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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2004
Karin Kienle, Weil der Stadt, DE;
Volker Stuerzl, Stuttgart, DE;
Martin Lunt, Markgroeningen, DE;
Christian Tischer, Hemmingen, DE;
Dieter Buchholz, Sachsenheim, DE;
Andreas Traub, Schwieberdingen, DE;
Karin Kienle, Weil der Stadt, DE;
Volker Stuerzl, Stuttgart, DE;
Martin Lunt, Markgroeningen, DE;
Christian Tischer, Hemmingen, DE;
Dieter Buchholz, Sachsenheim, DE;
Andreas Traub, Schwieberdingen, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method for triggering an internal combustion engine of a certain type according to a state machine is provided, in which a possible operating state of the engine, which is assigned to a layer n of the state machine, is first set. In an additional layer (n+1), sub-states to the previously determined operating state are specified. For triggering different type engines, the method provides that the state machine has at least two groups of layers, the first group of layers representing operating states that the engine of the certain type has in common with engines of another type, and the second group of layers representing operating states that are specific to the engine of the certain type.