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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2002
Bernd Hedenetz, Denkendorf, DE;
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A vehicle steering and braking system includes a distributed control loop in which a state-determining device for generating signals that describe current vehicle operation, an arithmetic unit for generating set point signals and a regulator unit for generating actuator signals are connected to one another by a data bus. The signals of the devices and units, which are transmitted via the data bus, are combined in cycles, one complete set of information being capable of being transmitted via the data bus in each cycle. Within a single cycle the signals of the respective units and devices are generated and transmitted via the data bus in the sequence: arithmetic unit—state-determining device—regulator unit. Each of the components comprising the arithmetic unit—state-determining device and regulator unit, however, can form the starting point of the sequence without changing the sequence itself.