The safety of occupants in a vehicle is increased by avoiding an unnecessary deployment of a safety device, such as an air bag in the vehicle. For this purpose the trigger signal for deploying the safety device is generated either in response to a vehicle motion signal exceeding a high threshold level...http://www.google.de/patents/US6271747?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6271747 - Method for adjusting the trigger threshold of vehicle occupant protection devices