Method for transmitting data from sensor to a control unit, and a corresponding sensor and control unit
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1. A method for transmitting data from a plurality of pressure sensors of a same type to a control unit, comprising:
- causing each of the pressure sensors to measure a variable;
causing each of the pressure sensors to transmit the variable measured by each of the pressure sensors to the control unit as differential values; and
transmitting additional absolute measured values of the variable in at least one operating state,wherein;
the at least one operating state includes an initialization phase of a system that includes the pressure sensors and the control unit;
a function of a restraining system for the control unit is performed on the basis of the differential values;
a function check of the pressure sensors is performed on the basis of the absolute values; and
the transmission of the additional absolute measured values is stopped depending on a signal change of the differential values.
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Abstract
A method of data transmission from a sensor to a control unit and a sensor and control unit are described, the sensor transmitting both differential values and absolute values. The differential values are analyzed in the control unit to perform the function provided, and the absolute values are analyzed for the plausibility check of the function.
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1. A method for transmitting data from a plurality of pressure sensors of a same type to a control unit, comprising:
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causing each of the pressure sensors to measure a variable; causing each of the pressure sensors to transmit the variable measured by each of the pressure sensors to the control unit as differential values; and transmitting additional absolute measured values of the variable in at least one operating state, wherein; the at least one operating state includes an initialization phase of a system that includes the pressure sensors and the control unit; a function of a restraining system for the control unit is performed on the basis of the differential values; a function check of the pressure sensors is performed on the basis of the absolute values; and the transmission of the additional absolute measured values is stopped depending on a signal change of the differential values. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A pressure sensor operable as part of a system that includes a control unit, the pressure sensor, and a plurality of additional pressure sensors of the same type, the pressure sensor comprising:
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an interface for transmitting data to a central control unit; an arrangement for detecting measured values; and a component that relates the detected measured values to a reference value to produce differential measured values, the component transmitting one of; the differential measured values, and in at least one predetermined operating state, absolute measured values, wherein; the at least one predetermined operating state includes an initialization phase of the system; a function of a restraining system for the control unit is performed on the basis of the differential values; a function check of the pressure sensor and the additional pressure sensors of the same type is performed on the basis of the absolute values; and a transmission of the absolute measured values is stopped depending on a signal change of the differential values. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A control unit for a restraining system that includes distributed, decentralized pressure sensors of the same type, comprising:
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an interface; and an arrangement for receiving differential values and absolute measured values from the pressure sensors via the interface, the absolute measured values being received in at least one operating state which includes an initialization phase of a system that includes the pressure sensors and the control unit, wherein; a function of the restraining system is performed on the basis of the differential values, a function check of the pressure sensors is performed on the basis of the absolute values; and a transmission of the absolute measured values is stopped depending on a signal change of the differential values.
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