Method for Actuating a Vehicle Occupant Protection Device in a Vehicle and a Vehicle Occupant Protection System
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Abstract
A vehicle occupant protection system and a method for actuating a vehicle occupant protection device in a vehicle are provided. The distance from an obstacle is sensed, a braking deceleration which is necessary to avoid a collision is determined, and the determined braking deceleration is used to determine whether a predefined event has occurred. When the predefined event occurs, the vehicle occupant protection device is actuated in order to trigger it or to activate it for the purpose of triggering, the necessary braking deceleration being determined or the determined necessary braking deceleration being evaluated for the occurrence of the predefined event, only if a driver of the vehicle has activated a brake activation element in order to initiate a braking operation.
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31 Claims
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12. A method for actuating a vehicle occupant protection device in a vehicle, comprising:
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sensing a distance from an obstacle to the vehicle;
determining a braking deceleration which is necessary to avoid a collision with the obstacle;
determining whether a predefined event has occurred, based on the determined necessary braking deceleration; and
actuating the vehicle occupant protection device when the predefined event occurs;
wherein activation of a brake control by a driver of the vehicle is a precondition for the determination of the necessary braking deceleration or for the determination of the occurrence of the predefined event. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A vehicle occupant protection system in a vehicle, comprising:
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a control device;
a vehicle occupant protection device which is actuated by the control device;
an environment sensor system which comprises distance sensors for sensing a distance of the vehicle from an obstacle;
a relative speed determining device for determining relative speed of the vehicle with respect to the obstacle;
a sensing device for sensing activation of a braking activation element; and
a braking deceleration determining device which determines necessary braking deceleration to avoid a collision, based on determined distance and the relative speed;
wherein the control device determines whether a predefined event has occurred, based on the determined necessary braking deceleration, and is configured to determine the necessary braking deceleration or use the determined necessary braking deceleration as a basis for actuating the vehicle occupant protection device, only if the driver has activated the brake activation element. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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