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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2003
Applicants:
Rolf-juergen Recknagel, Jena, DE;
Pascal Kocher, Ottrott, FR;
Inventors:
Rolf-Juergen Recknagel, Jena, DE;
Pascal Kocher, Ottrott, FR;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for collision detection are proposed, which serve to make faster plausibility checking of a collision signal possible. To that end, the unfiltered sensor signal is used, and this unfiltered sensor signal is compared with a plausibility threshold. Preferably as a function of the comparison of the unfiltered signal with the plausibility threshold, a plausibility flag is set. This plausibility flag can be maintained for a relatively long time by a hold element. As the sensor, an acceleration sensor can advantageously be used.