DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRIGGERING A VEHICLE OCCUPANT PROTECTION MEANS, TRIGGERING SYSTEM AND VEHICLE
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Abstract
A device for triggering an occupant protection means of a vehicle has an environment sensor for monitoring a surrounding environment of the vehicle, the environment sensor being adapted so as to output an environment signal in response to an impending collision of the vehicle. The device further has a triggering device that is adapted to acquire, within a peripheral area of the vehicle, a physical quantity indicating a collision that has taken place, and to produce a collision signal based on the physical quantity, and that is adapted to make a triggering decision for the occupant protection means as a function of the environment signal and of the collision signal.
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20 Claims
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1-10. -10. (canceled)
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11. A device for triggering an occupant protection means of a vehicle, comprising:
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an environment sensor for monitoring a surrounding environment of the vehicle, the environment sensor being adapted to output an environment signal to an output of the environment sensor in response to an impending collision of the vehicle; a connecting line connected to the output of the environment sensor; and a triggering device having an input that is connected to the connecting line for reception of the environment signal, a sensor element adapted to acquire, within a peripheral area of the vehicle, a physical quantity indicating that a collision has taken place and, based on the physical quantity, to produce a collision signal, a logic unit for making a triggering decision for the occupant protection means as a function of the environment signal and of the collision signal, and an output for outputting a triggering signal based on the triggering decision. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for triggering an occupant protection means of a vehicle, comprising:
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monitoring a surrounding environment of the vehicle in order to output an environment signal in response to an impending collision of the vehicle; acquiring a physical quantity indicating a collision that has taken place within a peripheral area of the vehicle, and producing a collision signal based on the physical quantity; making a triggering decision for the occupant protection means as a function of the environment signal and the collision signal; and outputting a triggering signal based on the triggering decision.
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