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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2003
Manfred Hellmann, Hardthof, DE;
Thilo Beck, Stuttgart, DE;
Simone Kriso, Oberriexingen, DE;
Ralph Lauxmann, Korntal-Muenchingen, DE;
Albrecht Irion, Stuttgart, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method and a device is described as well as a component for controlling a system, in particular in a motor vehicle, the control being implementable in different variants, a component being operable in different variants according to the variants of the control, and the component receiving at least one signal via an interface. The component is introduced into a system environment and adapted to this system environment and/or initialized with this system environment as a system, in that the variant of the system environment is determined. This is done in a system-immanent manner. When the component is first started, the variant is altered and/or preselected one time as a function of the at least one signal, in particular by the component itself. Any other change in and/or selection of the variant following the initial startup is possible only with authorization.