METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROTECTING AND RESTRAINING A PASSENGER AND AN EVALUATION AND CONTROL UNIT FOR A PROTECTION AND RESTRAINT DEVICE
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Abstract
A method for protecting and restraining a passenger on a passenger seat of a vehicle in case of an accident, with the aid of at least one restraint element of a protection and restraint device, an evaluation and control unit for a protection and restraint device for carrying out the method, a protection and restraint device for protecting a passenger having such an evaluation and control unit, as well as a corresponding computer program and computer program product for carrying out the method are described. A positioning applied force is generated as a function of an ascertained current driving situation, the applied force accelerating the passenger away from a vehicle side structure in the direction of the middle of the vehicle if a predefined precrash situation is detected.
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23 Claims
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1-12. -12. (canceled)
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13. A method for protecting and restraining a passenger on a passenger seat of a vehicle in case of an accident, with aid of at least one restraint element of a protection and restraint device, the method comprising:
generating a positioning applied force as a function of an ascertained current driving situation, the applied force accelerating the passenger away from a vehicle side structure in a direction toward a middle of the vehicle if a specified precrash situation is detected. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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