Vehicle for controlling a plurality of airbag modules and method of controlling the same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 12122317
APP PUB NO 20230219518A1
SERIAL NO

18122536

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A vehicle and control method include: a seat; an image acquirer to acquire an image of the seat; a first type of roof airbag module in a fixed position in a first area of a headlining; a rail member in a second area of the headlining in a left-right direction of a vehicle body; a second type of roof airbag module in the rail member and movable in left and right directions along the rail member; an angle detector to detect a rotation angle of the seat; and a controller. The controller identifies the seat rotation angle based on the image of the seat and controls activation of at least the first type of roof airbag module or the second type of roof airbag module based on at least the seat rotation angle based on the image of the seat or detected by the angle detector.

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KIA CORPORATION12 HEOLLEUNG-RO SEOCHO-GU SEOUL 06797

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
An, Seungho Seoul, KR 2 3

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