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Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014

Filed:

Feb. 23, 2011
Applicants:

Thorsten Fuchs, Hallstadt, DE;

Matthias Hering, Forchheim, DE;

Holger Wuerstlein, Zeil am Main, DE;

Thomas Schindhelm, Neuhaus-Schierschnitz, DE;

Detlef Russ, Ebersdorf, DE;

Inventors:

Thorsten Fuchs, Hallstadt, DE;

Matthias Hering, Forchheim, DE;

Holger Wuerstlein, Zeil am Main, DE;

Thomas Schindhelm, Neuhaus-Schierschnitz, DE;

Detlef Russ, Ebersdorf, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/00 (2006.01); B60R 25/00 (2013.01); E05F 15/20 (2006.01); E05F 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/00 (2013.01); E05F 15/2023 (2013.01); E05F 15/00 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/852 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/86 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/858 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/452 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/546 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for operating the electrical system of a motor vehicle having a control unit with an operating mode and an energy-saving standby mode is described. A wake-up operator control event is detected by a sensor and has an associated time interval from the preceding wake-up operator control event. The time interval is ascertained when a wake-up operator control event is detected, and the control unit is woken up or not woken up. Each wake-up operator control event has an associated switch-off indicator which is ascertained each time a wake-up operator control event is detected, and the control unit is woken up or not woken up as a function of the level of the switch-off indicator with reference to a switch-off threshold. A change in the current switch-off indicator relative to the preceding switch-off indicator is all the greater the smaller the current time interval.


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