METHOD FOR DETECTING A PEDESTRIAN AND ASSOCIATED PROTECTION METHOD

摘要

The invention relates to a method for detecting a pedestrian, which includes the following steps: installing a capacitive sensor which has a detection region; defining a range of relevant capacitance values in accordance with the distance to the capacitive sensor; measuring the capacitance using the capacitive sensor in the detection region; detecting an obstacle by means of the capacitive sensor at a given distance; determining the nature of the detected obstacle in order to determine whether the obstacle is a pedestrian, the determination step including a step of comparing the measurement with the range of values corresponding to the given distance.