Patent ID: 9714001
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: B60R,G01L

Claim:
1. A pedestrian protection apparatus of a vehicle, comprising: a first pressure sensor installed at a first side of a front side of the vehicle; a second pressure sensor installed at a second side of the front side of the vehicle; a hollow tube extending between and connected with each of the first and second pressure sensors; and a control unit configured to receive pressure values output by the first and second pressure sensors and determine whether a collision object is a pedestrian based on the received pressure values, wherein, when a first output pressure value exceeds a threshold pressure value and a second output pressure value does not exceed the threshold pressure value, the control unit is configured to determine that the collision object is not a pedestrian, wherein the control unit is configured to: set a plurality of time ranges, and determine the collision position based on the time range to which the differences among the points of time when the first and second pressure sensors senses pressure belong, or determine a collision position with the object based on a difference among points in time when the first and second pressure sensors receive the pressure values.