Predicitive deployment of side-impact restraints

摘要

A side-impact control system 10 for a vehicle 12 includes an adaptive restraint 15. A side sensor 30 is configured to detect an object, in a restraint dependent detection zone 60 along a side 13 of the vehicle 12 and generates an object detection signal. A controller 16 determines an activation time for and a deployment status of the adaptive restraint 15 and activates the adaptive restraint 15 before or after contact between the object and the side 13.