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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2006
Applicant:
Frank Mack, Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Frank Mack, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/34 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for generating a triggering signal for a pedestrian protection device in which sensor data are ascertained and analyzed. After a collision with an object has been recognized, features are generated from the sensor data, which are analyzed for ascertaining an object mass and/or an object hardness, the triggering signal for the pedestrian protection device being generated if the ascertained object mass and/or the ascertained object hardness is/are within a triggering range which represents a collision with a pedestrian.