Patent ID: 9694767
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B60R

Claim:
1. A process for configuring a plurality of control units of a configuration system of a vehicle, the plurality of control units configured as one or more processors for controlling a corresponding plurality of functional units of the vehicle, wherein the plurality of functional units are each operable in a plurality of different configurations, wherein the configuration process takes place independently of a manufacturing process of the vehicle by way of a parametrizing unit installed in the vehicle, wherein the parametrizing unit is configured as one or more processors, the process comprising the acts of: reading, by the parametrizing unit, configuration information for the plurality of control units out of corresponding storage devices arranged in each of the plurality of control units and evaluating it by use of evaluation rules and vehicle context information, wherein said configuration information comprises sets of parameters which correspond to parametrizing and/or initializing possibilities of the plurality of control units; identifying by the parametrizing unit the configuration information lacking for a parametrizing of at least one of the plurality of control units; reading, by the parametrizing unit, the lacking configuration information out of the corresponding storage devices of the at least one of the plurality of control units; and parametrizing the at least one plurality of control units via the parametrizing unit by evaluating the lacking configuration information by way of the evaluation rules such that the at least one plurality of control units operate associated ones of the plurality of functional units in a particular one of the plurality of different configurations in which each of the respective functional units is capable of operating.