Vehicle including sensors one of which is a motion-detecting crash sensor, a processing module for processing data generated by the sensors, the module being separate from most if not all of the sensors, and a data bus coupling the sensors and the module together and enabling transfer of data from t
Vehicle including sensors one of which is a motion-detecting crash sensor, a processing module for processing data generated by the sensors, the module being separate from most if not all of the sensors, and a data bus coupling the sensors and the module together and enabling transfer of data from the sensors to the module. Each sensor may be mounted at a different location on the vehicle and arranged to provide a measurement related to a time-varying state of the sensor or a measurement related to a time-varying state of the mounting location. A deployable occupant restraint may be arranged to deploy to protect an occupant of the vehicle during a crash involving the vehicle. The module determines deployment of the occupant restraint based on the diagnosed state of the vehicle.
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The invention claimed is: 1. A vehicle comprising: a plurality of sensors including a plurality of accelerometers; a processing module for processing data generated by said sensors, said module being separate from at least some of said sensors, said module being arranged to diagnose a state of the
The invention claimed is: 1. A vehicle comprising: a plurality of sensors including a plurality of accelerometers; a processing module for processing data generated by said sensors, said module being separate from at least some of said sensors, said module being arranged to diagnose a state of the vehicle itself including its dynamic motion based on the data generated by said sensors; and a data bus coupling said sensors and said module together and enabling transfer of data from said sensors to said module. 2. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein at least some of said sensors are mounted at different locations on the vehicle and each is arranged to provide a measurement related to a time-varying state of said sensor or a measurement related to a time-varying state of the mounting location of said sensor. 3. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein one of said sensors is a crash sensor arranged to measure vibrations. 4. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein said module is separate from all of said sensors. 5. The vehicle of claim 1, further comprising a deployable occupant restraint arranged to deploy to protect an occupant of the vehicle during a crash involving the vehicle, said module being arranged to determine deployment of said occupant restraint based on the diagnosed state of the vehicle. 6. The vehicle of claim 5, wherein said sensors include at least one occupant sensor for sensing a characteristic of an occupant of the vehicle to be protected by said occupant restraint, said at least one occupant sensor providing data about the sensed characteristic to said module which determines deployment of said occupant restraint based on the diagnosed state of the vehicle and the sensed characteristic. 7. The vehicle of claim 6, wherein said at least one occupant sensor is a weight sensor arranged to sense weight of the occupant. 8. The vehicle of claim 7, further comprising a seat upon which the occupant sits, said weight sensor comprising at least one strain gage weight sensor arranged in connection with said seat. 9. The vehicle of claim 7, further comprising a seat upon which the occupant sits, said weight sensor comprising a bladder weight sensor arranged in said seat. 10. The vehicle of claim 5, wherein said occupant restraint is a frontal airbag. 11. The vehicle of claim 5, wherein said occupant restraint is a side airbag. 12. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein one of said sensors is a capacitance sensor or other electromagnetic wave-based sensor. 13. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein one of said sensors is a magnetic field sensor. 14. A vehicle comprising: a plurality of sensors including an acceleration-detecting crash sensor and at least one occupant sensor arranged to obtain information about a human occupant of a compartment of the vehicle; a processing module for processing data generated by said sensors, said module being separate from at least some of said sensors; an actuatable occupant protection system arranged to actuate in order to protect an occupant of the vehicle in the event of an accident involving the vehicle, said module being arranged to control actuation of said occupant protection system based on the data generated by said sensors and being processed by said module; and a data bus coupling said sensors and said module together and enabling transfer of data from said sensors to said module, at least some of said sensors being mounted at different locations on the vehicle and each such sensor providing a measurement related to a time-varying state of said sensor or a measurement related to a time-varying state of the mounting location of said sensor. 15. The vehicle of claim 14, wherein said sensors include a plurality of accelerometers and said module is arranged to diagnose a state of the vehicle itself including its dynamic motion based on the data generated by said sensors, said module being arranged to control actuation of said occupant protection system based on the diagnosed state of the vehicle. 16. The vehicle of claim 15, wherein said at least one occupant sensor is arranged to sense a characteristic of an occupant of the vehicle to be protected by said occupant protection system, said at least one occupant sensor providing data about the sensed characteristic to said module which controls actuation of said occupant protection system based on the diagnosed state of the vehicle and the sensed characteristic. 17. The vehicle of claim 14, wherein said occupant protection system includes a frontal airbag or a side airbag. 18. The vehicle of claim 14, wherein said at least one occupant sensor is a capacitance sensor or other electromagnetic wave-based sensor. 19. The vehicle of claim 14, wherein said at least one occupant sensor is a magnetic field sensor.
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