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 the output is made relatively high when a deceleration value (G_F) 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 (∫G_F.dt) which is obtained as a time integral of the deceleration value (G_F). The threshold is changed from a normally selected high value to a low value when one of two deceleration values (G_SL, G_SR) detected by respective two satellite sensors ( 16, 18 ) disposed in front left and right portions of the vehicle body has reached a threshold value which changes with the velocity (∫G_F.dt).