METHOD FOR DAMPING CRASH-DISCRIMINATION MEASURES

摘要

In a system and method (20) for controlling actuation of a vehicle passenger safety device, wherein a first time-varying measure m1(t), itself a function of received vehicle acceleration information, is accumulated to obtain a second time-varying measure m2(t) for subsequent comparison with a threshold value therefor, the first measure m1(t) is "damped" (20) prior to accumulation (29) by subtracting therefrom a correction value or "damping factor fd". In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the damping factor fd comprises a time-varying function fd(t) of one or more other time-varying measures, themselves based on received vehicle acceleration information.