Control unit and control system for a combination formed by a vehicle and an attachment device
AssigneeSyn Trac GmbH
InventorStefan Putz
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a digital control unit as well as a control system for a combination of a vehicle and at least one attachment coupled from a vehicle. The vehicle includes a digital vehicle control unit and the attachment a digital attachment control unit. The control units each have a control program unit with a local allocation module, which controls components in line with activation notifications of an operating element. A central allocation module generates an allocation notification upon a new allocation of an operating element to a component, which is sent at least to the local allocation module connected with this component.
Claims16
A digital control unit with a central processor unit for controlling at least one component of a vehicle or an attachment and with a control program unit,
- which is stored only on the control unit and can be implemented there,
- and an interface to a data bus,
- wherein several operating elements can be coupled to the control unit and one or more further control units by means of the data bus,
- wherein the operating elements generate an activation notification upon activation and transmit this via the data bus,
- wherein the activation notification includes at least information about the type of activation and about the operating element,
- wherein the control program unit includes a local allocation module,
- which reads the activation notifications for a specific component,
- which is coupled to the digital vehicle control unit,
- from the data bus and forwards corresponding control signals to this component,
- and the control program unit includes a second allocation module,
- which generates an allocation notification upon a new allocation of an operating element to a component and sends this to the local allocation module of this or another control unit, and to the respective local allocation module via the data bus,
- so that this stores this allocation of the operating element on the component in such a way that all activation notifications transmitted via the data bus are forwarded from the respective operating element to this component,
- for controlling the same accordingly.
A control system for a combination of a vehicle and at least one attachment coupled with the vehicle, wherein the control system comprises the following:
- a digital vehicle control unit with a central processor unit for controlling at least one component of the vehicle,
- a digital attachment control unit with a central processor unit for controlling at least one component of the attachment,
- a disconnectable data connection between the vehicle control unit and the attachment control unit,
- wherein the disconnectable data connection comprises a data bus,
- operating elements,
- which are connected with the vehicle control unit as well as with the attachment control unit via the data connection,
- wherein an activation notification is generated upon activating the respective operating element and transmitted via the data bus,
- which includes at least information about the type of activation and about the operating element,
- wherein each control unit has a control program unit,
- which is stored only on the respective control unit and can be implemented there,
- and the control program units each have an interface for communicating via the data bus,
- so that all control program units can exchange data amongst themselves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.