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Method for operating a control unit

US10384689B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Jaroslaw Topp
Dieter Thoss · Schwieberdingen, DE
Margit Mueller · Asperg, DE
Thomas Hartgen · Ludwigsburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 8, 2017
Grant date	Aug 20, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 13, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60W2050/041
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for operating a control unit of a motor vehicle. A status inquiry is transmitted by a watchdog unit to a first monitoring unit, which is implemented on a first processor core of a multicore processor. A status response is ascertained by the first monitoring unit as a function of the status inquiry. A fault is ascertained by the watchdog unit as a function of the status response.

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