METHOD FOR OPERATING A SENSOR DEVICE

The invention relates to a method for operating a sensor device, in particular a UWB sensor device. The UWB sensor device is configured to monitor an interior space of a vehicle, providing different vehicle functions for the vehicle, including burglary protection, access control, interior space presence detection and/or child presence detection, wherein the various vehicle functions are provided depending on the detection of movement inside or outside the vehicle. The sensor device has at least one sensor unit for monitoring at least one row of seats in the interior space of the vehicle. The method includes: detecting a sensor signal with the sensor device; examining the sensor signal using classified signal types; evaluating the sensor signal depending on the examination; and providing a corresponding functionally substantial vehicle function depending on the evaluation.