Processor unit for a data-processing-aided electronic control system in a motor vehicle

US6654669B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US
• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Joachim Eisenmann · Markdorf, DE
• Stefan Gleissner · Bad Marienberg, DE
• Philipp Lanches · Eßlingen, DE
• Markus Mrossko · Salach, DE
• Hans-Juergen Aminger · Großenhain, DE
• Wolfgang Eibach · Holzgerlingen, DE
• Volkmar Goetze · Grafenau, DE
• Matthias Gruetzner · Stuttgart, DE
• Norbert Hagspiel · Wissen, DE
• Matthias Koehn · Metzingen, DE
• Martin Neumann · Tettnang, DE
• Reiner Rieke · Althengstett, DE
• Dieter Staiger · Tailfingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 16, 1998
• Grant date: Nov 25, 2003
• Expiry date: Feb 7, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F9/3877
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A processor unit for a data-processing-aided electronic control system in a motor vehicle, in which the processor unit operates in real-time and contains within its functional structure a scalable computing unit and a vehicle interface unit, as well as (preferably) a communication coprocessor as separate structural components.