Patent ID: 6260880
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: B60R,B60T

Abstract:
A vehicle travel safety device comprising:an object detecting means for detecting an object present in a direction in which a subject vehicle travels;a contact possibility determining means for determining a possibility of the subject vehicle coming into contact with a detected object;an automatic braking means for automatically braking the subject vehicle when the contact possibility determining means determines that there is a possibility of contact;an air bag which is expanded by an impact resulting from contact of the subject vehicle with the object so as to protect an occupant;a seat belt which restrains the occupant in a seat;a seat belt wear state detecting means for detecting a state in which the seat belt is worn by an occupant; andan air bag expansion possibility estimating means for estimating a possibility of the air bag expanding at a time when automatic braking is operated by the automatic braking means;wherein the automatic braking means changes braking force used for automatic braking based on the result of the detecting made by the seat belt wear state detecting means and the result of the estimation made by the air bag expansion possibility estimating means.