摘要 |
<p>A control device (10) selectively actuates at least one vehicular safety device such as a seat belt pretensioning mechanism (12), an airbag (14), an automatic roll-over bar or a mechanical door lock (16) comprising a sensor stage (20) to sense a plurality of parameters including acceleration, pitch angle and roll angle of a vehicle (18) and to generate a corresponding plurality of digital signals representing each such parameter and a control stage (22) including circuitry to receive the plurality of digital signals and to generate a control signal corresponding to each such parameter when the corresponding digital signal exceeds a predetermined value, and a safety device actuator including circuitry to receive the control signals and to generate a corresponding actuator signal to actuate the corresponding vehicular safety device.</p> |