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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andreas Kuhn, Munich, DE;
Jan Urbahn, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06E 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06E 7/00 ;
Abstract
In a method for recognizing the severity of a vehicle collision, wherein the output signal of one or more acceleration sensors is processed and fed to a neural network that controls a release unit for an occupant protection device, and further wherein several occupant protection devices can be selected by the release unit in accordance with the severity and course of the vehicle collision, the future time progression of the output signal of the acceleration sensor is predicted with the help of the neural network based on the acceleration sensor signal values during at least one defined point in time.