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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2009
Applicants:
Dirk Abendroth, Munich, DE;
Peter Straehle, Poing, DE;
Inventors:
Dirk Abendroth, Munich, DE;
Peter Straehle, Poing, DE;
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengelsellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2006.01); F02N 17/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and a start control device are provided for controlling an automatic start-up process of a drive unit of a motor vehicle. The drive unit is automatically started when all of the predetermined start-up conditions are fulfilled. However, even in the event that an absence of the driver is detected, the drive unit automatically starts when the speed of the motor vehicle is greater than a predetermined limit speed and all other start-up conditions are fulfilled.