Patent ID: 7806221

Claim:
A vehicle protection system comprising: an exterior airbag system for the outside of a vehicle and housed about the exterior of said vehicle, said airbag system comprising at least one first airbag, and at least one second airbag, an inflator system for inflation of said at least one first airbag and said at least one second airbag, said inflation system comprising at least one inflator operably communicating with said at least one first airbag and said at least one second airbag; and a sensor system for sensing impending or actual collision data, said sensor system comprising at least one sensor and at least one central computer processing unit for receipt and processing of said data, and then selective activation of said inflator system, wherein upon activation of said inflator system, said at least one first airbag is inflated, and then said at least one second airbag is sequentially deployed after said at least one first airbag based on measurement of system operating conditions and processing of the same by said central computer processing unit, and wherein the system operating conditions include differences in a plurality of operating conditions in said at least one first airbag.