US 12,304,412 B2
Device for activating/deactivating an airbag function in a vehicle
Bernd Jakobs, Nuremberg (DE); Harald Krause, Ingolstadt (DE); Jörg Müller, Eitensheim (DE); and Markus Prummer, Vohburg-Rockolding (DE)
Assigned to AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE)
Filed by AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE)
Filed on Dec. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/535,035.
Claims priority of application No. 102023103210.0 (DE), filed on Feb. 9, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0270192 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 21/015 (2006.01); B60R 21/01 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 21/0153 (2014.10) [B60R 21/01512 (2014.10); B60R 21/01516 (2014.10); B60R 21/01544 (2014.10); B60R 21/01556 (2014.10); B60R 2021/01013 (2013.01); B60R 2021/01211 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for activating/deactivating an airbag function of an airbag assigned to a vehicle seat in a vehicle, the device comprising:
an identification system for identification of an occupant of the vehicle and having an evaluation unit, by which the occupant located on the vehicle seat is classifiable on the basis of sensor data of the identification system, wherein the evaluation unit activates or deactivates the airbag function in dependence on the occupant classification, the identification system has a plurality of different sensors, including an interior sensor, an exterior sensor, a seat sensor, a belt sensor, and a baggage compartment sensor, and the evaluation unit carries out the occupant classification one time on the basis of all sensor data from the plurality of different sensors at a predefined point in time at the beginning of a driving operation and the occupant classification remains unchanged during the driving operation after the predefined point in time.