Patent ID: 7962264
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A method for adapting a monitoring device for monitoring the operation of a control unit for a restraint system of a motor vehicle, including a redundant detection device and a triggering unit, the method comprising: providing a first definable threshold value as a timing pattern for the monitoring device in a first operating range of the motor vehicle, wherein the first threshold value represents an upper limit of a calculation time of the control unit in the first operating range; detecting at least a second operating range of the motor vehicle by way of the redundant detection device at a first point in time corresponding to a crash event; and transferring data from the redundant detection device to the monitoring device in order to adapt the monitoring device by utilizing at least one second definable threshold value as a timing pattern for the monitoring device in the second operating range of the motor vehicle, wherein the second threshold value represents an upper limit of a calculation time of the control unit in the second operating range, and wherein the second threshold value is higher than the first threshold value.