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Method and device for determining a value representing the speed of a vehicle

US6560539B1 · kind B1 · utility

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4References

14Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Elmar Mueller · Ehningen, DE
Friedrich Kost · Kornwestheim, DE
Gebhard Wuerth · Gaildorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 29, 1999
Grant date	May 6, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 29, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60W2520/105
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and device that determines a quantity describing a speed of a vehicle. In this method, for at least two wheels, the speeds of these wheels are ascertained, and the quantity describing the speed of the vehicle is ascertained at least as a function of the speed of one selected wheel. The selection of the wheel required for determining the quantity describing the speed of the vehicle takes place at least as a function of an operating state of the vehicle, which is described at least by the speeds of at least two wheels or the quantity ascertained as a function at least of these speeds.

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