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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2003
Horst Belau, Langquaid, DE;
Ludwig Ertl, Regensburg, DE;
Thorsten Köhler, Deuerling, DE;
VDO Automotive AG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device () and method for detection of an object or a person in the interior of a motor vehicle. The device () is operated by means of an analytical unit (), such that the device (), for detecting an object or a person in the interior of a motor vehicle, comprising a image recording unit () and an analytical unit () for the image data transmitted from the image recording unit (), is operated in a first operating mode while an acceleration threshold value is not determined to be exceeded by the analytical unit () and in a second operation mode while the acceleration threshold value is determined to be exceeded by the analytical unit ().