Device and method for evaluating a sensor signal indicating a position of an accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsManfred Homeyer, Michael Dornhausen
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Abstract
A device and a method for evaluating a sensor signal indicating the position of an accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle. For this purpose, the device compares the sensor signal to a first comparison level, and an idle state is ascertained if the first comparison level is undershot. When a start of the motor vehicle from rest is detected, a departure from the idle state is inferred if a second comparison level, which is lower than the first comparison level, is exceeded.
Claims8
A device for evaluating a sensor signal, which indicates a position of an accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle, the device comprising:
- at least one arrangement for performing the following:
- comparing the sensor signal to a first comparison level,
- ascertaining an idle state if the first comparison level is undershot,
- detecting a start of the motor vehicle from rest, and
- in the event of a detected start of the motor vehicle from rest, ascertaining a departure from the idle state if a second comparison level, which is lower than the first comparison level, is exceeded.
A method for evaluating a sensor signal, which indicates a position of an accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle, the method comprising:
- comparing the sensor signal to a first comparison level;
- ascertaining an idle state if the first comparison level is undershot;
- and
- when a start of the motor vehicle from rest is detected, inferring a departure from the idle state if a second comparison level, which is lower than the first comparison level, is exceeded.
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