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Patent Number
Patent Inventor Names
Lawrence C. Hau0
Kevin D. Kincaid0
Date of Patent
August 19, 2008
Patent Application Number
11189260
Date Filed
July 26, 2005
Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
The collision of a vehicle with a pedestrian is detected based on the response of bend sensor segments affixed to a vehicle body panel such as a bumper fascia. The sensor data is processed to identify the location of an object impacting the body panel, and is correlated with calibration data to determine the shape and mass of the object. Impacts with pedestrians are discriminated from impacts with other objects based on the determined shape and mass.
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