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US 6,907,329 B2Granted
Method and device for activating and/or deactivating distributed control units
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsAndreas Junger, Rainer Moritz, Uwe Lueders, Berthold Elbracht, Jens Haensel, Wolfgang Kostorz
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Abstract
A method and a device for activating and/or deactivating distributed control units is described, the microcomputer of a central control unit delivering corresponding activation or deactivation commands to the decentralized control units over an interface module as part of a point-to-point link.
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A method of at least one of activating and deactivating distributed control units, comprising:
- providing point-to-point wiring between a central control unit and decentralized control units;
- transmitting a corresponding signal from the central control unit to a corresponding decentralized control unit via an interface, the signal being one of an activation signal and a deactivation signal;
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- prompting, by the central control unit, at least one of an activation and a deactivation of selected ones of the decentralized control units via one of a command and a data set;
- wherein the decentralized control units are controlled in a state of reduced power consumption.
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A device for at least one of activating and deactivating distributed control units, comprising:
- a central control unit;
- decentralized control units;
- a point-to-point interface linking the central control unit to the decentralized control units;
- a microcomputer generating a command for one of activation and deactivation and transmitting the command to the decentralized control units;
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- an interface module receiving the command of the microcomputer via an interface and delivering the command via another interface to selected ones of the decentralized control units;
- wherein the decentralized control units are controlled in a state of reduced power consumption.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.