag (DAB) and / or a passenger airbag (PAB) and / or a pretensioner (PT).

[0025] The control method may further include controlling a driver airbag (DAB) and / or a passenger airbag (PAB) to be operational based on the seating position of the occupant when the collision speed of the vehicle is 9 mph or more and 14 mph or less and the occupant is not wearing a seatbelt.

[0026] The control method may further include controlling a pretensioner (PT) to operate based on the seating position of the occupant when the collision speed of the vehicle is 11 mph and the occupant is wearing a seat belt.

[0027] The control method may further include controlling a pretensioner (PT) to be operational and a driver airbag (DAB) and / or a passenger airbag (PAB) to be operational based on the seating position of the occupant when the collision speed of the vehicle is 14 mph or greater and the occupant is wearing a seatbelt.

[0028] The collision position of the vehicle is a direction of a driver's seat and / or a direction of a passenger's seat. DRAWINGS

[0029] These and / or other aspects of the disclosure will become more apparent from the following description of the forms taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, of which: Fig. 1 is a plan view of a vehicle in one form of the present disclosure; Fig. 2 is a control block diagram of the vehicle in one form of the present disclosure; Fig. 3 is a table for determining whether to control a vehicle safety device in one form of the present disclosure; Fig. 4 is a table for determining whether to control the safety device according to a collision speed of the vehicle in one form of the present disclosure; Fig. 5 is a flowchart of a control method of a vehicle in one form of the present disclosure; Fig. 6 is a flowchart of determining a collision location of a vehicle in one form of the present disclosure; and The Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 are algorithm flow diagrams of a vehicle in one form of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0030] Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the description. This description does not describe all elements of the forms, and similar content between general contents or forms in the technical field of the present disclosure is omitted. The terms "part," "module," "element," and "block" used in this description can be implemented as software or hardware, and it is also possible for a plurality of "parts," "modules," "elements," and "blocks" to be implemented as one component, or for a "part," "module," "element," and "block" to have a plurality of components according to forms.

[0031] Throughout the description, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, this includes not only a direct connection but also an indirect connection, and the indirect connection includes connecting through a wireless network.

[0032] In addition, when a part is described as “having” an element, this means that the element may further comprise other elements, and the other elements are not excluded unless expressly stated otherwise.

[0033] Throughout the specification, when an element is described as being "on" or "on top of" another element, this includes not only a case where one element is adjacent to the other element, but also a case where another element is placed between the two elements.

[0034] The terms “first”, “second”, etc. are used to distinguish one element from another, and the elements are not limited by the above terms.

[0035] The singular forms “ein”, “eine” and “der / die / das” include reference objects in the plural, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

[0036] For ease of explanation, an identification number is used in each step. The identification number does not describe the order of the steps and each step can be carried out in a different order than the one given unless the context clearly specifies a specific order.

[0037] In the following, the disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0038] Fig. 1 is a plan view of a vehicle in some forms of the disclosure.

[0039] As in Fig. 1, a vehicle 1 may include a seat belt pretensioner (PT) 110 and / or a passenger airbag (PAB) 120 and / or a driver airbag (DAB) 130 and / or front impact sensors (FIS) 140-1 and 140-2 and / or an airbag control unit (ACU) 150 and / or an occupant condition detection sensor 160 and / or a radar sensor 170 and / or a camera sensor 180.

[0040] The occupant condition detection sensor 160 may include an occupant detection sensor (ODS) to detect a seating position of an occupant and the type of the occupant, and / or a seat track position sensor (STPS) and / or a seat belt detection sensor (B / S).

[0041] The occupant type can be, but is not limited to, a normal man, a small woman, or a child.

[0042] The ACU 150 can control the driver airbag 130, the passenger airbag 120 and the seat belt pretensioner 110 based on the detection result of the front collision detection sensors 140-1 and 140-2 and / or the occupant state detection sensor 160.

[0043] Fig. 2 is a control block diagram of the vehicle in some forms of the disclosure.

[0044] With reference to Fig. 2, the vehicle 1 may include a safety device 210, the camera sensor 180 for detecting obstacles around the vehicle 1, the radar sensor 170 for detecting obstacles around the vehicle 1, and a controller 200 configured to predict a collision state of the vehicle 1 and a collision position of the vehicle 1 through the camera sensor 180 and the radar sensor 170, determine whether to control the safety device 210 in response to the prediction result based on the type of the vehicle 1, a collision speed, a seating position of an occupant, whether the occupant is wearing a seatbelt, the gender of the occupant, whether the occupant is a child, and the size of the occupant, and control the safety device 210 depending on whether to control the safety device 210.

[0045] The safety device 210 may include the seat belt pretensioner 110, the passenger airbag 120, and the driver airbag 130.

[0046] Although not shown, the safety device 210 may further include a front side airbag (FSAB), a rear side airbag (RSAB), and a rear side airbag (RAB).

[0047] The controller 200 can receive external obstacle detection information through a Controller Area Network (CAN) outside the vehicle 1 through the camera sensor 180 and the radar sensor 170.

[0048] The controller 200 may receive information regarding relative speed and collision time detected by the radar sensor 170 through the Controller Area Network (CAN).

[0049] When a relative speed of the vehicle 1 to an external obstacle is greater than a predetermined speed and a predicted collision time is less than a predetermined time, the controller 200 may predict that the vehicle 1 will collide.

[0050] The controller 200 may receive occupant seating position information, occupant type information, and seat belt wearing information through the occupant condition detection sensor 160.

[0051] The controller 200 may receive overlap ratio information of the vehicle 1 through the Controller Area Network (CAN).

[0052] Here, the overlap ratio information can be a ratio of 0% or more and 100% or less.

[0053] Some forms of the disclosure describe, but are not limited to, information regarding the vehicle 1 being received through the CAN.

[0054] When it is predicted that the vehicle 1 will collide, the controller 200 may determine whether the overlap ratio detected by the camera sensor 180 is 0% or more and less than 50%, or 50% or more and 100% or less.

[0055] When it is predicted that the vehicle 1 will collide, the controller 200 may calculate a difference between an amount of acceleration detected by the front collision detection sensor 140-1 mounted in a direction of the driver's seat and an amount of acceleration detected by the front collision detection sensor 140-2 mounted in a direction of the passenger's seat.

[0056] If it is predicted that the vehicle 1 will collide, the controller 200 may determine the acceleration detected by the ACU 150.

[0057] For example, when the overlap ratio detected by the camera sensor 180 is 0% or more and less than 50%, the difference between the magnitude of acceleration detected by the front collision detection sensor 140-1 mounted in the direction of the driver's seat and the magnitude of acceleration detected by the front collision detection sensor 140-2 mounted in the direction of the passenger's seat is greater than a first value, and the acceleration detected by the ACU is greater than a second value, the controller 200 may predict that a collision position of the vehicle 1 is in the direction of the driver's seat.

[0058] For example, when the overlap ratio detected by the camera sensor 180 is 50% or more and 100% or less, the difference between the magnitude of acceleration detected by the front collision detection sensor 140-1 mounted in the direction of the driver's seat and the magnitude of acceleration detected by the front collision detection sensor 140-2 mounted in the direction of the passenger's seat is less than a third value, and the acceleration detected by the ACU is less than a fourth value, the controller 200 may predict that the collision position of the vehicle is in the direction of the passenger's seat.

[0059] To determine whether to control the safety device 210, the controller 200 may consider a collision performance difference depending on a difference of platforms or interior specifications for each type of the vehicle 1.

[0060] The controller 200 may determine whether the occupant is a normal man or a small woman, and whether the occupant is a child based on the result detected by the occupant state detection sensor 160.

[0061] When there are two or more occupants in the vehicle 1, the controller 200 may determine a seating position of each occupant, whether each occupant is wearing a seat belt, and the gender and size of each occupant based on a result detected by the occupant state detection sensor 160.

[0062] The controller 200 can control the seat belt pretensioner 110 and transmit a control signal to the ACU 150 to control the passenger airbag 120 and / or the driver airbag 130.

[0063] The controller 200 may determine a deployment speed of the seat belt pretensioner 110 and / or the passenger airbag 120 and / or the driver airbag 130 and may transmit deployment speed information to the ACU 150.

[0064] The deployment speed may be a collision speed at which the airbag inflates upon collision with a solid wall in a specific area to prevent injury to the occupant when the airbag is controlled.

[0065] For example, if the collision speed of the vehicle 1 is 9 mph or more and 14 mph or less and the occupant is not wearing a seatbelt, the controller 200 may control the passenger airbag 120 and / or the driver airbag 130 and / or the front side airbag (FSAB) and / or the rear side airbag (RSAB) and / or the rear side airbag (RAB) based on the seating position of the occupant.

[0066] More specifically, the controller 200 may control the passenger airbag 120 and / or the driver airbag 130 and / or the front side airbag (FSAB) and / or the rear side airbag (RSAB) and / or the rear airbag (RAB) through the ACU 150.

[0067] For example, if the collision speed of vehicle 1 is 11 mph and the occupant is wearing a seat belt, controller 200 may control seat belt pretensioner 110 based on the seating position of the occupant.

[0068] For example, if the collision speed of vehicle 1 is 14 mph and the occupant is wearing a seat belt, the controller 200 may control the seat belt pretensioner 110 and the passenger airbag 120 and / or the driver airbag 130 and / or the front side airbag (FSAB) and / or the rear side airbag (RSAB) and / or the rear side airbag (RAB) based on the seating position of the occupant.

[0069] The controller 200 can be implemented as a memory (not shown) that stores data relating to an algorithm for controlling operations of components in the vehicle 1 or a program that reproduces the algorithm, and a processor (not shown) for performing the operations using the data stored in the memory. In this case, the memory and the processor can each be implemented as a separate chip. Alternatively, the memory and the processor can be implemented as a single chip.

[0070] A storage unit (not shown) may correspond to a memory that stores the above-described information and the following information, and may be implemented as, but is not limited to, a non-volatile storage device such as a cache, a ROM (Read Only Memory), a PROM (Programmable ROM), an EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM), and a flash memory, and / or a volatile storage device such as a RAM (Random Access Memory), and / or storage media such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) and a CD-ROM.

[0071] Fig. 3 is a table for determining whether a vehicle safety device is to be controlled in some forms of the disclosure.

[0072] Fig. 3 shows a table in which an actual experiment is conducted by combining the cases where the collision speed of the vehicle 1 is 7 mph or more and 14 mph or less, the occupants are in the driver's seat and the front passenger's seat, the occupant is a normal man or a short woman, and the seating positions of the occupants are the front position, the middle position, and the rear position, and based on whether the occupant wears a seat belt, the safety device 210 is not in operation, the airbag is actuated, the pretensioner 110 is actuated, and the airbag and the pretensioner 110 are all actuated.

[0073] The vehicle 1 can analyze a plurality of injury combinations for each vehicle type, determine whether to control the safety device 210 through an actual experiment in the order of a sled test and an actual vehicle test, and determine the deployment speed of the safety device 210.

[0074] Fig. 4 is a table for determining whether to control the safety device according to a collision speed of the vehicle in some forms of the disclosure.

[0075] While conventionally, in the same manner, regardless of the type of vehicle, the front safety device is not operated in the event of a frontal collision with a solid wall at 10 mph and all the front safety devices are controlled to operate in a frontal collision with a solid wall at 14 mph, in some forms of the disclosure, the vehicle 1 can determine whether to control the safety device depending on the collision speed of each vehicle type and cases where the occupant is wearing and not wearing a seat belt.

[0076] For example, if the collision speed of vehicle 1 is 7 mph or less and the occupant is not wearing a seat belt, vehicle 1 may control both the DAB (driver airbag) and PAB (passenger airbag) to be inoperative.

[0077] For example, if the collision speed of vehicle 1 is 9 mph or more and 14 mph or less and the occupant is not wearing a seat belt, vehicle 1 may control the DAB (driver airbag) and / or the PAB (passenger airbag) to be inoperative based on the occupant's seating position.

[0078] For example, if the collision speed of vehicle 1 is 14 mph or more and the occupant is wearing a seat belt, vehicle 1 may control the DAB (driver airbag) and / or the PAB (passenger airbag) to be inoperative.

[0079] For example, if the collision speed of vehicle 1 is 11 mph and the occupant is wearing a seat belt, vehicle 1 may control seat belt pretensioner 110 to operate based on the seating position of the occupant.

[0080] The pretensioner 110 may have a function of winding the belt pulled by the occupant according to the occupant's own weight when the seat belt is normally in operation, and may have a function of winding a portion of the seat belt under force when a vehicle collision occurs.

[0081] Fig. 5 is a flowchart of a control method of a vehicle in some forms of the disclosure.

[0082] The vehicle 1 can detect whether an obstacle is present outside the vehicle 1 and determine a collision condition (310).

[0083] More specifically, the vehicle 1 can receive obstacle detection information detected by the camera sensor 180 and the radar sensor 170. Furthermore, the vehicle 1 can receive relative speed information and collision time information through the radar sensor 170.

[0084] The vehicle 1 can determine whether a relative speed of the vehicle 1 to an external obstacle is faster than a predetermined speed (320).

[0085] If the relative speed of the vehicle 1 to the external obstacle is faster than the predetermined speed, the vehicle 1 may determine whether a predicted collision time between the vehicle 1 and the external obstacle is less than a predetermined time (330).

[0086] If the predicted collision time between the vehicle 1 and the external obstacle is less than the predetermined time, the vehicle 1 may determine whether a collision position between the vehicle 1 and the external obstacle is in the direction of the driver's seat or the direction of the passenger's seat (340).

[0087] For example, when the overlap ratio detected by the camera sensor 180 is 0% or more and less than 50%, the difference between the magnitude of acceleration detected by the front collision detection sensor 140-1 mounted in the direction of the driver's seat and the magnitude of acceleration detected by the front collision detection sensor 140-2 mounted in the direction of the passenger's seat is greater than the first value, and the acceleration detected by the ACU is greater than the second value, the vehicle 1 can predict that the collision position of the vehicle 1 is in the direction of the driver's seat.

[0088] For example, when the overlap ratio detected by the camera sensor 180 is 50% or more and 100% or less, the difference between the amount of acceleration detected by the front collision detection sensor 140-1 mounted in the direction of the driver's seat and the amount of acceleration detected by the front collision detection sensor 140-2 mounted in the direction of the passenger's seat is smaller than the third value, and the acceleration detected by the ACU is smaller than the fourth value, the vehicle 1 can predict that the collision position of the vehicle 1 is in the direction of the passenger's seat.

[0089] The vehicle 1 may determine whether the collision position between the vehicle 1 and the external obstacle is in the driver's seat direction or the passenger's seat direction, and may perform an algorithm for controlling the safety device 210 (350) taking the determination result into account.

[0090] The vehicle 1 may determine a deployment speed of the safety device 210 according to the result of performing the algorithm and determine whether the safety device 210 is in operation.

[0091] The vehicle 1 may control the safety device 210 based on the deployment speed and whether the safety device 210 is in operation (360).

[0092] Fig. 6 is a flowchart of determining a collision location of a vehicle in some forms of the disclosure.

[0093] The vehicle 1 may determine overlap ratio information of the obstacle detected by the camera sensor 180 of the vehicle 1 (410).

[0094] For example, when an obstacle overlap ratio is 0% or more and less than 50%, the vehicle 1 may determine that the obstacle is present to the front left of the vehicle 1 and predict that the collision position is in the direction of the driver's seat. When the obstacle overlap ratio is 50% or more and 100% or less, the vehicle 1 may determine that the obstacle is present to the front right of the vehicle 1 and predict that the collision position is in the direction of the passenger's seat.

[0095] The vehicle 1 may calculate a difference between an amount of acceleration detected by the front collision detection sensor 140-1 mounted in the direction of the driver's seat and an amount of acceleration detected by the front collision detection sensor 140-2 mounted in the direction of the passenger's seat (420).

[0096] More specifically, when the difference between the magnitude of acceleration detected by the front collision detection sensor 140-1 mounted in the direction of the driver's seat and the magnitude of acceleration detected by the front collision detection sensor 140-2 mounted in the direction of the passenger's seat is larger than the first value, the vehicle 1 can determine that the acceleration detected by the front collision detection sensor 140-1 mounted in the direction of the driver's seat is larger, and can determine that the collision position is in the direction of the driver's seat.

[0097] The first value can be a positive number.

[0098] More specifically, when the difference between the magnitude of acceleration detected by the front collision detection sensor 140-1 mounted in the direction of the driver's seat and the magnitude of acceleration detected by the front collision detection sensor 140-2 mounted in the direction of the passenger's seat is smaller than the third value, the vehicle 1 can determine that the acceleration detected by the front collision detection sensor 140-2 mounted in the direction of the passenger's seat is larger, and can determine that the collision position is in the direction of the passenger's seat.

[0099] The third value can be a negative number.

[0100] The vehicle 1 can determine an acceleration detected by the ACU 150 (440).

[0101] More specifically, the vehicle 1 may determine that the collision position is in the direction of the driver's seat when the acceleration detected by the ACU 150 is greater than the second value, and may determine that the collision position is in the direction of the passenger's seat when the acceleration detected by the ACU 150 is less than the fourth value.

[0102] Here the second value can be a positive number and the fourth value can be a negative number.

[0103] The Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 are algorithm flow diagrams of a vehicle in some forms of disclosure.

[0104] The vehicle 1 can determine whether there is an occupant in the vehicle 1 and whether there is a child in the vehicle 1 (501).

[0105] If there is an occupant in the vehicle 1, but the occupant is not a child, the vehicle 1 may determine whether the occupant is a short woman (502).

[0106] Here, the small woman can refer to an inmate who is smaller than an inmate of a predetermined size.

[0107] If there is no small woman in the vehicle 1, the vehicle 1 can determine whether the occupant is wearing a seat belt (503).

[0108] If the occupant is wearing a seatbelt, the vehicle 1 may determine whether the occupant is in a forward position in a seat in the vehicle 1 (504).

[0109] If the occupant is in the forward position in a seat in the vehicle 1, the vehicle 1 may determine whether the acceleration is greater than an A value, and if the occupant is not in the forward position in a seat in the vehicle 1, the vehicle 1 may determine whether the acceleration is greater than a C value (505 and 506).

[0110] If the acceleration is less than the A value and less than the C value, the vehicle 1 may control the safety device 210 not to operate (507).

[0111] In a case where the occupant is in the front position in a seat in the vehicle 1, if the acceleration is greater than the A value, the vehicle 1 may again determine whether the acceleration is greater than a B value, and in a case where the occupant is not in the front position in a seat in the vehicle 1, if the acceleration is greater than the C value, the vehicle 1 may again determine whether the acceleration is greater than a D value (508 and 509).

[0112] If the acceleration is greater than the B value and greater than the D value, the vehicle 1 may control the seat belt pretensioner 110 to operate and the airbag to operate (510) depending on the seating position of the occupant.

[0113] If the acceleration is less than the B value and less than the D value, the vehicle 1 can control the belt pretensioner 110 to operate depending on the seating position of the occupant (511).

[0114] If the occupant is not wearing a seat belt, the vehicle 1 may determine whether the occupant is in the forward position in a seat in the vehicle 1 (512).

[0115] If the occupant is in the forward position in a seat in the vehicle 1, the vehicle 1 may determine whether the acceleration is greater than an E value, and if the occupant is not in the forward position in a seat in the vehicle 1, the vehicle 1 may determine whether the acceleration is greater than an F value (513 and 514).

[0116] If the acceleration is less than the E value and less than the F value, the vehicle 1 may control the safety device 210 not to operate (515).

[0117] When the acceleration is greater than the E value and greater than the F value, the vehicle 1 may control the seat belt pretensioner 110 to operate and the airbag to operate (516) depending on the seating position of the occupant.

[0118] If there is no small woman in the vehicle 1, the vehicle 1 can determine whether the occupant is wearing a seat belt (503).

[0119] If the occupant is not wearing a seat belt, the vehicle 1 may determine whether the occupant is in the forward position in a seat in the vehicle 1 (517).

[0120] If the occupant is in the forward position in a seat in the vehicle 1, the vehicle 1 may determine whether the acceleration is greater than a G value, and if the occupant is not in the forward position in a seat in the vehicle 1, the vehicle 1 may determine whether the acceleration is greater than an H value (518 and 519).

[0121] If the acceleration is less than the G value and less than the H value, the vehicle 1 may control the safety device 210 not to operate (520).

[0122] When the acceleration is greater than the G value and greater than the H value, the vehicle 1 may control the seat belt pretensioner 110 to operate and the airbag to operate depending on the seating position of the occupant (521).

[0123] If the occupant is wearing a seat belt, the vehicle 1 may determine whether the occupant is in the forward position in a seat in the vehicle 1 (522).

[0124] If the occupant is in the forward position in a seat in the vehicle 1, the vehicle 1 may determine whether the acceleration is greater than an I value, and if the occupant is not in the forward position in a seat in the vehicle 1, the vehicle 1 may determine whether the acceleration is greater than a K value (523 and 524).

[0125] If the acceleration is less than the I value and less than the K value, the vehicle 1 can control the safety device 210 not to operate (525).

[0126] In the case where the occupant is in the forward position in a seat in the vehicle 1 when the acceleration is greater than the I value, the vehicle 1 may again determine whether the acceleration is greater than a J value, and in the case where the occupant is not in the forward position in a seat in the vehicle 1 when the acceleration is greater than a K value, the vehicle 1 may again determine whether the acceleration is greater than an L value (526 and 527).

[0127] When the acceleration is greater than the J value and greater than the L value, the vehicle 1 may control the seat belt pretensioner 110 to operate and the airbag to operate depending on the seating position of the occupant (528).

[0128] When the acceleration is less than the J value and less than the L value, the vehicle 1 may control the seat belt pretensioner 110 to operate depending on the seating position of the occupant (529).

[0129] Here, the A value, the B value, the C value, the D value, the E value, the F value, the G value, the H value, the I value, the J value, the K value and the L value can be predetermined values.

[0130] Some forms of the present disclosure may be implemented in the form of a recording medium storing computer-executable instructions. The instructions may be stored in the form of program code, and when executed by a processor, a program module may be created to perform the operations of the disclosed forms. The recording medium may be implemented as a computer-readable recording medium.

[0131] Computer-readable recording media include various types of recording media that store instructions that can be decoded by a computer. For example, there may be a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a magnetic tape, a magnetic disk, a flash memory, an optical data storage device, and the like.

[0132] As can be seen from the foregoing, in some forms of the disclosure, since the speed and strategy of a safety device are determined based on the type of vehicle, a seating position of an occupant in the vehicle, the age of the occupant, and the sex of the occupant, collision safety performance may be improved.

[0133] More specifically, conventionally, in developing the deployment performance of the safety device, the deployment speed and the deployment criterion of the safety device are applied under the same condition as the type of the whole vehicles, so that differences of different collision performances for each vehicle type are not considered in the deployment performance, and it is difficult to confirm the effect of improving an injury depending on the condition of the occupant.However, in the vehicle in some forms of the disclosure, the body platform and interior characteristics of each vehicle type can be considered in the deployment process of the safety device in a collision, and based on the occupant type (for example, whether it is a child, a man, or a woman), the occupant's condition, and the vehicle's collision location, the safety device deployment speed and deployment strategy that can minimize occupant injury can be classified and determined. For this reason, an improvement in collision safety performance is expected in the event of an actual accident.

[0134] In addition, it is possible to analyze and develop a standard for minimizing occupant injury through a sled test and an actual vehicle test according to various conditions, so that the development standard for safety device deployment performance can be set.

Claims

[1] Vehicle comprising: a safety device (210); a camera sensor (180) for detecting an obstacle around the vehicle; a radar sensor (170) for detecting the obstacle around the vehicle; and a controller (200) configured to: predict a collision state and a collision position of the vehicle by the camera sensor (180) and the radar sensor (170); in response to a prediction result based on a vehicle type and / or a collision speed and / or a seating position of an occupant and / or whether the occupant is wearing a seatbelt and / or a gender of the occupant and / or whether the occupant is a child and / or a size of the occupant, determine whether to control the safety device (210); and the safety device (210) in dependence on a to control the determination result, characterized by that the controller (200) is configured to: predict that the collision position of the vehicle is in a direction of a driver's seat if: an overlap ratio detected by the camera sensor (180) is greater than or equal to 0% and less than 50%, a difference between an amount of acceleration detected by a front collision detection sensor (140-1) mounted in the direction of the driver's seat and an amount of acceleration detected by a front collision detection sensor (140-2) mounted in a direction of a passenger's seat is greater than a first value, and an acceleration detected by an airbag control unit (ACU) is greater than a second value. [2] The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the controller (200) is configured to: to determine a deployment speed of the safety device (210). [3] Vehicle according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the controller (200) is arranged to: predict that the collision position of the vehicle is in a direction of a passenger seat if: an overlap ratio detected by the camera sensor (180) is greater than or equal to 50% and equal to or less than 100%, a difference between an amount of acceleration detected by a front collision detection sensor (140-1) mounted in a direction of a driver's seat and an amount of acceleration detected by a front collision detection sensor (140-2) mounted in the direction of the passenger's seat is smaller than a third value, and an acceleration detected by an airbag control unit (ACU) is less than a fourth value. [4] Vehicle according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the safety device (210) comprises a driver airbag (DAB) and / or a passenger airbag (PAB) and / or a tensioner (PT). [5] Vehicle according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the controller (200) is arranged to: to control a driver airbag (DAB) and / or a passenger airbag (PAB) to operate based on the seating position of the occupant when the collision speed of the vehicle is greater than or equal to 9 mph and less than or equal to 14 mph and the occupant is not wearing a seat belt. [6] Vehicle according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the controller (200) is arranged to: to control a pretensioner (PT) based on the occupant's seating position to operate when the vehicle's collision speed is 11 mph and the occupant is wearing a seat belt. [7] Vehicle according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the controller (200) is arranged to: to control a pretensioner (PT) and a driver airbag (DAB) and / or a passenger airbag (PAB) to operate based on the seating position of the occupant when the collision speed of the vehicle is greater than or equal to 14 mph and the occupant is wearing a seat belt. [8] A vehicle according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the collision position of the vehicle is a direction of a driver's seat and / or a direction of a passenger's seat. [9] A control method of a vehicle comprising a safety device (210), a camera sensor (180) and a radar sensor (170), which control method comprises: Predicting a collision state and a collision position of the vehicle by a camera sensor (180) and a radar sensor (170); Determining whether to control a safety device based on a vehicle type and / or a collision speed and / or a seating position of an occupant and / or whether the occupant is wearing a seatbelt and / or a gender of the occupant and / or whether the occupant is a child and / or a size of the occupant in response to a prediction result; and Controlling the safety device (210) in dependence on a determination result, characterized in that the method further comprises: Predict that the collision position of the vehicle is in a direction of a driver's seat if: an overlap ratio detected by the camera sensor is greater than or equal to 0% and less than 50%, a difference between an amount of acceleration detected by a front collision detection sensor (140-1) mounted in the direction of the driver's seat and an amount of acceleration detected by a front collision detection sensor (140-2) mounted in a direction of a passenger's seat is greater than a first value, and an acceleration detected by an airbag control unit (ACU) is greater than a second value. [10] The control method of claim 9, further comprising: Determining a deployment speed of the safety device (210). [11] Control method according to one of claims 9 to 10, further comprising: Predict that the collision position of the vehicle is in a direction of a passenger seat if: an overlap ratio detected by the camera sensor (180) is greater than or equal to 50% and less than or equal to 100%, a difference between an amount of acceleration detected by a front collision detection sensor (140-1) mounted in a direction of a driver's seat and an amount of acceleration detected by a front collision detection sensor (140-2) mounted in the direction of the passenger's seat is smaller than a third value, and an acceleration detected by an airbag control unit (ACU) is less than a fourth value. [12] Control method according to one of claims 9 to 11, wherein the safety device (210) comprises a driver airbag (DAB) and / or a passenger airbag (PAB) and / or a tensioner (PT). [13] Control method according to one of claims 9 to 12, further comprising: Controlling a driver airbag (DAB) and / or a passenger airbag (PAB) to operate based on the seating position of the occupant when the collision speed of the vehicle is greater than or equal to 9 mph and less than or equal to 14 mph and the occupant is not wearing a seat belt. [14] Control method according to one of claims 9 to 13, further comprising: Controlling a pretensioner (PT) to operate based on the seating position of the occupant when the collision speed of the vehicle is 11 mph and the occupant is wearing a seat belt. [15] Control method according to one of claims 9 to 14, further comprising: Controlling a pretensioner (PT) and a driver airbag (DAB) and / or a passenger airbag (PAB) to operate based on the seating position of the occupant when the collision speed of the vehicle is greater than or equal to 14 mph and the occupant is wearing a seat belt. [16] The control method according to any one of claims 9 to 15, wherein the collision position of the vehicle is a direction of a driver's seat and / or a direction of a passenger's seat.

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