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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2009
Genaro Woelfl, Straubing, DE;
Arnold Knott, Steinach, DE;
Michael Gueth, Kaelberfeld, DE;
Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH, Karlsbad, DE;
Abstract
A load detection technique for a load comprising multiple frequency-dependant sub-loads comprises measuring a representation of the impedance characteristic of the load; providing stored representations of a multiplicity of impedance characteristics of the load; each one of the stored representations represents the impedance of the load when at least a particular one of the sub-loads is in a fault condition; and comparing the measured representation of the current impedance characteristic of the load with each one of the stored representations and in case that the measured representation matches a stored representation, identifying the sub-load or sub-loads being in a fault condition by the corresponding stored representation.