Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090132112 | Plausibilization of Sensor Signals in the Event of a Collision - A method for plausibilizing sensor signals of a vehicle system, the sensor signals being monitored with regard to compliance with one plausibility criterion or a plurality of plausibility criteria with the aid of a plausibilization algorithm. The function of the vehicle system is able to be maintained even in critical driving situations, in particular following a collision, if the driving status of the vehicle is monitored with regard to a collision and the plausibilization algorithm is modified if a collision was detected. | 05-21-2009 |
20090138159 | Safety System for a Vehicle - A safety system for a vehicle having at least one safety device, which records and/or ascertains and evaluates one or a plurality of variable(s) regarding driving dynamics to activate at least one protection device. In response to user-dependent inputs, a parameterization device specifies settings and/or applications and/or parameters for the safety device in order to influence the trigger behavior of the at least one protection device. | 05-28-2009 |
20090204296 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DEACTIVATING SAFETY FUNCTION - In a method for deactivating a safety function in a motor vehicle after being activated, the safety function may be deactivated by the driver only after a dead time has elapsed. | 08-13-2009 |
20100004815 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR STABILIZING A VEHICLE AFTER A COLISION - A device for stabilizing a vehicle after a collision, including a control device having a regulation algorithm, a sensor system for recording various quantities that describe the vehicle state, and an actuator for carrying out a stabilization intervention. The driving state of the vehicle is monitored for the occurrence of a collision, a setpoint value is calculated for a vehicle movement quantity, the setpoint value being at least partly independent of the steering instruction of the driver, and the vehicle movement quantity of the vehicle is regulated to this setpoint value in the case of a collision. | 01-07-2010 |
20100023224 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACTUATING AN ACTIVE AND/OR PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEM IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method and device for actuating an active and/or passive motor vehicle safety system in a driving situation in which the vehicle executes a rotary movement about the vertical axis of the vehicle. A variable describing the rotary motion is measured, and this variable is processed by a mathematical model, which determines information therefrom about the future rotary motion of the vehicle. This information in turn may be used to control the vehicle safety systems as a function of the situation and prepare them for a possibly imminent collision. | 01-28-2010 |
20100280726 | PREVENTION OF A REAR CRASH DURING AN AUTOMATIC BRAKING INTERVENTION BY A VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEM - A method for preventing a rear crash after the activation of an automatic braking intervention by a vehicle safety system. The danger and severity of a possible rear crash by a vehicle following behind can be significantly reduced if a model is used for the approach of a hypothetical vehicle following behind, and on this basis a condition is determined for the release of the brake, and the brake is at least partially released when this condition occurs. | 11-04-2010 |
20100300794 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A BRAKING SYSTEM IN A VEHICLE IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION - In a method for adjusting a braking system in a vehicle, a collision of the vehicle is detected and a driver-independent brake intervention is performed. In a first step, after the collision a check is performed to see whether the wheel speed of a wheel is reduced, for example, through a jamming in the wheel housing, in which case in a second step at least one second wheel in the vehicle is decelerated in order to prevent a uncontrolled swerving of the vehicle. | 12-02-2010 |
20110054741 | TRAVEL DIRECTION STABILIZATION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES - A method for influencing the direction of travel of a vehicle. In order to lower the risk of accidents in driving situations in which the driver reacts incorrectly, for example because of being surprised, it is provided that the driving operation be monitored in reference to the occurrence of an event due to which the travel direction of the vehicle changes, deviating from the travel direction specified at the steering wheel, and when such an event is detected that an automatic intervention in the driving operation be performed whereby the vehicle is moved back approximately into the original direction of travel in which it was moving before the event occurred. | 03-03-2011 |
20110140508 | Method for operating a hydraulically working brake system, and brake system - A method for operating a hydraulically working brake system of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, having at least one brake line assigned to at least one wheel brake, the brake line being connected or connectable via a switchable valve to the high pressure side of a pump unit for brake fluid. It is provided that the valve is closed when an unexpected pressure drop is detected in the brake line. Also described is a brake system for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle. | 06-16-2011 |
20120022758 | Yaw rate control with simultaneous maximum deceleration - A method for stabilizing a vehicle in a transverse direction, in which: for a first braking force distribution in which each vehicle wheel is braked using the maximum braking force transmittable to the road surface in the current driving situation, the yawing moment acting on the vehicle is ascertained; for at least a second braking force distribution that differs from the first braking force distribution in that at least one wheel is not braked using the maximum braking force, the yawing moment acting on the vehicle is ascertained; a setpoint yawing moment is ascertained; and from at least the first and second braking force distributions, the braking force distribution whose associated yawing moment comes closest to the setpoint yawing moment is set at the vehicle. | 01-26-2012 |
20120265408 | METHOD FOR SETTING A LIMITING VALUE OF A VEHICLE STATE VARIABLE IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT - In a method for setting a limiting value of a vehicle state variable in a driver assistance system, in particular in an electronic stability program ESP, accelerations are measured by the airbag sensor system, and are used in the event of an accident of low to medium severity to determine limiting values of the yaw acceleration and the yaw rate. These limiting values are used for monitoring the functionality of the yaw rate sensor. | 10-18-2012 |
20130166151 | TRAVEL DIRECTION STABILIZATION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES - A method for influencing the direction of travel of a vehicle. In order to lower the risk of accidents in driving situations in which the driver reacts incorrectly, for example because of being surprised, it is provided that the driving operation be monitored in reference to the occurrence of an event due to which the travel direction of the vehicle changes, deviating from the travel direction specified at the steering wheel, and when such an event is detected that an automatic intervention in the driving operation be performed whereby the vehicle is moved back approximately into the original direction of travel in which it was moving before the event occurred. | 06-27-2013 |
20130184952 | METHOD FOR SETTING CHARACTERISTIC VARIABLES OF A BRAKE SYSTEM IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - In a method for setting characteristic variables of a brake system in a motor vehicle, driver type identification is performed first and the identified driver type is classified into an assigned driver type class. Brake system characteristic variables of this class of driver type are then activated. | 07-18-2013 |