Patent ID: 6959243
Filing Date: 2005-10-25
Classification: F02D,F02M,G01M

Abstract:
1. A method for operating an internal combustion engine including an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, the method comprising the steps of: checking the operability of at least one component by a diagnostic function (D); causing said diagnostic function (D) to transmit data (CB) that said diagnostic function (D) could have found a fault to a central function (CF) in a format uniform for all diagnostic functions (D); and, causing said central function (CF) to process said data (CB), wherein each of said diagnostic functions (D) communicates with the central function (CF) via an interface (IF); and, the central function (CF) establishes for each diagnostic function (D), which identifies itself to said central function (CF) at said interface (FID), a region (REC) of a suitable data structure wherein data for the diagnostic function (D) and the following: an identifier (S) of the diagnostic function (D), data (CB) as to whether the diagnostic function (D) could have run and data (IB) as to whether the diagnostic function (D) is blocked or can run are stored.