Configuration for triggering restraining devices in a motor vehicle
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1. A configuration for triggering restraining devices, comprising:
- a sensor device having two acceleration sensors with differently orientated sensitivity axes and outputing acceleration signals, said sensor device also having a rotational movement sensor for detecting rotational movements about a vertical axis of a vehicle and outputing a rotational movement signal;
an evaluation circuit for receiving and evaluating said acceleration signals and said rotational movement signal generated by said sensor device and outputing an evaluation signal; and
a triggering circuit receiving said evaluation signal from said evaluation circuit for generating a triggering signal for a restraining device, said triggering signal generated in dependence on said acceleration signals and said rotational movement signal.
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Abstract
A configuration for triggering restraining devices in a motor vehicle. The configuration has a sensor device with two acceleration sensors with differently orientated sensitivity axes and with a rotational movement sensor for detecting rotational movements about the vertical axis of the vehicle. A triggering signal for at least one of the restraining devices is generated in a triggering circuit as a function of the acceleration signals and of the rotational movement signal.
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1. A configuration for triggering restraining devices, comprising:
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a sensor device having two acceleration sensors with differently orientated sensitivity axes and outputing acceleration signals, said sensor device also having a rotational movement sensor for detecting rotational movements about a vertical axis of a vehicle and outputing a rotational movement signal;
an evaluation circuit for receiving and evaluating said acceleration signals and said rotational movement signal generated by said sensor device and outputing an evaluation signal; and
a triggering circuit receiving said evaluation signal from said evaluation circuit for generating a triggering signal for a restraining device, said triggering signal generated in dependence on said acceleration signals and said rotational movement signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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