Robert Boschgmbh

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Hermann Schuller

Thomas Lich

Michael Roelleke

Gunther Lang

Josef Kolatschek

Marc Theisen

Alfred Kuttenberger

Armin Koehler

Michael Bunse

Sabine Brandenburger

Klaus Mindner

Sabine Aust

Frank Juergen Stuetzler

Oliver Schoerrig

Jan Schalwig

Frank Jürgen Stuetzler

A method for activating personal protection means using at least one signal derived from an acceleration sensor. A forward displacement is determined from the signal, and the forward displacement is compared to at least one threshold value surface, which is set as a function of a velocity decrease and a deceleration. The personal protection means is activated as a function of the comparison.

Method for activating personal protection means

A method is described for generating at least one feature for an occupant protection system, which is determined from at least one basic feature and analyzed for generating a triggering signal for an occupant protection device, and a corresponding device. During normal operation, at least one short-term window integral is calculated from the at least one basic feature and used as a starting value for calculating a corresponding long-term integral when a starting condition for a crash operation obtains, the at least one long-term integral being made available to a following method as a feature for generating the triggering signal for the occupant protection system.

Method and device for generating at least one feature for an occupant protection system

A method for triggering restraint devices in which at least one collision-indicating signal is generated. From the moment that a collision is detected, temporally defined crash phases are specified, and, for every crash phase, a crash type and a crash severity are determined from the signal. The appropriate restraint devices are triggered as a function of the crash severity and/or the crash type.

Method for activating restraining means

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Niefern-Örchelbronn, Germany

Hermann Schuller