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Method and device for determining whether an error condition is present or not in a motor vehicle

US10140787B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 15, 2016
Grant dateNov 27, 2018
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Expiry dateSep 24, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60Y2306/15
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for determining whether an error is present or not in a motor vehicle, a discrete state, in which the motor vehicle is presently in, being ascertained with the aid of a state machine, a decision being made, depending on the ascertained discrete state, whether an error is present or not, whereby the states of the state machine include acceptable states and unacceptable states, then, if the ascertained discrete state is an unacceptable state, the motor vehicle is transferred into an acceptable state.

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