| 摘要 |
An airbag deployment system employing an imaging sensor in order to obtain current information about an occupant is disclosed. The system uses the occupant information to condition the appropriate deployment of the airbag. In particular, the imaging sensor is located according to a combination of one or more constraints, so as to optimize the usefulness of the resulting image information. Location constraints are described in detail with respect to an Airbag Suppression Zone, a windshield header, a vehicle headliner, a radius from a reference Focus Of View point, and a vertical volume containing the seat of the protected occupant. At least one version of all such constraints may be imposed concurrently, or a more limited combination of constraints may be imposed on the camera location.
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