Method and device for controlling an occupant protection device in a vehicle

US7672767B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Marc Theisen · Besigheim, DE
• Volker Walz · Raubling, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 26, 2004
• Grant date: Mar 2, 2010
• Expiry date: Jun 26, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2021/01325
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for triggering an occupant protection device in a vehicle including the steps: detecting a first measured variable and simultaneously generating a corresponding first signal for indicating a necessity for triggering at least one occupant protection device; detecting an acceleration value in the z direction and simultaneously generating a corresponding second signal; calculating a trigger signal for triggering at least one occupant protection device as a function of the first and second signals, and triggering the at least one occupant protection device as a function of the calculated trigger signal. An appropriate device is also described.