Patent ID: 6224095
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A process to control a passenger protection system using a control processing unit in conjunction with acceleration signals,with at least one passenger protection device, the triggering of which inhibits the control processing unit, whatever the acceleration signal, if control processing unit recognises at least one trigger inhibiting signalfrom at least one of a manually operated trigger inhibitor,at least one seat occupancy detection device on a seat assigned to the passenger protection device, a dangerous seating position or seat occupancy for protection devices triggering, comprising the steps of:(a) monitoring the trigger inhibitor and the seat occupancy detection devices by an evaluation unit in parallel with the central processing unit(b) setting an inhibiting signal with the evaluation unit as soon as at least one of the monitored devices sets a trigger inhibiting signal and(c) operating an inhibiting device in response to the inhibiting signal to disable a triggering of the at least one passenger protection device.