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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2003
Marcus Schneider, Stuttgart, DE;
Alfred Kuttenberger, Moeglingen, DE;
Thorsten Sohnke, Hofheim, DE;
Juergen Hoetzel, Florstadt, DE;
Michael Schlick, Leonberg, DE;
Marcus Schneider, Stuttgart, DE;
Alfred Kuttenberger, Moeglingen, DE;
Thorsten Sohnke, Hofheim, DE;
Juergen Hoetzel, Florstadt, DE;
Michael Schlick, Leonberg, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
To protect vehicle occupants in dangerous situations, the distance of the vehicle to a roadside object, such as a guardrail, etc., is determined and compared to a critical distance. If the actual distance is less than the critical distance, alarm devices are triggered and/or reversible restraining devices are deployed. The critical distance may be determined as a function of the host vehicle velocity.