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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2012
Applicant:
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventors:
Martin Brand, Ingolstadt, DE;
Philip Rigley, Hamburg, DE;
Walter Settgast, Lenting, DE;
Heiko Kuebler, Hitzhofen, DE;
Assignee:
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/48 (2006.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/48 (2013.01); B60R 16/02 (2013.01); B60R 2022/4816 (2013.01); B60R 2022/4858 (2013.01); B60R 2022/4866 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and an evaluation system supervise correct belt utilization of at least one safety belt in a motor vehicle, the open and/or closed belt lock state being supervised at the respective belt lock of a vehicle seat occupied by a person and a warning signal being given and/or the safety system of the motor vehicle being influenced if an unclosed belt lock is detected. In particular, feigned belt utilization is also detected by evaluating the temporal sequence of belt lock actuations with respect to further operations and/or states determined in the motor vehicle.