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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2011
Alfons Doerr, Stuttgart, DE;
Christian Korn, Stuttgart, DE;
Stephan Rittler, Urbach, DE;
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method for determining a type of an impact of an object on a vehicle includes: reading in an acceleration value; determining a transverse acceleration value that represents a difference between the lateral acceleration value and an acceleration value based on the rotational acceleration value, for an acceleration transverse to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, and/or determining a longitudinal acceleration value that represents a difference between the longitudinal acceleration value and an acceleration value based on the rotational acceleration value, in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and recognition of the type of the impact if the transverse acceleration value and/or the longitudinal acceleration value stands in a predetermined relation to a respective threshold value.