Patent ID: 11932188
Assignee: KIA CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 10:
11. An airbag deployment method of a vehicle installed with a rear-viewable seat in a front row, the airbag deployment method comprising:
determining a collision event of the vehicle;
measuring a rear-facing state, a current slide amount, and a backrest angle of the rear-viewable seat through a seat state detection unit;
calculating a distance between a dashboard and a backrest of rear-viewable seat by using the current slide amount and the backrest angle; and
selectively deploying at least one airbag of a first airbag installed in the backrest of the rear-viewable seat and configured to deploy rearward, and a second airbag installed in the dashboard, according to a preset multiple-airbag deployment condition for each range based on the calculated distance.