Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080263340 | Method and Device for Analyzing a Signal from a Computer System Having at Least Two Execution Units - A method and device for analyzing a signal from a computer system having at least two execution units, in the computer system, switchover operations being carried out between at least two operating modes, and a first operating mode corresponding to a comparison mode and a second operating mode corresponding to a performance mode, characterized in that, in the computer system, a mode signal and/or changes in the mode signal, which are indicative of the current operating mode, are generated, and at least the changes in the mode signal and/or this mode signal itself are made available outside of the computer system for analysis purposes. | 10-23-2008 |
20080270660 | Method and Device for Switching Over in a Computer System Having at Least Two Execution Units - A device and method for switching over in a computer system having at least two execution units are provided, in which switchover units are included which are designed in such a way that they switch between at least two operating modes, a first operating mode corresponding to a comparison mode and a second operating mode corresponding to a performance mode. A programmable interrupt controller is assigned to each execution unit, and a storage element is included, in which information is stored that describes at least parts of a configuration of at least one of these interrupt controllers. | 10-30-2008 |
20080270747 | Method and Device for Switching Over Between Operating Modes of a Multi-Processor System Using at Least One External Signal - A method for a switchover in a computer system having at least two execution units, a switchover being performed between at least two operating modes, and a first operating mode corresponding to a comparison mode, and a second operating mode corresponding to a performance mode, wherein the switchover is triggered by at least one signal, which is generated outside the computer system. | 10-30-2008 |
20080320340 | Method and Device for Performing Switchover Operations and for Comparing Data in a Computer System Having at Least Three Execution Units - A method and a device for performing switchover operations and for comparing data in a computer system having at least three processing units are provided, in which switchover unit is provided, a switchover operations being carried out between at least two operating modes, and a comparison unit is provided. A first operating mode corresponding to a comparison mode, and a second operating mode corresponding to a performance mode are provided. Provision is made in the comparison mode for a voting, at least as a two-out-of-three weighting, and a control unit is provided which may be used to set the voting. | 12-25-2008 |
20090031161 | Method, operating system and computing hardware for running a computer program - A method for executing a computer program on computing hardware, e.g., on a microprocessor, is provided, the computer program including multiple program objects and errors being detected in the method while running the computer program on the computing hardware. The program objects are subdivided into at least two classes, and multiple program objects are executed during one run, program objects of the first class being repeated when an error is detected and, when an error is detected in one program object of the first class, which has already been sent for execution, this program object of the first class is restarted instead of a program object of the second class after the other program objects of the first class of a run. | 01-29-2009 |
20090037705 | Method and Device for Processing Data Words and/or Instructions - A method for processing data words and/or instructions, a distinction being made, in the processing, between at least two operating modes, and a first operating mode corresponding to a compare mode and a second operating mode corresponding to a performance mode, in the compare mode, a comparator unit being activated and this comparator unit being deactivated in the performance mode, wherein the comparator unit is activated for the compare mode as a function of two equal data words and/or instructions getting to be processed and the at least equal data words and/or instructions in each case being distributed by a control unit to the at least two execution units. | 02-05-2009 |
20090044048 | Method and device for generating a signal in a computer system having a plurality of components - A method and device for generating a signal in a computer system having a plurality of components, at least two execution units being provided as two components, and a switchover means being provided as an additional component, in the computer system, switchover operations being carried out between at least two operating modes, and a first operating mode corresponding to a comparison mode and a second operating mode corresponding to a performance mode, wherein, in one component of the computer system, a mode signal, indicative of the current operating mode, and/or changes in a mode signal are generated, and at least the changes in the mode signal and/or the mode signal itself are made available outside of the component. | 02-12-2009 |
20090125749 | Method and device for controlling a computer system - A method and a device for controlling a computer system having at least two execution units, in particular for controlling a multiprocessor system having a switchover means via which a switchover is possible between at least two different operating modes of the computer system, a switchover of the clock frequency of the computer system also being performed when switching over between the operating modes. | 05-14-2009 |
20090177872 | Method and system for generating a valid signal - A method for generating a valid signal for an application program in a signal processing system having a plurality of execution units which operate in a performance mode, and in which while the application program is running, a user switches the signal processing system to a comparison mode in which the mode the signals delivered by the execution units are compared with one another to generate the valid signal. | 07-09-2009 |
20090204740 | Method and Device for Performing Switchover Operations in a Computer System Having at Least Two Execution Units - A method and device for performing switchover operations in a computer system having at least two execution units are provided, in which switchover units are included which are configured in such a way that they switch over between at least two operating modes, a first operating mode corresponding to a compare mode, and a second operating mode corresponding to a performance mode. An interrupt controller is provided and, furthermore, at least three memory areas are provided, and the access to the memory areas is implemented in such a way that one first memory area is assigned to at least one first execution unit, and one second memory area is assigned to the at least one second execution unit, and at least one third memory area is assignable to the at least two execution units. | 08-13-2009 |
20090210777 | Method and Device for Comparing Data in a Computer System Having at Least Two Execution Units - A method for comparing data in a computer system having at least two execution units, the comparison of the data taking place in a comparison unit and each execution unit processing input data and generating output data, wherein one execution unit specifies to the comparison unit that the next piece of output data is to be compared to a piece of output data of the at least second execution unit, and thereupon a comparison of the at least two output data takes place. | 08-20-2009 |
20090217092 | Method and Device for Controlling a Computer System Having At Least Two Execution Units and One Comparator Unit - A method for controlling a computer system having at least two execution units and one comparator unit, which system is operated in the lock-step mode and in which the results of the at least two execution units are compared, wherein when or after an error is detected by the comparator unit, an error-detection mechanism is processed on at least one execution unit for this execution unit. | 08-27-2009 |
20090217107 | Method and Device for Data Processing - A method and device for data processing having at least three identical or similar execution units, wherein at least one comparator exists and at least two execution units are grouped such that the output signals of the at least two execution units are connected with the at least one comparator and compared. | 08-27-2009 |
20090217279 | Method and Device for Controlling a Computer System - A method and device for controlling a computer system having at least two execution units, a switchover taking place between at least two operating modes, and a first operating mode corresponds to a compare mode, and a second operating mode corresponds to a performance mode, wherein at least one set of run-time objects is defined, and a control program is provided, in particular a scheduler, which assigns resources of the computer system to the run-time objects as a function of an item of information regarding the operating mode. | 08-27-2009 |
20090254773 | Method, operating system and computing hardware for running a computer program - A method for running a computer program on computing hardware, in particular on a microprocessor, is described, the computer program including multiple program objects and errors being detected in the method while running the computer program on the computing hardware, the program objects being subdivided into at least two classes and program objects of the first class being repeated when an error is detected and, when an error is detected in one program object of the first class, which has already been sent for execution, this program object of the first class being restarted instead of a program object of the second class. | 10-08-2009 |
20100005244 | Device and Method for Storing Data and/or Instructions in a Computer System Having At Least Two Processing Units and At Least One First Memory or Memory Area for Data and/or Instructions - A device and method for storing data and/or instructions in a computer system having at least two processing units and at least one first memory or memory area for data and/or instructions, wherein a second memory or memory area is included in the device, the device being designed as a cache memory system and equipped with at least two separate ports, and the at least two processing units accessing via these ports the same or different memory cells of the second memory or memory area, the data and/or instructions from the first memory system being stored temporarily in blocks. | 01-07-2010 |
20100011183 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTABLISHING AN INITIAL STATE FOR A COMPUTER SYSTEM HAVING AT LEAST TWO EXECUTION UNITS BY MARKING REGISTERS - A method for establishing an initial state in a computer system having at least two execution units, a switchover between a performance mode and a compare mode being performed, and during the switchover from the performance mode to the compare mode, an initial state for the compare mode being generated, wherein memories or memory areas that are potentially to be adapted for the initial state are provided with an identifier that indicates whether or not the data and/or instructions in these memories or memory areas must be modified for the initial state. | 01-14-2010 |
20100192021 | Method and Device for Monitoring Functions of a Computer System - The invention relates to a method and device for monitoring operations of a computer system comprising at least two execution units, wherein switching means are provided and make it is possible to switch at least two operating modes to each other and comparison means are provided, the first operating mode corresponds to the comparison mode and the second operating mode corresponds to the performance mode and the first operation is monitored by the second operation, in the comparison mode said second operation is run on at least two execution units and each second operation which is run on at least two execution units monitors the first operation. | 07-29-2010 |
20100199046 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A MEMORY ACCESS IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM HAVING AT LEAST TWO EXECUTION UNITS - A method and device for controlling memory access in a computer system having at least two execution units, a buffer area, in particular a cache memory area being provided for each execution unit, and furthermore a switchover device and a comparison device being provided, the system switching between a performance mode and a compare mode, wherein in the performance mode each execution unit accesses the buffer area assigned to it and in the compare mode both execution units access one buffer area that can be predefined, the buffer areas being configurable. | 08-05-2010 |
20100211819 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A MEMORY ACCESS IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM HAVING AT LEAST TWO EXECUTION UNITS - A method and device for controlling memory access in a computer system having at least two execution units, a buffer, in particular a cache being provided for each execution unit, and furthermore a switchover device and a comparison device being provided, the system switching between a performance mode and a compare mode, wherein in the performance mode each execution unit accesses the buffer assigned to it and in the compare mode both execution units access one buffer. | 08-19-2010 |
20100268923 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A COMPUTER SYSTEM HAVING AT LEAST TWO GROUPS OF INTERNAL STATES - A method and device for controlling a computer system having at least two execution units and having at least two groups of internal states, in particular processor states, in at least one of the execution units, and having a switchover device, through which it is possible to switch between at least two different operating modes, in particular a performance mode and a compare mode, of the computer system, wherein a switchover is triggered by the fact that at least one execution unit changes its internal state. | 10-21-2010 |
20100295571 | Device and Method for Configuring a Semiconductor Circuit - A device and method for configuring a semiconductor circuit having at least two identical or similar functional units, the faulty unit being identified and deactivated if an error occurs in at least one of the identical or similar functional units. | 11-25-2010 |
20110125997 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A COMPUTER SYSTEM - A method and a device for controlling a computer system having at least two execution units, switchover operations being carried out between at least two operating modes, and a first operating mode corresponding to a comparison mode and a second operating mode corresponding to a performance mode. At least one set of runtime objects is defined; at least one identifier is assigned to each runtime object of the defined set; and the identifier assigns at least the two operating modes to the runtime object. | 05-26-2011 |
20110248558 | Brake System for a Motor Vehicle and Method for Controlling said Brake System - A brake system for a motor vehicle includes a muscular power-operated or auxiliary power-operated brake system having a master brake cylinder which is operated by muscular power and which is connected to at least one hydraulic wheel brake, and an externally powered brake system having a hydraulic pressure source which is operated by external power and which is connected to the at least one hydraulic wheel brake. The brake system allows for an unchanged pedal characteristic in a hybrid vehicle which has an electric drive motor in addition to a combustion engine, which motor is used as a generator when the brake is actuated. | 10-13-2011 |
20110248559 | Method For Controlling The Activation Of A Hydraulic Vehicle Brake System And Electromechanical Brake Booster - A method for controlling the activation of a hydraulic vehicle brake system of a hybrid vehicle, which can be braked by generator operation of an electric drive motor, includes compensating for the braking effect of the electric drive motor and reducing a wheel brake pressure in the wheel brakes of the vehicle wheels by opening brake pressure-reducing valves, which are braked with the electric drive motor. | 10-13-2011 |
20110248560 | Method For Controlling A Hydraulic Vehicle Brake System - A method for controlling a hydraulic vehicle brake system having an electromechanical brake booster, includes activating the brake booster and a master brake cylinder of the vehicle brake system in response to a desire to brake, and reducing a clearance in the wheel brakes. | 10-13-2011 |
20110251769 | OPERATION OF A BRAKE BOOSTER AS A PEDAL SIMULATOR - The invention describes a method for operating a controllable electromechanical brake booster and the corresponding brake booster which, via a coupling element between the brake booster and pedal rod, is capable of applying a force in opposition to the pedal activation force of a driver, and can therefore be operated as a pedal simulator. For this purpose, a pedal opposing force can be set by a characteristic curve as a function of a pedal position which is predefined by the driver, and can give the driver a pedal sensation even if there is no reaction of, for example, a conventional brake system. In a further operating mode, the brake booster can be operated in its original form. | 10-13-2011 |
20110253490 | ELECTROMECHANICAL BRAKE FORCE BOOSTER - The invention relates to an electromechanical brake force booster for a hydraulic vehicle brake system. The invention proposes that the brake force booster be formed with two restoring springs, one of which acts on an electromechanical actuator and the other of which restoring springs acts on a pedal rod. In the event of failure of the electromechanical actuator, only the other spring, which preferably has a relatively low spring force, must be compressed using muscle force. The force loss in the event of actuation exclusively by muscle force is reduced. | 10-20-2011 |
20110254357 | BRAKE SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The invention relates to a hybrid brake system having a hydraulic service brake system and an electromechanical service brake system. According to the invention, a brake booster is designed as a pedal simulator, which can be used to boost power and to generate a pedal power which is counter to the direction of actuation. When the hydraulic service brake system fails, the electromechanical service brake system is used for braking and the brake booster generates a pedal power which allows or facilitates dosage of the brake actuation. | 10-20-2011 |
20110254358 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A BRAKE ACTUATION OF A HYBRID VEHICLE SIMULATOR - The invention relates to a method for controlling the activation of a brake of a hydraulic vehicle brake system of a hybrid vehicle which can be braked by the generator mode of an electric drive motor. The invention proposes equipping the vehicle brake system with an electromechanical brake booster and generating a pedal force at a brake pedal with the brake booster when braking by the generator mode of the electric drive motor occurs. | 10-20-2011 |
20120042647 | Electromechanical Brake Booster - An electromechanical brake booster is disclosed. The brake booster is constructed with two worm gears which run in opposite directions and whose axial forces compensate one another. The worm gears drive toothed rack gears which convert a rotational driving movement into a translatory output movement for activating a master brake cylinder. As a result of the provision of two gear paths, the loading of each gear path is halved and an application of force to a booster body, which forms a gear output, is symmetrical. | 02-23-2012 |
20120074771 | Method for Operating a Hydraulic Vehicle Braking System that has an Anti-Lock Control Unit - A method for operating a hydraulic vehicle braking system that has an anti-lock control unit is disclosed. The system includes a brake master cylinder having an electromechanical brake booster. As the pressure level of the vehicle braking system decreases during an anti-lock control, in which all vehicle wheels are controlled, the boosting force of the brake booster is reduced in an anti-lock control of this type. | 03-29-2012 |
20120091788 | BRAKE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BRAKE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A brake system for a vehicle includes: a brake activation element; an input piston displaceable by at least a predefined minimum actuator travel distance when the brake activation element is operated; an output piston to which a driver braking force is transmittable from the brake activation element via the displaced input piston such that an internal pressure in a piston-cylinder unit of the brake system is increased; a first brake booster; and a spring device which, when the brake activation element is operated for an actuator travel distance which is less than the minimum actuator travel distance, is deformed in such a way that transmission of the driver braking force to the output piston is prevented. | 04-19-2012 |
20120161507 | Method for Operating a Hydraulic Vehicle Braking System - A method for operating a hydraulic vehicle braking system having an electromechanical brake booster is disclosed. A shut-off valve that is located between a brake master cylinder and wheel brakes is closed to maintain a wheel-brake pressure and thus a braking force. To maintain a constant braking force, no current must be applied to an electric motor of the brake booster. The vehicle braking system can be used as a parking brake. The shut-off valve is present if the vehicle braking system has an anti-lock control device. | 06-28-2012 |
20120179345 | CONTROL DEVICES FOR A BOOSTER BRAKE SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BOOSTER BRAKE SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a control device ( | 07-12-2012 |
20120255817 | Method and device for displacing and storing brake fluid for a hydraulic brake system of a vehicle - In a method for displacing and storing brake fluid for a hydraulic brake system of a vehicle which brake system has at least one hydraulic accumulator, at least one brake booster and at least one brake circuit, the brake booster is configured in such a manner, that even without an action of the driver, actuation of the brake booster allows a volume of brake fluid to be automatically displaced. The brake fluid is displaced into the hydraulic accumulator and stored, by automatic actuation of the brake booster, and at least a portion of the stored brake fluid is emptied by the hydraulic accumulator into the brake circuit as a function of the operating state of the brake system. | 10-11-2012 |
20120256480 | Method for Actuating a Hydraulic Vehicle Brake System - A method for actuating a hydraulic vehicle brake system, includes a master brake cylinder with a preferably electromechanical brake booster and a wheel slip control device. The master brake cylinder is actuated simultaneously with the brake booster, and hydraulic pumps of the wheel slip control device are driven by an electric motor. Pressure builds more quickly in the wheel brakes of the vehicle brake system for safety and assistance functions that require high pressure build-up dynamic. The method also increases the wheel brake pressure using the pressure that can be generated by actuating the master brake cylinder with the brake booster. | 10-11-2012 |
20130181506 | BRAKE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BRAKE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A brake system includes: a brake actuating element; a first piston-cylinder unit having a first piston displaceable by the brake actuating element actuated by at least a predefined minimum actuation such that a first internal pressure in the first piston-cylinder unit is increased; at least one wheel brake cylinder having a brake pressure which is increased using the increased first internal pressure; a first brake booster; and a second piston-cylinder unit having a second piston displaceable by the first brake booster so that a second internal pressure in the second piston-cylinder unit is increased, and to which the at least one wheel brake cylinder is hydraulically connected such that the brake pressure of the at least one wheel brake cylinder is increased by the increased second internal pressure. | 07-18-2013 |
20130186221 | SENSOR DEVICE FOR A PEDAL, AND A METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION REGARDING AN OPERATION OF A PEDAL - A sensor device for a pedal which is set up to determine at least one actuating variable regarding an operation of the pedal by a user of a device which is actuable by means of the pedal, and to output information corresponding to the at least one determined actuating variable, the sensor device additionally being set up to determine as the at least one actuating variable, at least one variable regarding a position and/or a change in position of an input rod disposed on the pedal, which is able to be set into at least a rotary motion by operating the pedal, in relation to a specified spatial direction. Furthermore, a method for providing information regarding an operation of a pedal is described. | 07-25-2013 |
20130199364 | COUPLING DEVICE FOR CONNECTING A BRAKE INPUT ELEMENT TO A MAIN BRAKE CYLINDER AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A COUPLING DEVICE - A coupling apparatus has an input piston disposable on a braking input element and an output piston disposable on a brake master cylinder, to which a driver braking force is transferable via the input piston. In a first operating mode, the input piston displaced out of its initial position over a brake application distance less than a first minimum brake application distance, is spaced apart from the output piston. In a second operating mode, the input piston displaced out of its initial position over a brake application distance less than a second minimum brake application distance, is spaced apart from the output piston, and the driver braking force is transferable via the input piston to the output piston. | 08-08-2013 |
20140345270 | BRAKE BOOSTER DEVICE FOR A BRAKING SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BRAKE BOOSTER DEVICE FOR A BRAKING SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE - A brake booster device for a braking system of a vehicle includes: a booster body to which a brake-boosting force is exertable by an actuator device; a first piston rod component to which the brake-boosting force is at least partially transmittable via a first contact with the booster body, the first piston rod component contacting the booster body at a first contact surface such that the first piston rod component is at least partially adjustable; and a second piston rod component to which the brake-boosting force is at least partially transmittable via a second contact with the booster body, the second piston rod component contacting the booster body at a second contact surface such that the second piston rod component is adjustable together with the first piston rod component. | 11-27-2014 |
20150034438 | Brake Booster for a Vehicle and Method for Operating a Brake Booster of a Vehicle - A brake booster and related method for its operation for a vehicle, having a master brake cylinder having a first primary piston chamber that is variable using an adjustable first primary piston component, a braking force transmission component, using which at least one driver braking force is transmittable by the adjustable first primary piston component contacted by the braking force transmission component, and an adjustable second primary piston component, the master brake cylinder having a second primary piston chamber that is variable using the adjustable second primary piston component, and the brake booster has a booster force transmission component, using which a booster force from the actuator device is transmittable at least partially to the adjustable second primary piston component contacted by the booster force transmission component, and the braking force transmission component in its force-free initial position is distanced by a first free play from the first primary piston component and/or the booster force transmission component, in its force-free initial position, is distanced by a second free play from the second primary piston component. | 02-05-2015 |