Patent ID: 6915196

Claim:
A vehicle crash safety system for an automotive vehicle comprising: a pre-crash sensing system generating a pre-crash signal; a vehicle dynamics detector generating a vehicle dynamics signal; a pre-crash countermeasure system; a pre-crash controller controlling the pre-crash countermeasure system in response to the said pre-crash signal and said vehicle dynamics signal, said pre-crash controller generating a pre-crash controller signal and a threat assessment signal; an occupant position and classification sensor generating an occupant position and classification signal; an early crash sensing system generating an early crash signal; an early crash countermeasure system having a plurality of early crash countermeasures; and a coordinated safety system controller coupled to the pre-crash controller, the early crash sensing system, the occupant position and classification sensor and the early crash countermeasure system, said coordinated safety system controller generating a threat confirmation signal in response to the threat assessment signal and the early crash signal, said coordinated safety system controller selecting and deselecting an appropriate early crash countermeasure from the plurality of early crash countermeasures in response to the early crash signal the occupant position and classification signal, said threat confirmation signal and said pre-crash controller signal.