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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1997
Bernd Huber, Schorndorf, DE;
Juergen Pilsl, Altdorf, DE;
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method for recognizing oil top-up quantities is provided. The method records a multiplicity of oil levels under specific operating conditions over time; calculates an oil-mass average value X.sub.z of the oil top-up quantity over z instantaneous measurements xmom in each case; calculates a compensating function describing the variation in an oil mass xh over time using a specific number of hourly oil masses xh; calculates a difference DFA from an end point xlang of the compensating function and from the penultimate oil-mass average value according to a function activates a discrimination function for checking whether the difference DFA is greater than a first oil-mass limit value M1; and if so, a special case is recognized and a processing function for calculating the oil top-up quantity in the special case is started; and if not, a further discrimination function is started, for checking whether the difference DFA is greater than a second oil-mass limit value M2 and there is a specific communication signal between the vehicle and driver. If the result of the check is that the difference DFA is greater than the second oil-mass limit value M2, a special case is recognized and the processing function for calculating the oil top-up quantity in the special case is started. If the interrogation result is negative, a processing function for calculating the oil top-up quantity in the normal case is activated.