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Method of managing malfunctions of a modular-architecture control system of a motor vehicle power plant and corresponding control system

  • US 8,473,146 B2
  • Filed: 12/10/2008
  • Issued: 06/25/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for managing information exchanged within a modular-architecture control system of a motor vehicle drive train and values of which are likely to be affected by a malfunction of the control system and/or of the drive train, the method comprising:

  • receiving, at least one acquisition module, input indications representing a possible malfunction of the at least one acquisition module or of another module;

    outputting information items from the at least one acquisition module to another module; and

    assigning, via a processor, each information item a validity indication having a confidence level value representing the accuracy of the information item, the validity indication being generated by the at least one acquisition module based on the input indications received by the at least one acquisition module.

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