Motor Vehicle Having an Occupant Protection System
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsAndreas Kuhn, Antoni Palau Motino, Andre Neubohn, Christian Weiss
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Abstract
A motor vehicle includes at least one first crash sensor for measuring a motion variable of the motor vehicle, arranged in a safety zone of the motor vehicle, and at least one second crash sensor for measuring a motion variable, arranged in a crash zone of the motor vehicle, the motor vehicle including an ignition protection device controllable via an ignition signal and a control unit for ascertaining the ignition signal as a function of the measured motion variables or, in each instance, as a function of a time average of the measured motion variables over at least one first time interval.
Claims15
1-10. (canceled)
A motor vehicle, comprising:
- at least one first crash sensor arranged in a safety zone of the motor vehicle adapted to measure a motion variable of the motor vehicle;
- at least one second crash sensor arranged in a crash zone of the motor vehicle adapted to measure a motion variable of the motor vehicle;
- an occupant protection device controllable via an ignition signal;
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- a control unit adapted to ascertain the ignition signal as a function of at least one of (a) the measured motion variables and (b) a time average of each measured motion variable over at least a first time interval.
A method for controlling at least one occupant protection device of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- measuring a motion variable of the motor vehicle by at least one first crash sensor arranged in a safety zone of the motor vehicle;
- measuring a motion variable of the motor vehicle by at least one second crash sensor arranged in a crash zone of the motor vehicle;
- ascertaining, by a control unit arranged in the motor vehicle, an ignition signal as a function of at least one of (a) the measured motion variable and (b) a time average of each measured motion variable over at least a first time interval;
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- controlling the occupant protection device in accordance with the ignition signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.