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Method and device for determining a type of an impact of an object on a vehicle

US9043077B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Alfons Doerr · Stuttgart, DE
Christian Korn · Mannheim, DE
Stephan Rittler · Neukirchen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 14, 2011
Grant date	May 26, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 20, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R2021/01327
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for determining a type of an impact of an object on a vehicle includes: reading in an acceleration value; determining a transverse acceleration value that represents a difference between the lateral acceleration value and an acceleration value based on the rotational acceleration value, for an acceleration transverse to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, and/or determining a longitudinal acceleration value that represents a difference between the longitudinal acceleration value and an acceleration value based on the rotational acceleration value, in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and recognition of the type of the impact if the transverse acceleration value and/or the longitudinal acceleration value stands in a predetermined relation to a respective threshold value.

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