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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1998
Anton Knestel, Hopferbach, DE;
Maha Maschinenbau Haldenwang GmbH & Co. KG, Haldenwang, DE;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling a test track system for motor vehicles having at least one test station and a device for carrying out this method (European system), which allows a high utilization of the capacity of the test track system. This can be accomplished, for example, by the fact that the system can automatically make an unambiguous identification of the vehicle and an unambiguous identification of the tester at each testing section. Thus all the information compiled by the test stations is automatically allocated to the current vehicle being tested. This makes it possible for the tester to move the vehicle from one test road to another, for example, without having to initialize the system again at the new test road. The system recognizes automatically that the vehicle is being tested further in the second test road, for example.