Patent ID: 7401807

Claim:
A vehicle comprising: an airbag system including at least one airbag having variable deployment parameters; a seat for occupancy by an occupant to be protected by said at least one airbag; a seat position sensor system arranged to determine the position of said seat; a crash sensor system for detecting a crash involving the vehicle; and a control system for controlling deployment of said at least one airbag, said control system being coupled to said seat position sensor system and said crash sensor system and determining deployment for said at least one airbag based on the determined position of said seat and detection of a crash by said crash sensor system and not on determined morphological parameters of the occupant of said seat, said control system being arranged to suppress deployment of said at least one airbag for the duration of the crash such that said at least one airbag is not deployed during the entire crash or provide for a depowered deployment of said at least one airbag during the crash based on the determined position of said seat and detection of a crash by said crash sensor system.