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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2006
Applicants:
Marc A. Tichy, Tuebingen, DE;
Andreas Schaefers, Hemmingen, DE;
Inventors:
Marc A. Tichy, Tuebingen, DE;
Andreas Schaefers, Hemmingen, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and device for determining a roll angle for occupant protection devices. Transverse acceleration and vertical acceleration of a vehicle are detected, and the roll angle of the vehicle is estimated on the basis of the detected lateral acceleration and the detected vertical acceleration, additional driving dynamics quantities, including a vehicle speed, a yaw angle and a float angle being determined, and centripetal acceleration being calculated from these driving dynamics quantities, formula, to improve the estimate of the roll angle.