Patent ID: 7320379

Claim:
A device for occupant protection in a motor vehicle and for anti-theft protection of the motor vehicle, the device comprising: an airbag having a filler device for inflating said airbag with gas; a transceiver device for transmitting electromagnetic waves; an occupant protection evaluation device connected to said transceiver device; at least one occupant protection interrogation unit disposed on said airbag, said transceiver device interrogating said occupant protection interrogation unit contactlessly resulting in information regarding a degree of deployment and/or a speed of deployment of said airbag being provided to said occupant protection evaluation device; an anti-theft protection evaluation device; and at least one portable anti-theft protection interrogation unit being interrogated contactlessly by said transceiver device resulting in further information regarding an authorization of said anti-theft protection interrogation unit and/or regarding a distance of said anti-theft protection interrogation unit from said transceiver device on a basis of a signal returned by said anti-theft protection interrogation unit, said further information being provided to said anti-theft protection evaluation device.