Patent ID: 9387839
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: B60R,B60T

Claim Text:
1. A large animal collision vehicle safety apparatus comprising: at least one sensor for detecting values of a first acceleration in a longitudinal direction of a host vehicle over time; means for generating a first determination signal from the detected first acceleration values; at least one further sensor for detecting values of a second acceleration in a downward vertical direction over time as a rear suspension of the host vehicle is compressed; means for generating a second determination signal from the detected second acceleration values; means for judging whether the vehicle has suffered a large animal collision through at least comparing the generated determination signals with preset reference signals based on specific combinations of values indicative of a large animal collision obtained through a simulation and/or full scale trial performed for a specific vehicle model corresponding to the host vehicle; and means for triggering braking intervention of the host vehicle when the vehicle is judged to have suffered a large animal collision.