Pedestrian protection system and method for the protection of pedestrians

摘要

Pedestrian protection system with– at least one of a vehicle (1) arranged sensor (2) for detecting a by means of an impact of an object (6) on the vehicle (1), the deformation caused;– an evaluation - and control unit (10) for evaluating the of the at least one sensor (2) are supplied by the signal, so that information about the characteristics of the impact can be supplied; and– at least one protection system (4, 5) to protect the pedestrian and / or of the vehicle occupant, as a function of the information about the characteristics of the impact can be triggered;– as a result of the at least one sensor (2) information about the collision area of the object (6) with the vehicle (1) can be detected and to the evaluation - and control unit (10) can be transmitted, of which the information regarding the collision area (7) as a decision criterion, whether the object (6) is a pedestrian, in order, as a function thereof, a triggering of the at least one protection system (4, 5) to..