Control system for a motor vehicle, motor vehicle, method for controlling a motor vehicle, computer program product and computer-readable medium

US11400951B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA · DE

Inventors

• Nikolaus Decius · Lippstadt, DE
• Julian Eckstein · Herten, DE
• Carsten KUEGELER · Lippstadt, DE
• Sergey ORLOV · Paderborn, DE
• Peter Grabs · Heidingsfeld, DE
• Matthias Korte · Heidingsfeld, DE
• Pascal Vollmer · Karlsruhe, DE
• Heiko Lerch · Welzheim, DE
• Michael J. Claus · Laguna Beach, US
• Florian Oszwald · Munich, DE
• Juergen Gebert · Moosburg an der Isar, DE
• Fridolin Bauer · Garching bei München, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 23, 2020
• Grant date: Aug 2, 2022
• Expiry date: Jan 19, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2050/0297
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A control system for a motor vehicle, including a first control unit for controlling a first function of the motor vehicle, a second control unit for controlling a second function of the motor vehicle and a backup control unit. To ensure the proper execution of functions controlled of a motor vehicle controlled with the aid of control units even in the case of a defective control unit with preferably little additional effort, the backup control unit is configurable depending on the input of an error signal of the first or second control unit such that an actuator corresponding to the defective control unit is controllable with the aid of the backup control unit. A first backup power electronic module is assigned to the first actuator, and a second backup power electronic module is assigned to the second actuator.