Patent ID: 7904223

Claim:
A system for providing post-impact signals in a vehicle, the vehicle includes at least one impact zone positioned in designated sections of the vehicle; the system comprising: at least one passive safety sensor positioned in each impact zone and adapted to detect vehicle impact with an oncoming object, the passive safety sensor is configured to generate at least one of a passive input signal and a passive input signal set; a passive safety controller having a reference passive safety sensor for generating a reference signal, the passive safety controller is adapted to: determine the impact location and direction based on which passive safety sensor in a particular impact zone first detects the vehicle impact and transmits the at least one of the passive input signal and the passive input signal set; determine impact intensity based on the reference signal and the at least one of the passive input signal and the passive input signal set; and transmit a passive output signal indicative of the impact intensity, impact direction and impact location; and an active controller adapted to stabilize the vehicle post-impact in response to the passive output signal.