Patent ID: 7031818

Claim:
Method for recognising a state of standstill of a motor vehicle, comprising the following steps: specifying at least one change of position parameter which defines a change of position of a motor vehicle which may occur in a travelling state, detecting an actual change of position of the motor vehicle, establishing at least one actual change of position parameter which characterises the actual change of position, comparing the at least one actual change of position parameter with a corresponding one of the at least one specified change of position parameters in order to determine whether the at least one actual change of position parameter characterises a travelling state for the motor vehicle, and generating a first signal which reproduces a travelling state for the motor vehicle if the at least one actual change of position parameter characterises a travelling state, or a second signal which reproduces a state of standstill for the motor vehicle if the at least one actual change of position parameter characterises a state of the motor vehicle which is not a travelling state, wherein the at least one specified change of position parameter is associated with at least one characteristic chosen from the group comprising: change of inclination of the motor vehicle about its longitudinal axis and change of inclination of the motor vehicle about its transverse axis, and the at least one actual change of position parameter is associated with a change of inclination of the motor vehicle.