The present invention provides a method and a device for controlling and
evaluating at least one sensor device jointly used by a plurality of
applications, in particular occupant-assistance/occupant-protection
applications in an apparatus of locomotion, having the following steps:
the measuring of certain locomotion apparatus parameters by a
situation-detection device for determining the situation of the apparatus
of locomotion with respect to its surroundings; the querying of the
locomotion apparatus situation by a control device connected to the
situation-detection device; and the activation of an application
corresponding to the locomotion apparatus situation, by the control
device.