Method and device for controlling an automatic emergency braking

Method and device for controlling an automatic emergency braking of a motor vehicle, for reducing the collision severity of a vehicle collision with an object, wherein the position and / or velocity of the object relative to the own vehicle are detected by means of an object detection device, that these are fed to a collision detection device which determines Whether a collision with an object is imminent and an emergency braking triggers upon detection of a collision and determines a collision time, wherein after the expiry of the time until the determined collision time, the emergency braking is terminated.