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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2008
Applicants:
Herbert Schneider, Zellerndorf, AT;
Robert Tschofen, Vienna, AT;
Robert Vretska, Vienna, AT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for assigning a first motor vehicle to a second motor vehicle by exchanging electromagnetic signals. The electromagnetic signals are transmitted from the first motor vehicle in a predetermined temporal signal pattern and received by the second motor vehicle, where they are compared as to whether the received electromagnetic signals correspond to a signal pattern stored in the second motor vehicle. The first motor vehicle then is assigned as a function of the comparison. This method is particularly suited to assigning trailers to a towing vehicle.