Patent ID: 9475442
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: B60R

Claim Text:
1. A method for triggering at least one passenger protection unit of a vehicle, comprising: reading in at least a first and a second sensor signal values of a first sensor which is situated at a first location in the vehicle, the first sensor signal value representing a first physical variable detected in a first sensor direction, and a second sensor signal value representing a second physical variable detected in a second sensor direction which is different from the first sensor direction; and activating the passenger protection unit using at least the first and the second sensor signal value; wherein, during the step of reading in, a third and a fourth sensor signal values are additionally read in by a second sensor which is situated at a second location in the vehicle which is different from the first location, the third sensor signal value representing a third physical variable detected in the first sensor direction, and the fourth sensor signal value representing a fourth physical variable detected in the second sensor direction, wherein the passenger protection unit is activated additionally taking into account the third and the fourth sensor signal value, and wherein the passenger protection unit is activated on the basis of at least one linear combination of at least two of the first, second, third and fourth sensor signal values.