Motor Vehicle Control System

• US 20070198137A1
• Filed: 03/11/2005
• Published: 08/23/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Audi AG (Volkswagen AG), Volkswagen AG
• Original Assignee: Audi AG (Volkswagen AG), Volkswagen AG
• Inventors: Wenzel, Matthias, Wille, Frank-Martin, Penshorn, Christian, Ammler, Norbert, Ammler, Tobias, Anderlik, Stefan, Leinfelder, Rudoff, Esser, Holger, Lebmeier, Helmut, Kromke, Carsten, Kotz, Jens, Gross, Yvonne, Vassen, Heinz-Willi, Jung, Hans-Christian
• Granted Patent: US 8,515,617 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/143 Touch sensitive instrument input devices
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/1438 Touch screens
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/143 Touch sensitive input devices
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/1438 Touch screens
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/50 Control arrangements; Data network features
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/10 Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/80 Arrangements for controlling instruments
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 37/06 of controls, e.g. controls knobs

Abstract

A control system for a motor vehicle comprises an output control unit for outputting data related to the operation of the motor vehicle and an operation control unit spatially separated from the output control unit for generating or providing data related to the operation of the motor vehicle. The output control unit comprises a data storage for storing data related to the operation of the motor vehicle and the data related to the operation of the motor vehicle can be read out of the data storage and outputted by the output control unit.

Claims

1. Control system for a motor vehicle with an output control for putting out an information item concerning the operation of motor vehicle and with a functional control, separated the generation or supply of information concerning the operation of motor vehicle, wherein the output control comprises an information memory for the storage of information concerning the operation of motor vehicle, whereby the information concerning the operation of motor vehicle can be read out of the information memory and can be put out by the output control.

2. Control system according to claim 1, wherein the information concerning the operation of motor vehicle can be information memory and can be put out by the output control in case of a request to put out the information concerning the operation of motor vehicle.

3. Control system according to claim 1, further comprising a communication link for transmitting the information concerning the operation of the motor vehicle from a functional control to the output control independent of a request to put out information concerning the operation of motor vehicle.

4. Control system according to claim 3, wherein the information concerning the operation of motor vehicle can be transmitted from the functional control to the output control in case of a change concerning the operation of motor vehicle by functional control.

5. Control system according to claim 3, wherein the information concerning the operation of motor vehicle can be transmitted from the functional control to the output control after expiration of a repeat time.

6. Control system according to claim 5, wherein by means of output control, one can monitor whether, within the repeat time, the information concerning the operation of motor vehicle was transmitted from the functional control to output control.

7. Control system according to claim 5, wherein the information concerning the operation of motor vehicle out of the information memory cannot be put out by output control when the information concerning the operation of motor vehicle was not transmitted within the repeat time or a time lapse from the functional control to output control, whereby the time lapse is longer than the repeat time.

8. Control system according to claim 1, wherein the output control comprises a display for the optical illustration of the information concerning the operation of motor vehicle.

9. Control system according to claim 1, wherein the output control comprises an input device for the purpose of putting in a request for putting out and/or for optical illustration of the information concerning the operation of motor vehicle.

10. Motor vehicle, comprising a control system according to claim 1.

11. Process for the control of a motor vehicle with an output control for the purpose of putting out information concerning the operation of motor vehicle and with a functional control separated in terms of space from the output control for the generation or supply of the information concerning the operation of motor vehicle wherein the output control comprises an information memory for the storage of information concerning the operation of motor vehicle, the process comprising reading out of the information memory the information concerning the operation of motor vehicle.

12. Process according to claim 11, wherein the information concerning the operation of motor vehicle is transmitted by means of a communication link beforehand from the functional control to the output control in particular, into the information memory.

13. Process according to claim 11, wherein the information concerning the operation of motor vehicle is transmitted by means of a communication link independently of a request for putting out the information concerning the operation of motor vehicle from the functional control to output control, in particular, into the information memory.

14. Process according to claim 13, wherein the information concerning the operation of motor vehicle is transmitted from the functional control to the output control in case of a change of the information concerning the operation of motor vehicle to the functional control.

15. Process according to claim 13, wherein the information concerning the operation of motor vehicle is transmitted from the functional control to the output control after expiration of a repeat time.

16. Process according to claim 15, wherein by means of output control, monitoring whether, within the repeat time, the information concerning the operation of motor vehicle, was transmitted from the functional control to the output control.

17. Process according to claim 15, wherein the information concerning the operation of motor vehicle out of information memory is not output by output control if the information concerning the operation of motor vehicle was not transmitted from the functional control to the output control within the repeat time or a time lapse, whereby the time lapse is longer than the repeat time.