Patent ID: 9457752
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: B60R

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle collision determination apparatus comprising: a first sensor and a second sensor provided in a cabin of a vehicle; and a vehicle collision determination unit, configured as an electronic control unit, in communication with the first sensor and the second sensor to receive an output from the first sensor and an output from the second sensor, the vehicle collision determination unit comprising a determining portion that determines severity of a frontal collision of the vehicle based on a difference between the output from the first sensor and the output from the second sensor, wherein the output from the first sensor includes a first acceleration in a backward direction of the vehicle, wherein the output from the second sensor includes a second acceleration in the backward direction of the vehicle, wherein the first sensor and the second sensor are arranged along the backward direction, spaced from each other, and aligned with each other along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the longitudinal direction extending from a front end of the vehicle to a rear end of the vehicle, wherein the first sensor and the second sensor are provided on a same structural member of a vehicle body skeleton of the vehicle, the same structural member being disposed along the backward direction, and wherein the vehicle collision determination unit controls an associated vehicle safety device based on the severity of the frontal collision of the vehicle determined by the determining portion.