Patent ID: 7359780

Claim:
An occupant protection activation device comprising: a first in-vehicle acceleration sensor, disposed within a vehicle interior, for electronically detecting acceleration and outputting a first output signal; a second in-vehicle acceleration sensor, disposed within said vehicle interior, for electrically detecting acceleration and outputting a second output signal; a front-end acceleration sensor, disposed at the center of the vehicle's front-end, for electronically detecting acceleration and outputting a third output signal; a collision determining means for making a collision determination by using at least one of the output signals of the first in-vehicle acceleration sensor and the front-end acceleration sensor, wherein the collision determining means outputs a collision output signal; a first safety determining means for making a safety determination by using the first output signal of the first in-vehicle acceleration sensor, wherein the first safety determining means outputs a first safety output signal; a second safety determining means for making a safety determination by using at least one of the output signals of the second in-vehicle acceleration sensor and the front-end acceleration sensor, wherein the second safety determining means outputs a second safety output signal; a signal processing means including said collision determining means and said second safety determining means, wherein the signal processing means outputs a processed output signal; and an actuating means for actuating an activating means of the occupant protection apparatus by an AND operator of the first safety output signal of said first safety determining means and the processed output signal of said signal processing means, wherein the actuating means outputs a AND operator output signal.