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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2015
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Heribert Bräutigam, Ingolstadt, DE;
Eckart Donner, Ingolstadt, DE;
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
A position of a mobile terminal in the interior of a motor vehicle is sensed by a sensor device. The sensed position is taken as a basis for a control device of the motor vehicle to ascertain whether the mobile terminal adopts a position within a predetermined safety area to be kept clear between a predetermined interior equipment component of the motor vehicle, for example an airbag, and a user of the motor vehicle. When such a position within the safety area is adopted or exists, prevention of use of the mobile terminal within the safety area is brought about by a safety check device. In this case, a restraining device can return or restrain the mobile terminal from the safety area, for example.