DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LOCALIZING A COLLISION OF AN OBJECT WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE

摘要

The present invention relates to a device for localizing a collision of an object with a motor vehicle, comprising at least one sensor device coupled to the exterior body of the motor vehicle, said sensor device comprising a first sensor and a second sensor which, at the moment of a collision of an object with the exterior body, react and emit, depending on the nature of the collision, a first sensor signal or a second sensor signal. Furthermore, said sensor device comprises an evaluation device which, on the basis of the first and second sensor signals, determines the difference between the moment of reaction of the first sensor and the moment of reaction of the second sensor und produces, based on the difference, a location signal that contains information on the location of the collision of the object in relation to the vehicle exterior. The invention also provides a corresponding method.