Method and arrangement for controlling a vehicle
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsPeter Dominke, Holger Bellmann, Jens-Olaf Mueller, Torsten Bertram, Asmus Volkart, Christian Grosse, Wolfgang Hermsen
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Abstract
A method and an arrangement for controlling a vehicle includes at least one source for at least one resource and at least one consumer which consumes the resource. At least one coordinator is provided which allocates the resource to the consumer in dependence upon the capacity of the source and the resource demand of the consumer.
Claims9
A method for controlling a vehicle which includes at least one source for at least one resource and consumers for said resource, and at least one coordinator for controlling said source, the method wherein said coordinator programmed to perform the following steps to control said source:
- inquiring as to the demand of said consumers on said at least one resource;
- inquiring as to the maximum capacity of said resource which is generated by said source for said resource;
- driving said source for said resource for making a total demand allocation of said consumers available in the context of the maximum capacity of said resource;
- and,
- allocating the resource capacity generated by said source to said consumers in correspondence to the demand thereof.
An arrangement for controlling a vehicle which includes at least one source for at least one resource and consumers for said resource, and at least one coordinator for controlling said source, the arrangement comprising:
- said coordinator programmed to perform the following steps to control said source;
- inquiring as to the demand of said consumers on said at least one resource;
- inquiring as to the maximum capacity of said resource which is generated by said source for said resource;
- driving said source for said resource for making a total demand allocation of said consumers available in the context of the maximum capacity of said resource;
- and,
- allocating the resource capacity generated by said source to said consumers in correspondence to the demand thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.