Method and device for influencing at least one parameter on a vehicle
First Claim
1. A method of manipulating at least one parameter of a vehicle to optimize vehicle occupant safety, the method comprising:
- monitoring a vicinity of the vehicle for occurrence of at least one relevant event, wherein the at least one relevant event includes detection of at least one of another vehicle, a person outside the vehicle and an object in the vicinity of the vehicle;
monitoring a vehicle interior for an actual position of at least one person inside the vehicle;
supplying signals corresponding to one of the at least one relevant event and the actual position to an evaluation unit upon occurrence of the at least one relevant event and on detecting the actual position; and
activating, based on an evaluation output of the evaluation unit, an active safety system and a passive safety system of the vehicle as a function of the at least one relevant event and the actual position;
wherein kinematics of the at least one of another vehicle, the person outside the vehicle, and the object detected in the vicinity of the vehicle is predicted and kinematics of the at least one person inside the vehicle is predicted, and wherein the predicted kinematics of the at least one of another vehicle, the person outside the vehicle and the object in the vicinity of the vehicle and the predicted kinematics of the at least one person inside the vehicle are considered by the evaluation unit in generating the evaluation output.
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Abstract
Method and device for manipulating at least one parameter of a vehicle and used to improve active and passive occupant safety. The vicinity of a vehicle being monitored for the occurrence of at least one relevant event. A vehicle interior being monitored for the actual position of at least one person (vehicle occupant). Signals corresponding to the event or the actual position being supplied to an evaluation unit upon the occurrence of the at least one relevant event and/or on detecting the actual position. The evaluation unit activating at least one active and/or passive safety system of the vehicle as a function of the at least one detected relevant event and the detected actual position of the at least one person.
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1. A method of manipulating at least one parameter of a vehicle to optimize vehicle occupant safety, the method comprising:
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monitoring a vicinity of the vehicle for occurrence of at least one relevant event, wherein the at least one relevant event includes detection of at least one of another vehicle, a person outside the vehicle and an object in the vicinity of the vehicle; monitoring a vehicle interior for an actual position of at least one person inside the vehicle; supplying signals corresponding to one of the at least one relevant event and the actual position to an evaluation unit upon occurrence of the at least one relevant event and on detecting the actual position; and activating, based on an evaluation output of the evaluation unit, an active safety system and a passive safety system of the vehicle as a function of the at least one relevant event and the actual position; wherein kinematics of the at least one of another vehicle, the person outside the vehicle, and the object detected in the vicinity of the vehicle is predicted and kinematics of the at least one person inside the vehicle is predicted, and wherein the predicted kinematics of the at least one of another vehicle, the person outside the vehicle and the object in the vicinity of the vehicle and the predicted kinematics of the at least one person inside the vehicle are considered by the evaluation unit in generating the evaluation output. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A device for manipulating at least one parameter of a vehicle to optimize vehicle occupant safety, the device comprising:
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a first unit for monitoring a vicinity of the vehicle; a second unit for monitoring a vehicle interior; monitoring units to supply signals that correspond to an occurrence of a relevant event in the vicinity of the vehicle and an actual position of at least one person inside the vehicle, wherein the relevant event includes detection of at least one of another vehicle, a person outside the vehicle and an object in the vicinity of the vehicle; an evaluation unit to evaluate the signals supplied by the monitoring units, wherein kinematics of the at least one of another vehicle, the person outside the vehicle, and the object detected in the vicinity of the vehicle is predicted and kinematics of the at least one person inside the vehicle is predicted; and an arrangement to control an active safety system and a passive safety system as a function of the signals, the arrangement being arranged in the evaluation unit, wherein the predicted kinematics of the at least one of another vehicle, the person outside the vehicle and the object in the vicinity of the vehicle and the predicted kinematics of the at least one person inside the vehicle are considered by the arrangement in controlling the active safety system and the passive safety system. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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