Electrically Actuatable Module of a Motor Vehicle and Method for Identifying an Electrically Actuatable Module of a Motor Vehicle
First Claim
1. An electrically actuatable module of a motor vehicle comprising:
- at least one component including a non-volatile memory,wherein the component has a basic functionality characteristic that is required for the operation of the module, the non-volatile memory includes a memory region not used for the realization of the basic functionality of the component, and an identifier identifying the module is stored in the memory region that can be read out of the memory region,the identifier is written in the memory region during a production of the electrically actuatable modulethe electrically actuatable module being installed independently of a manufacture of the motor vehicle, anddifferent memory regions other than the non-volatile memory region, the different memory regions integrally provided with the component,wherein the identifier is distributed in the different memory regions of different components of the module.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an electrically actuatable assembly of a motor vehicle having at least one component comprising a non-volatile memory. The component has base functionality characteristic for the component and required for the operation of the assembly. The memory comprises a memory region not utilized for realizing the base functionality of the component, in said memory region is stored a characteristic value that identifies the assembly with a predetermined probability. Furthermore, the characteristic value can be read out from the memory region of the component. Finally, the invention describes a method for identifying such an electrically actuatable assembly.
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20 Claims
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1. An electrically actuatable module of a motor vehicle comprising:
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at least one component including a non-volatile memory, wherein the component has a basic functionality characteristic that is required for the operation of the module, the non-volatile memory includes a memory region not used for the realization of the basic functionality of the component, and an identifier identifying the module is stored in the memory region that can be read out of the memory region, the identifier is written in the memory region during a production of the electrically actuatable module the electrically actuatable module being installed independently of a manufacture of the motor vehicle, and different memory regions other than the non-volatile memory region, the different memory regions integrally provided with the component, wherein the identifier is distributed in the different memory regions of different components of the module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for identifying an electrically actuatable module of a motor vehicle, comprising:
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providing the module with at least one component including a non-volatile memory and having a basic functionality characteristic that is required for the operation of the module; and reading out an identifier identifying the module from a memory region of the non-volatile memory that is not used for the realization of the basic functionality of the component, wherein the identifier is written in the memory region during a production of the electrically actuatable module, the electrically actuatable module being installed independently of a manufacture of the motor vehicle, and providing different memory regions other than the non-volatile memory region, the different memory regions integrally provided with the component, wherein the identifier is distributed in the different memory regions of different components of the module. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An electrically actuatable module of a motor vehicle comprising:
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a component with a basic functional characteristic required for operation of the module, the component includes memory having a memory region that is not used for the realization of the basic functionality of the component and where an identifier identifying the module is stored, the identifier can be read out of the memory region of the component and transferred to a control unit connected to the module and provided for actuating the module; and the identifier is written in the memory region during a production of the electrically actuatable module, the electrically actuatable module being installed independently of a manufacture of the motor vehicle, and different memory regions other than the non-volatile memory region, the different memory regions integrally provided with the component, wherein the identifier is distributed in the different memory regions of different components of the module. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. An electrically actuatable module in combination with a control unit for use in a motor vehicle and which is assigned one of a plurality of predefined classifications, the module includes a component required for basic functionality of the module and which has memory required for realization of the basic function of the component, the memory including a memory region not used for the basic function of the component and which stores a numeric identifier used to identify the module, wherein the control unit controls actuation of the module and stores a plurality of operational characteristics which correspond to the plurality of predefined classifications, wherein upon connection of the control unit to the module the specific classification assigned to the module is taught into the control unit and the corresponding operation characteristic to be used by the control unit in controlling actuation of the module is selected, the identifier is read out of the memory region of the component and is stored in a non-volatile memory of the control unit during a teach-in mode, and during a subsequent operating mode the identifier is read out of the memory region of the component and transferred to the control unit for comparison to the identifier stored in the non-volatile memory from the teach-in mode,
the identifier is written in the memory region during a production of the electrically actuatable module, the electrically actuatable module being installed independently of a manufacture of the motor vehicle, and different memory regions other than the non-volatile memory region, the different memory regions integrally provided with the component, wherein the identifier is distributed in the different memory regions of different components of the module.
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