Patent ID: 6836714
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: B60R,H04L

Abstract:
A method for transmitting data between a control unit for a restraint device and a plurality of sensors for detecting accident-specific vehicle parameters, each of the plurality of sensors being connected to the control unit via a bus line and transmitting data via the bus line to the control unit in a time slot of a plurality of specified time slots, the method comprising:assigning a corresponding address to each of the plurality of sensors by which each of the plurality of sensors is configured to be identified by the control unit; transmitting a request message from the control unit to the plurality of sensors; and at each of the plurality of sensors, comparing the request message with an address of each of the plurality of sensors to determine whether and in which of the plurality of specified time slots, each of the plurality of sensors should transmit its data to the control unit, wherein the plurality of specified time slots are dynamically assigned to the plurality of sensors based on the request message.