Method and Apparatus for Operating a Motor Vehicle
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsStefan KURTZ, Alfons BRUNNER
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Abstract
A method for operating a motor vehicle includes receiving measurement signals which include information relating to a temporal current and/or volt profile of an electronic control unit of the motor vehicle. The method also provides vehicle information which includes information relating to a desired state of the electronic control unit. The method also determines a discrepancy between the received measurement signals and the vehicle information provided. If the discrepancy determined is greater than a predefined tolerance value, a manipulated state of the electronic control unit is determined as part of the method.
Claims20
A method for operating a motor vehicle, the method comprising the acts of:
- receiving measurement signals, which include information relating to a temporal current and/or voltage profile of an electronic control unit of the motor vehicle;
- providing vehicle information, which includes information relating to a desired state representative of a characteristic current and/or voltage profile of the electronic control unit;
- determining a discrepancy between the received measurement sig signals and the vehicle information provided;
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- determining a manipulated state of the electronic control unit if the discrepancy determined is greater than a predefined tolerance value.
The method according to clad 10, further comprising the act of:
- outputting a deactivation signal for deactivating at least one departure code for the motor vehicle if a manipulated state of the electronic control unit has been determined.
An apparatus for operating a motor vehicle equipped with an electronic control unit, comprising:
- at least one current and/or voltage sensor which is coupled, by signaling, to the electronic control unit of the motor vehicle and whose measurement signal is representative of a temporal current and/or voltage profile of the electronic control unit,
- a data memory which stores vehicle information which includes information relating to a characteristic current and/or voltage profile of the electronic control unit, and
- a management unit which is coupled, by signaling, to the at least one current and/or voltage sensor and to the data memory and is configured to receive the measurement signals from the at least one current and/or voltage sensor and the vehicle information stored in the data memory in order to determine a manipulated state on the basis of a discrepancy between the measurement signals and the vehicle information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.