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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2002
Diethard Loehr, Holzmaden, DE;
Axel Strommer, Brackenheim, DE;
Diethard Loehr, Holzmaden, DE;
Axel Strommer, Brackenheim, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method and a device for monitoring the functioning of a system by checking input signals, output signals and at least one function unit of the system. The system includes at least one lower-level subsystem and/or is a component of a higher-level system. The system includes components implemented in the form of hardware, including sensors, actuators and/or function computers. An intended function of the system is subdivided hierarchically as a function of the complexity of the function into at least one subsystem function which is in turn subdivided into at least one function unit, and the method is structured hierarchically into multiple monitoring layers.