Inventors:
Kwaku O. Prakah-Asante - Commerce Township MI
Gary Steven Strumolo - Beverly Hills MI
Saeed David Barbat - Farmington Hills MI
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI
International Classification:
G06F 1710
US Classification:
701301, 701 45, 180271, 180274, 280734, 340435, 340436, 340903
Abstract:
The present invention provides a safety system control method for a host automotive vehicle. The method includes providing a first vehicle safety countermeasure and providing a second vehicle safety countermeasure operable in a first mode corresponding to the first vehicle safety countermeasure being inactive and a second mode corresponding to the first vehicle safety countermeasure being activated. The method also determines a collision threat with a target object and selectively activates the first vehicle safety countermeasure as a function of the collision threat. The second vehicle safety countermeasure is then activated in the second mode when the first vehicle safety countermeasure is activated. Otherwise, the second vehicle safety countermeasure is activated in the first mode when the first vehicle safety countermeasure is inactive.