ACTUATION OF SAFETY MEANS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE

摘要

The invention relates to a method for actuating safety means (116) in a motor vehicle (100) in a driving situation in which a collision may occur between the motor vehicle (100) and an object (112) in the surrounding area of the motor vehicle (100). In the method, provision is made for movement data of at least one object in the surrounding area to be determined, for at least one situation hypothesis, which relates to the object (112) in the surrounding area and describes a driving situation relating to the object (112) in the surrounding area, to be established in accordance with the movement data, the situation hypothesis being selected from a number of predefined situation hypotheses, and for the safety means to be actuated in accordance with the established situation hypothesis. The invention also relates to a system which is suitable for carrying out the method.