Patent ID: 8260503
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: B60T

Abstract:
1. A method for actuating at least one active and/or passive safety system of a vehicle in a driving situation in which the vehicle executes a rotary movement about a vertical axis of the vehicle, the method comprising: measuring a variable describing a rotary motion of the vehicle; processing the variable by a mathematical model which (i) determines at least one item of information about a future rotary motion of the vehicle, and (ii) includes an assumption that at least one vehicle stabilizing system will apply a maximum intervention to limit the future rotary motion; responsive to determining that the vehicle will slide transversely over a period of time notwithstanding the maximum intervention of the at least one vehicle stabilizing system, reducing an actual amount of intervention applied by the at least one vehicle stabilizing system; and actuating at least one vehicle safety system as a function of the determined information.