Patent ID: 6650979
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: B60T,B62D

Abstract:
A system for controlling vehicle components, comprising:at least one steerable wheel; one of a steering wheel and a steering device; an odd number of more than one intercommunicating control computers, each connected to at least one first sensor configured to detect one of a movement and an actuation of the one of the steering wheel and the steering device and connected to at least one second sensor configured to detect a position of the at least one steerable wheel; a first actuator; a first voter-basis discriminator assigned to the first actuator; a second actuator; and a second voter-basis discriminator assigned to the second actuator; wherein, in accordance with model calculations and measured values acquired by the first sensor and the second sensor, each of the control computers is configured to ascertain a corresponding state and a state of the system and, in each case, to effect a switchover from an active control computer to a control computer assigned to another actuator, if the system function shows deviations from model expectations of a majority of the control computers; wherein each of the control computers is configured to transmit a first signal to the first voter-basis discriminator and a second signal different from the first signal to the second voter-basis discriminator, the first actuator and the second actuator mechanically and respectively coupled to the at least one steerable wheel, the first actuator and the second actuator configured to be controlled by one of the control computers, and one of the first actuator and the second actuator, corresponding to the voter-basis discriminator that receives the first signal from a majority of the control computers, configured to be actively controlled by a corresponding control computer 15.