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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2006
Abtin Darvish, Wuppertal, DE;
Abtin Darvish, Wuppertal, DE;
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of evaluating a movement of a motor vehicle, in particular of a vehicle movement influencing the safety of vehicle occupants, in which the acceleration of the vehicle in at least one linear direction, in particular in the direction of a vehicle axis, is measured a multiple of times, the time change of the vehicle acceleration in the at least one linear direction is determined and the determined time change of the vehicle acceleration in the at least one linear direction is taken into account in the evaluation of the vehicle movement. The invention furthermore relates to a method of activating a vehicle safety system and to an apparatus for the evaluation of a movement of a motor vehicle.