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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2018
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Matthijs Paffen, Karlskron, DE;
Hans-Georg Gruber, Ingolstadt, DE;
Michael Schmailzl, Kösching, DE;
Jürgen Isenberg, Hilpolstein, DE;
Reinhard Schieber, Egweil, DE;
Jürgen Lerzer, Neumarkt, DE;
Thorsten Zießler, Geisenfeld, DE;
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a control device for redundant execution of an operating function, wherein the control device comprises at least a first processor unit and a second processor unit and a plurality of peripheral units and a first switching unit is provided for the first processor unit and a second switching unit is provided for the second processor unit, and wherein the control device is designed in a first operating mode to execute the operating function by means of the first processor unit and in the meantime to execute a predetermined auxiliary function by means of the second processor unit. According to the invention, the control device is designed, in a second operating mode to execute the operating function by means of the second processor unit, and in so doing to continue to execute the auxiliary function () in a predefined reduced scope by means of the second processor unit, wherein a coupling device is provided, which is designed to connect the second processor unit to the first switching unit.