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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle occupant protection apparatus capable of appropriately protecting an occupant at the time of collision. SOLUTION: An occupant protection apparatus 10 comprises deceleration control means 12, 20 for controlling the deceleration of a proper vehicle, running state detecting means 16, 18 for detecting the running state of the driver's vehicle, other vehicle information detecting means 14 for detecting other vehicle information, and a collision location estimating means 26 for estimating a collision location of the other vehicle in relation to the driver's vehicle in response to the traveling state of the driver's vehicle and the other vehicle. The deceleration control means 12, 20 control deceleration corresponding to the collision location estimated by the collision location estimating means 26. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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