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Method and control device for triggering a passenger protection arrangement for a vehicle

  • US 8,626,397 B2
  • Filed: 12/01/2008
  • Issued: 01/07/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for triggering a passenger protection arrangement for a vehicle, the method comprising:

  • receiving, by a hardware circuit, at least one sensor signal from an accident sensor system;

    determining, by the hardware circuit, a flatness of a first characteristic derived from the at least one sensor signal in relation to at least one second characteristic;

    determining, by the hardware circuit, a crash type as a function of the flatness; and

    triggering, by the hardware circuit, the passenger protection arrangement as a function of the crash type.

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