APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ACTIVATION OF VEHICLE OCCUPANT PROTECTING DEVICE

摘要

An apparatus for controlling an output of an air bag device (30) such that t he output is made relatively high when a deceleration value (GF) detected by a floor sensor (14) disposed in a central portion of a vehicle body is higher than a threshold which changes with a velocity (.intg.GF.dt) which is obtain ed as a time integral of the deceleration value (GF). The threshold is changed from a normally selected high value to a low value when one of two deceleration values (GSL) detected by respective two satellite sensors (16, 18) disposed in front left and right portions of the vehicle body has reache d a threshold value which changes with the velocity (.intg.Gf,.dt).