Method and system for protecting a passenger of a vehicle

摘要

A method for protecting a vehicle passenger is provided, in which method the occurrence of a sharp pressure loss in a tire, as it occurs in particular in the case of a tire blowout, is detected and is used for activating a reversible system assigned to a seat, in particular to a belt tensioner, so as to fix the occupant in the seat in this potentially dangerous situation. The detection of this rapid loss can moreover be used for adjusting the triggering thresholds of other, reversible and irreversible, restraint devices.