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Method and device for controlling operational sequences, particularly in a vehicle

US6711472B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 1, 2001
Grant dateMar 23, 2004
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Expiry dateOct 1, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q9/04
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and a device for controlling operational sequences, particularly in a vehicle, at least one sensor having a connection unit being connected via a bus system to at least one control unit for controlling the operational sequences, the control unit likewise having a connection unit, and sensor information being transmitted to the control unit, the control unit reading in and/or processing the sensor information at specifiable synchronization points, the synchronization points being ascertained independently of one another in the control unit and in the sensor by, in each case, a synchronization element in such a way with an allowance that the sensor information is available at the synchronization point for the control unit in a manner that it is able to be read in and/or processed.

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