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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1999
Peter Lohberg, Friedrichsdorf, DE;
Heinz Loreck, Idstein, DE;
Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG, Frankfurt, DE;
Abstract
The present invention provides an arrangement for detecting and evaluating yawing movements of an automotive vehicle, serving as an input quantity of an automotive control system, comprising yaw rate sensors (GRS) and electronic circuits (SCU) for processing and evaluating the information obtained by the yaw rate sensors (GRS) and representing the yawing movement of the automotive vehicle, and for generating control signals. Moreover, one or more electronic compass systems (KB, KH) are provided that detect yawing movements of the vehicle independently of the information obtained by the yaw rate sensors (GRS). By comparing the information supplied by the compass systems (KB, KH) to the information supplied by the yaw rate sensors (GRS), the operation of the measuring systems or measuring channels (KB, KH, GRS) is monitored.