Patent ID: 11968060
Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. A road vehicle with a data switching device and at least one first vehicle component and at least one second vehicle component, the data switching device comprising:
at least one interface, connected with the at least one first vehicle component and with the at least one second vehicle component; and
a control circuit configured to communicate with the at least one first vehicle component based on at least one first data format, and with the at least one second vehicle component based on at least one second data format, which second data format differs from the first data format; wherein
the control circuit is configured to allow communication between the at least one first vehicle component and the at least one second vehicle component by converting first data from the first vehicle component into second data for the second vehicle component; wherein the first data is based on the at least one first data format;
the second data is based on the at least one second data format; and wherein
the control circuit is configured to remove redundant information by determining at
least a part of the second data based on redundant information of the first data.