Patent ID: 8903611
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A vehicle-occupant protection system in a vehicle having a first lateral side and a second lateral side, the first lateral side being closer to an occupant seat of an occupant of the vehicle than the second lateral side, the system comprising: a first sensor that is disposed on the first lateral side and positioned either forward of or lateral to the occupant seat in a front-rear direction of the vehicle to detect a collision in a width direction of the vehicle; a second sensor that is disposed on the first lateral side and positioned rearward of the first sensor in a front-rear direction of the vehicle to detect a collision in a width direction of the vehicle; a movement restraint device that is provided to the occupant seat to restrain the occupant in the occupant seat from moving away from the occupant seat; and a collision determination section that compares a first detection signal from the first sensor and a second detection signal from the second sensor with a first determination threshold value and a second determination threshold value, respectively, to determine whether a collision has occurred, wherein the collision determination section concludes that a collision has occurred and activates the movement restraint device when the first detection signal from the first sensor exceeds the first determination threshold value in a situation where the second detection signal from the second sensor has not exceeded the second determination threshold value.