Patent ID: 9061639
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A device for triggering a passenger protection device of a vehicle, wherein the device is configured to be connected to an accident sensor system which is configured to generate a first signal in response to a single impact event in which an object impacts the vehicle, the device comprising: an analyzer circuit adapted to: determine a first value, which characterizes a combination of values of the second signal over an entirety of a period during which the second signal lasts, by an absolute summation of particular differences in successive values of the second signal; determine a second value, which characterizes a combination of values of the third signal over an entirety of a period during which the third signal lasts, by an absolute summation of particular differences in successive values of the third signal; determine a frequency of the second signal by forming a quotient of the second values and trigger the passenger protection device as a function of the determined frequency.