Safety Device for a Motor Vehicle and Associated Operating Method
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Abstract
Safety device for a motor vehicle, having at least one sensor which is configured to detect an impending impact or an impending collision and possibly to generate a triggering signal, and having a control device which is configured to trigger a protective device if a triggering signal is present, wherein the safety device is configured to check whether the predicted impact or the collision has taken place within a predicted time period, and to transfer the motor vehicle into a safe state in the case of erroneous triggering.
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11. A safety device for a motor vehicle, comprising:
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at least one sensor configured to detect an impending impact or an impending collision and produce an initiation signal if necessary; and a control device configured to initiate a protective device upon the presence of the initiation signal, wherein the safety device is further configured to determine whether the detected impending impact or the detected impending collision took place within a predicted time frame, and move the motor vehicle into a safe state. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for the operation of a safety device for a motor vehicle, the method comprising:
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detecting an impending impact or an impending collision using at least one sensor, wherein the sensor generates an initiation signal; initiating of a protective device, based on the presence of the initiation signal from a control device; determining whether the detected impending impact or the detected impending collision took place within a predicted time frame; and moving the motor vehicle into a safe state, based on a false initiation of the protective device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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