Patent ID: 7568543
Filing Date: 2009-08-04
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A device for triggering a restraining device in a vehicle, comprising: an arrangement for triggering the restraining device as a function of a velocity of the vehicle, the arrangement considering the vehicle velocity as a function of a signal from at least one remote sensor, wherein the velocity is provided by a sensor arrangement that determines the velocity, and wherein the remote sensor is used to perform a plausibility check for the velocity of the vehicle; a modifying arrangement for modifying at least one threshold to which at least one crash signal is compared for the triggering of the restraining device, as a function of the vehicle velocity; a subdividing arrangement for subdividing the vehicle velocity into a predefined class as a function of a magnitude of the vehicle velocity and then for modifying the threshold as a function of the class; and a comparing arrangement for comparing the signal of the at least one remote sensor to a plausibility threshold, the plausibility threshold lying below a trigger threshold for generating a crash signal of the at least one remote sensor, the vehicle velocity being taken into consideration in the triggering of the restraining device as a function of the comparison.