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Control device for redundant execution of an operating function and motor vehicle

US11994853B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

Matthijs Paffen · Karlskron, DE
Hans Georg Gruber · San Diego, US
Michael Schmailzl · Unterschleißheim, DE
Jürgen Isenberg · Jahrsdorf, DE
Reinhard Schieber · Egweil, DE
Jürgen Lerzer · Dresden, DE
Thorsten Zießler · Geisenfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 13, 2018
Grant date	May 28, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 19, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2201/845
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a control device for redundant execution of an operating function, wherein the control device comprises at least a first processor unit and a second processor unit and a plurality of peripheral units and a first switching unit is provided for the first processor unit and a second switching unit is provided for the second processor unit, and wherein the control device is designed in a first operating mode to execute the operating function by means of the first processor unit and in the meantime to execute a predetermined auxiliary function by means of the second processor unit. According to the invention, the control device is designed, in a second operating mode to execute the operating function by means of the second processor unit, and in so doing to continue to execute the auxiliary function (24) in a predefined reduced scope by means of the second processor unit, wherein a coupling device is provided, which is designed to connect the second processor unit to the first switching unit.

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