Patent ID: 7635146
Filing Date: 2009-12-22
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An occupant restraint system for an automobile, the system comprising: an occupant restraint device on a side face of an automobile interior of the automobile; at least one of an acceleration sensor for detecting a lateral acceleration of the automobile and a roll sensor for detecting an angular rate of roll of the automobile; and a determining device, into which a detected signal is input from the at least one sensor, wherein the determining device determines a rollover or an overthrow of the automobile based on the detected signal, the determining device calculates a head position of an occupant in the automobile interior using the detected signal, and the determining device activates the occupant restraint device, when the rollover or the overthrow is determined to have happened and the calculated head position of the occupant is determined to be close to the occupant restraint device.