Abstract: A method for ascertaining data of a traffic situation with a first vehicle and at least one second vehicle trailing the first vehicle, the method including a) ascertaining at least one defined parameter of the first vehicle, b) ascertaining a traffic situation in front of the first vehicle by the first vehicle and/or by the second vehicle, c) evaluating the information ascertained in steps a) and b) in a defined manner, and providing the information evaluated in step c) to the second vehicle at least at the start of a passing maneuver of the first vehicle conducted by the second vehicle.

Abstract: A method for controlling an occupant protection system of a vehicle includes reading in at least one vehicle acceleration value representing an acceleration of the vehicle and at least one model parameter of an occupant model by which a vehicle occupant is represented by at least two, in particular three, mass points. The vehicle acceleration value and the model parameter are processed in order to determine at least one motion parameter relating to the two, in particular three, mass points. Using the motion parameter, a control signal for controlling the occupant protection system is produced.

Abstract: A method for providing an item of information regarding a passenger protection system of a vehicle using a mobile user terminal. In the process, an image signal that represents at least one image of at least one vehicle section of the vehicle is read in to begin with. In a further step, the image signal is processed in order to allocate at least one component of the passenger protection system to the vehicle section. Finally, a display signal for the display of an item of information representing the component is generated on the mobile user terminal.

Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle. A piece of hazard area information, which represents at least one hazard area in the surroundings of the vehicle, and a piece of approach information, which represents an approach to the vehicle of at least one further vehicle driving next to the vehicle, are read in. Using the approach information, at least one collision parameter of a collision between the vehicle and the further vehicle is ascertained. Finally, a control signal is generated, using the collision parameter and the hazard area information, to steer the vehicle in a direction facing away from the hazard area.

Abstract: A method for transforming data of a sensor. First data of a first sensor of a first vehicle and a first position are initially provided. The first data include a first distance and a first direction to an object. The first position includes a location of the first sensor at which the first data were ascertained. A second position of a second vehicle is additionally provided. The first data are subsequently converted into transformed data based on the first position and the second position, the transformed data including a second distance and a second direction. The second distance is a distance between the object and the second position. The second direction is a direction between the object and the second position. The transformed data are subsequently output.

Abstract: A control device for an object coupling device of a vehicle is configured to actuate a dampening device of the object coupling device such that an object moved by an inertial force from a fixing position along a specified target route to a target impact component of the vehicle can be delayed. The control device is additionally configured to determine a target operating mode of the dampening device from at least two executable operating modes of the dampening device having a different time difference between an exit time of the object from the fixing position and an insert time of a delay of the object to be executed by the dampening device and to control the dampening device into the target operating mode via the at least one control signal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a battery retaining device, comprising a guide device which is designed to receive a vehicle battery; at least one retaining element which is designed to rigidly retain a vehicle battery received in the guide device in a mechanical manner up to a first maximum retaining force value in a first operating state and to rigidly retain the vehicle battery received in the guide device in a mechanical manner up to a second maximum retaining force value in a second operating state; and an actuator system with at least one actuator which is designed to bring the at least one retaining element from the first operating state to the second operating state.

Abstract: A method is described for operating a vehicle, including the following steps: ascertaining a collision probability for the vehicle, ascertaining an effectiveness parameter assigned to a restraint system of the vehicle, which is a measure of how effectively the restraint system may protect a vehicle occupant in the event of a collision assigned to the collision probability, and carrying out at least one injury-mitigating measure depending on the ascertained effectiveness parameter in order to mitigate an occupant injury during a collision. Also described are a corresponding device and a computer program.

Abstract: A method for generating a signal representing an occupation of a vehicle seat of a vehicle including the steps: detecting a signal of a sensor system for detecting a dynamic parameter with respect to the vehicle seat; evaluating the signal, in particular, a progression of the signal; generating a seat occupancy signal as a function of the evaluation of the signal, the seat occupancy signal being suited for indicating whether the vehicle seat is occupied by a person or by an object.

Abstract: A device for directing radiation in the direction of an optical element of an image sensing device of a vehicle. The device includes a central area for directing at least one portion of a first incident radiation onto the optical element. The device also includes at least one border area for directing at least one portion of at least one second incident radiation onto the optical element. The at least one second incident radiation runs in the opposite direction or at an obtuse angle with respect to the first incident radiation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a battery support arrangement (12) for a vehicle (10), with a battery-holding element (14) for receiving a battery (16), a guide arrangement (18) by means of which the battery-holding element (14) is mounted movably relative to the vehicle (10), and with coupling elements which are designed to couple the earth-receiving element (14) to a vehicle structure connected fixedly to the vehicle (10) and/or at least partially to decouple the battery-holding element from the vehicle structure, wherein the coupling elements have an actuator (22) which is designed to adjust the degree of the coupling and/or the temporal profile of the coupling.

Abstract: A control device for an object coupling device of a vehicle is configured to actuate a dampening device of the object coupling device such that an object moved by an inertial force from a fixing position along a specified target route to a target impact component of the vehicle can be delayed. The control device is additionally configured to determine a target operating mode of the dampening device from at least two executable operating modes of the dampening device having a different time difference between an exit time of the object from the fixing position and an insert time of a delay of the object to be executed by the dampening device and to control the dampening device into the target operating mode via the at least one control signal.

Abstract: A device for changing the rigidity of a vehicle includes: at least one frame side member; and an adaptive element having at least two fastening points, one of the at least two fastening points being connected to the at least one frame side member. The adaptive element is aligned transversely to the at least one frame side member, and the adaptive element has an actuator including an interface for receiving a triggering signal for operating the actuator. The actuator is configured to change the rigidity of the adaptive element in response to the triggering signal.

Abstract: A method is described for controlling an occupant protection arrangement which has at least two levels of protection for an occupant of a vehicle. The method has a step of selecting one of the at least two levels of protection of the occupant protection means as the level of protection to be used in the event of an impact of the vehicle using a yaw direction of the vehicle.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: The invention relates to an earth-coupling arrangement (12) for a vehicle (10), with an earth-receiving element (14) for receiving an earthing object (16), a guide arrangement (18) by means of which the earth-receiving element (14) is mounted movably relative to the vehicle (10), and with coupling means (20) which are designed to couple the earth-receiving element (14) to a vehicle structure connected fixedly to the vehicle (10) and/or at least partially to decouple said earth-receiving element from the vehicle structure, wherein the coupling means (20) have an actuator (22) which is designed to adjust the degree of the coupling and/or the temporal profile of the coupling.

Abstract: A method is described for controlling an occupant protection arrangement which has at least two levels of protection for an occupant of a vehicle. The method has a step of selecting one of the at least two levels of protection of the occupant protection means as the level of protection to be used in the event of an impact of the vehicle using a yaw direction of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle seat arrangement includes a seat body that includes a seat and a seat back at a rear of the seat. The vehicle seat arrangement also includes displaceable seat components which produce a lateral bracing as a function of accelerations in the direction of a transverse vehicle axis. The displaceable seat components are at least partly extendable in a necessitating situation. In a retracted state, the displaceable seat component is situated entirely within the seat back. In an actuated state, the displaceable seat component extends forward from an interior of the seat back, thereby forming an interior sidewall of the seat.

Abstract: 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.