摘要 |
A method for operating a safety system (15) of a motor vehicle (1) having at least one adaptive crash structure (13) designed to absorb energy in the event of a collision, wherein in advance of a detected, imminent collision, sensor data from at least one ambient sensor of the motor vehicle (1) are evaluated in order to ascertain a piece of collision information describing the collision, and the at least one crash structure (13) is adjusted on the basis of the piece of collision information, wherein the ambient sensor used is at least one radar sensor (2) having a radar transceiver (10) that is implemented as a semiconductor chip (8), particularly a CMOS chip, and whose sensor data are used to ascertain object information describing an external form, an extent and an orientation of a collision object (16) involved in the collision, wherein the object information is taken into account in order to ascertain a piece of collision information describing the region of impact and/or the type of impact. |