Collision damage reduction apparatus

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APP PUB NO 20090177359A1
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12314741

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A collision damage reducing apparatus for lessening vehicle collision damage, includes: designated obstacle detecting means detecting an object having a collision possibility to be a obstacle; calculating means obtaining a continuous detecting period, for which the object is detected as the obstacle; monitoring target acknowledging means, according to the continuous detecting period, deciding whether or not the obstacle is regarded as a monitoring target, and deciding whether or not the obstacle is regarded as an activation cause; reliability determining means judging a collision possibility if the continuous detecting period is longer than a threshold value, and defining a reliability level coefficient indicating obstacle's reliability if a result of the judging of the collision possibility is positive; attentiveness determining means defining attentiveness coefficient decreased according to attentiveness deterioration; and detecting period threshold value adjusting means decreasing the threshold value according to decrease in the attentiveness coefficient.

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MITSUBISHI FUSO TRUCK AND BUS CORPORATION16-4 KONAN 2-CHOME MINATO-KU TOKYO 108-8285

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ihara, Toru Kawasaki , JP 14 190
Yamamoto, Keiichi Kawasaki , JP 189 2148

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