State estimator design for real-time controlled restraint systems
conference paper
In this paper, a method is presented to estimate the motion of a vehicle occupant in frontal impact. Knowledge of the occupant's motion during a crash can significantly reduce the risk of injury, as restraint systems could be real-time adapted to the optimal settings. It is shown that the chest acceleration of the occupant, an important measure of injury, is accurately estimated by Altering of the belt displacement at the retractor side. Low order, nonlinear models are constructed from complex models, and a state estimator Alter is designed using a linearization of these low order models. © 2007 IEEE.
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TNO Identifier
280069
ISSN
07431619 ; 1424409888 (ISBN); 9781424409884 (ISBN)
Article nr.
4282870
Source title
2007 American Control Conference, ACC, 9 July 2007 through 13 July 2007, New York, NY. Conference code: 72465
Pages
242-247
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