Patent ID: 7996138

Claim:
A control unit for operating a vehicle drive in a vehicle having an accelerator pedal value sensor and a further measured value or manipulated value sensor, said control unit comprising: a function computer, and a processing device and a first limiting device in said function computer; wherein, the function computer is connected via a data link to receive variable data from said accelerator pedal value sensor and said further measured value or manipulated variable sensor; and said processing device determines a provisional desired torque based on said variable data received from the measured value sensor or manipulated variable sensor; said first limiting device limits the provisional desired torque; the provisional desired torque is bounded above with a maximum limiting torque to a final desired torque when a detected vehicle speed is greater than or equal to a starting limiting speed; and the provisional desired torque is bounded above to the final desired torque with a limiting torque dependent on the measured/manipulated variables of the accelerator pedal value sensor when the detected vehicle speed lies below the starting limiting speed.