Patent ID: 9459303
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: G01R,G05B

Claim Text:
1. A method for identifying an allocation of control circuits, which each comprise an actuator and a sensor, to at least one control device comprising: providing a first actuation pattern which is suitable for actuating a plurality of individual control circuits simultaneously via the control device, comprising a plurality of actuation phases which each describe the plurality of individual control circuits which are to be actuated in the corresponding actuation phase simultaneously, the number of actuation phases being less than the number of control circuits; actuating the actuators of the plurality of individual control circuits in accordance with one of the plurality of actuation phases by the control device; reading out the sensors of the actuated plurality of individual control circuits in accordance with the one of the plurality of actuation phases; repeating the steps of actuating and reading out for each of the plurality of actuation phases so as to measure a second actuation pattern; and identifying the allocation of each of the plurality of individual control circuits to the at least one control device by comparing the provided actuation pattern and the measured actuation pattern, wherein the provided actuation pattern and/or the measured actuation pattern is represented by at least one binary code, wherein every digit of the binary code represents one activated or deactivated control circuit respectively, wherein the number of positions in at least one binary code is equal to the number of actuation phases, and wherein the number of binary codes which represent the provided actuation pattern and/or the measured actuation pattern is equal to the number of control circuits.