| 摘要 |
A pedestrian detection device, a related method, an air bag system and a vehicle are disclosed. The pedestrian detection device 20 includes an infrared ray sensor 30 A, which detects a temperature of a detection object approaching to or in contact with the vehicle 10 to provide a temperature signal, an impact sensor 27 a to 27 c, which generate impact signals when the vehicle encounters a collision, and an impact collision generation unit 21 operative to generate a pedestrian collision signal upon discrimination that the detection object is a pedestrian, discrimination that the impact signal is being outputted, and discrimination that a direction in which the pedestrian is present and a direction in which the impact is applied to the vehicle falls in a substantially same direction.
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