Patent ID: 7729849

Claim:
A method for detecting the angular position (α) of a gas knob ( 2 ) of a motorcycle; the method comprises the steps of: detecting simultaneously four mutually redundant measurements (V A , V B , V C , V D ) of the angular position (α) of the gas knob ( 2 ) by means of two mutually independent angular-position sensors ( 10 , 11 ) forming part of an acquisition system ( 1 ); making a cross comparison two by two between the four measurements (V A , V B , V C , V D ) for diagnosing any possible malfunctioning of the angular-position sensors ( 10 , 11 ); and determining the angular position (α) of the gas knob ( 2 ), using at least one measurement (V A , V B , V C , V D ) supplied by an angular-position sensor ( 10 , 11 ) operating properly.