VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING INTEGRATED ACTIVE-PASSIVE FRONT IMPACT CONTROL ALGORITHM

A vehicle safety system for helping to protect a vehicle occupant in the event of a frontal collision includes a controller, one or more crash sensors for sensing a frontal collision, and an active sensor for detecting objects in the path of the vehicle. The controller is configured to implement crash discrimination metrics that detect the occurrence of a frontal collision in response to signals received from the crash sensors. The crash discrimination metrics implement thresholds for determining whether the signals received from the crash sensors indicate the occurrence of a frontal collision. The controller is configured to implement an algorithm that uses information obtained from the active sensor to detect an object in the path of the vehicle and to select the thresholds implemented in the crash discrimination metrics in response to detecting the object. 一种用于在正面冲撞的情况下帮助保护车辆乘员的车辆安全系统包括：控制器、用于感测正面冲撞的一个或多个碰撞传感器、以及用于检测所述车辆的路径中的物体的主动传感器。该控制器被配置成响应于从碰撞传感器接收到的信号而实施检测正面冲撞的发生的碰撞判别度量。碰撞判别度量实施用于确定从碰撞传感器接收到的信号是否指示正面