| 摘要 |
A roll sensor system for a land vehicle is provided to determine when a vehicle roll condition has occurred and to trigger a safety system in respon se to that determination. In certain embodiments, an angular rate sensor is used t o obtain an angular rate and, from the angular rate, an angle relative to the roll axis of the land vehicle. If the angular rate and the angle correspond to a safet y system activation event, the roll sensor system will provide a trigger signal to th e safety system. In some embodiments, the system includes an incline sensor(s) to aid in detecting and compensating for drift in the output of the angular rate senso r. In other embodiments the output of an angular rate sensor is used to validate t he output of the incline sensor to aid in determining whether a vehicle safety system trigger event has occurred. |
