Patent ID: 6393342
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: G05B,G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of controlling an operating sequence in a vehicle in accordance with at least one control unit including at least one non-volatile memory element, comprising the steps of:performing a control as a function of at least one of a respective vehicle version and a control unit version; generating at least one of a plurality of data records and a plurality of program codes during a version selection operation; selecting at least one of a predefinable data record and a program code from at least one of a corresponding one of the plurality of data records and a corresponding one of the plurality of program codes; selecting respective functions during a function selection operation by defining an identifier according to the at least one of the respective vehicle version and the control unit version, wherein the at least one of the predefinable data record and the program code is stored in the at least one non-volatile memory element and corresponds to the selected functions; determining the at least one of the predefinable data record and the program code in accordance with configuration parameters included in the identifier; and selecting the respective functions and the at least one of the respective vehicle version and the control unit version in accordance with the configuration parameters in the identifier.