Patent application number | Description | Published |
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20100165099 | Antiglare system for a vehicle - An antiglare system in a vehicle includes a device for controlling antiglare means. The device includes at least one image acquisition means. The antiglare means is controlled as a function of a first signal of the image acquisition means. The light intensity in the passenger compartment of the vehicle is taken into account in controlling the antiglare means. | 07-01-2010 |
20110140514 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING ALL AIRBAGS FOR A VEHICLE, A CONTROL UNIT FOR FORMING A CONTROL SIGNAL FOR ALL AIRBAGS FOR A VEHICLE, AND A SYSTEM OF THE DEVICE AND THE CONTROL UNIT - A device for controlling all airbags for a vehicle is provided, and also a control unit for forming a control signal for all airbags for a vehicle, as well as a system of this device and this control unit. The device has a trigger circuit control and also an energy reserve, in order to control power switches in a trigger circuit as a function of the control signal that comes from the control unit, and to use the energy from the energy reserve to trigger the trigger elements for the airbags. The control unit receives at least parts of the energy supply from the device. | 06-16-2011 |
20110178682 | METHOD FOR SELECTING SAFETY MEASURES TO BE TAKEN TO INCREASE THE SAFETY OF VEHICLE OCCUPANTS - In a method for selecting safety measures to be taken to increase the safety of occupants of a vehicle, which safety measures relate to a hazard due to environmental influences, a relevance of the hazard is inferred from received position data and warning message data, and at least one safety measure, which includes activation of an actuator in a vehicle, is selected and taken as a function of the relevance. | 07-21-2011 |
20120007408 | METHOD FOR PROTECTING AND RESTRAINING A PASSENGER OF A VEHICLE; AND PROTECTION AND RESTRAINING DEVICE FOR PROTECTING A PASSENGER OF A VEHICLE - A protection and restraining device for protecting a passenger on a passenger seat of a vehicle in the event of an accident, the protection and restraining device being designed to trigger a support wing such that it moves laterally against an occupant seat of the vehicle, and the protection and restraining device and/or support wing furthermore being designed to be more easily moved from a lateral initial position in a first lateral direction than in a second lateral direction. | 01-12-2012 |
20120089303 | Holding device and method for holding a vehicle occupant in a vehicle seat - A holding device ( | 04-12-2012 |
20120197489 | ENERGY ABSORBER AND METHOD FOR SETTING A STIFFNESS OF AN ENERGY ABSORBER - An energy absorber for a vehicle is described, which includes a sensor integrated into the energy absorber, which is designed to detect an impact magnitude acting on the energy absorber and to provide information about the impact magnitude. Furthermore, the energy absorber includes at least one setting element, which is designed to set a stiffness of the energy absorber in response to the information about the impact magnitude. | 08-02-2012 |
20120259515 | METHOD FOR ACTIVATING AND/OR CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE REVERSIBLE RESTRAINING DEVICE - A method for activating and/or controlling at least one reversible restraining device as a function of a danger situation that is detected ahead of time, the danger situation being detected ahead of time by evaluating sensor signals that are provided by at least one sensor unit, and an evaluation-control unit for implementing the method and an occupant protection system having such an evaluation and control unit. Such a danger situation is detected if an evaluation of the sensor signals determines that the vehicle has departed from the roadway, a directional angle being ascertained at which the vehicle has departed from the roadway, and the at least one reversible restraining device being activated and/or controlled as a function of the ascertained directional angle. | 10-11-2012 |
20120296526 | CONTROL UNIT FOR SETTING A DEVICE FOR THE ADAPTIVE REDUCTION OF CRASH ENERGY FOR A VEHICLE, DEVICE FOR THE ADAPTIVE REDUCTION OF CRASH ENERGY FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR SETTING A DEVICE FOR THE ADAPTIVE REDUCTION OF CRASH ENERGY FOR A VEHICLE - A control unit for setting a device for the adaptive reduction of crash energy for a vehicle includes a first interface which provides a first signal characterizing an imminent or a beginning crash process, a computing element which, as a function of the first signal, generates a first control signal for setting the deformation behavior of at least one deformation element of the device for the adaptive reduction in the crash energy, and a second interface which provides a second signal characterizing at least one passenger parameter that changes as a function of the crash process. The computing element generates at least one second control signal as a function of the second signal for setting the deformation behavior during the crash process. | 11-22-2012 |
20130026802 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROTECTING AND RESTRAINING A PASSENGER AND AN EVALUATION AND CONTROL UNIT FOR A PROTECTION AND RESTRAINT DEVICE - A method for protecting and restraining a passenger on a passenger seat of a vehicle in case of an accident, with the aid of at least one restraint element of a protection and restraint device, an evaluation and control unit for a protection and restraint device for carrying out the method, a protection and restraint device for protecting a passenger having such an evaluation and control unit, as well as a corresponding computer program and computer program product for carrying out the method are described. A positioning applied force is generated as a function of an ascertained current driving situation, the applied force accelerating the passenger away from a vehicle side structure in the direction of the middle of the vehicle if a predefined precrash situation is detected. | 01-31-2013 |
20130184941 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROTECTING A VEHICLE OCCUPANT IN THE EVENT OF AN IMPACT - A method and a device for protecting a vehicle occupant. In the event of an impact in which the vehicle occupant is moved in an impact direction prior to the impact. During a first phase, the vehicle occupant is stabilized by a first actuator as a function of a pre-crash signal. During a second phase, which follows the first phase, the vehicle occupant is moved by a second actuator in the impact direction as a function of a signal characterizing a starting or an inevitable crash. | 07-18-2013 |
20140330484 | METHOD FOR ACTIVATING A SAFETY ACTUATOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for activating a safety actuator of a motor vehicle includes: ascertaining an endangerment model of the motor vehicle with the aid of an anticipatory sensor system and at least one characteristic value of a pose of a driver of the motor vehicle; ascertaining a controllability of the motor vehicle by a driver of the motor vehicle with the aid of the at least one characteristic value; and activating the safety actuator to an extent which is a function of the endangerment model and the controllability. | 11-06-2014 |
20140336880 | METHOD FOR ACTIVATING A SAFETY ACTUATOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for activating a safety actuator of a motor vehicle, including: ascertaining an endangerment model of the motor vehicle with the aid of an anticipatory sensor system and at least one characteristic value of a driving operation of the motor vehicle; ascertaining a controllability of the motor vehicle by a driver of the motor vehicle with the aid of the at least one characteristic value; and activating the safety actuator to an extent which is a function of the endangerment model and the controllability. | 11-13-2014 |
20150054269 | Method and device for controlling the filling of an airbag for a vehicle and an airbag system - A method for controlling the filling of an airbag for a vehicle includes closing a valve of a gas generator for the airbag, this valve being connected to an interface to a gas sack of the airbag, after a main volume of a gas has flowed out of the gas generator, through the valve into the gas sack in a first gas mass flow, and opening the valve to direct a residual volume of gas out of the gas generator, through the valve into the gas sack in a second gas mass flow, the second gas mass flow being smaller than the first gas mass flow. | 02-26-2015 |