Patent ID: 8239101
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for a road vehicle, comprising: a plurality of deployable devices, each performing a crash safety function, wherein the deployable devices include a plurality of inflatable airbags; at least one device controller that controls deployment of a respective deployable device and that provides respective status messages according to a deployment status of the respective deployable device, wherein respective status messages for a deployable device include a ready message and a deployed message; a crash sensor detecting a crash event when the vehicle is involved in an impact, wherein the crash sensor generates a crash event message; a display controller coupled to the device controller to receive the status messages, wherein the display controller further receives the crash event message; and a display coupled to the display controller for displaying status information to a driver of the vehicle, wherein the displayed status information includes pre-crash status of the deployable devices and post-crash status of the deployable devices, wherein the post-crash status is displayed on the display in response to the display controller receiving the crash event message, wherein the display controller checks whether a deployed message was received for each inflatable airbag, and wherein the display controller generates a deployed icon for each inflatable airbag for which a respective deployed message was received.