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US 7,120,552 B1Granted
Method for activating the functions of an electrical apparatus
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsTorsten Scherf, Lothar Vogt, Udo Klaas
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Abstract
A method is proposed that is used for activating the functions of an electrical device, preferably a car radio. A test routine stored in a storage area allocated to the device is executed by a control unit of the electrical device. The control unit activates at least one function of the electrical device on the basis of control commands predefined in the test routine. Information about the function just activated is reproduced on a reproducing device of the electrical device.
Claims9
A method for activating at least one function of an electrical device, comprising the steps of:
- causing a control unit of the electrical device to execute a test routine stored in a storage area allocated to the electrical device;
- causing the control unit to activate the at least one function on the basis of control commands predefined in the test routine;
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- reproducing information about an operation of the activated at least one function on a reproducing device of the electrical device;
- wherein a sequence of the test routine executed by the control unit varies as a function of a manipulation of at least one operating control element of an operator unit of the electrical device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.