Abstract: A system for controlling a plurality of components in a means of transportation includes a control device with a first control program for a first component and additional control programs for additional components. Each control program carries out a chronologically limited process to control the assigned component. Processes are executed for the components which can be actuated in parallel on the same control device. To each of the processes is assigned a priority identifier that is compared with that of other processes to determine if the process is input into a waiting memory, and to determine the process with the highest priority to start controlling the corresponding component. The priority identifier is allocated dynamically depending on different conditions of the means of transportation.

Abstract: A control device for controlling components in a vehicle with an interface to an external databus is described. The device includes a hardware module and a memory for making available the data necessary for the data processing. Controller processes are executed by control processes which can be actuated chronologically in parallel with one another, as a result communicating directly via an interface to the databus or with sensors/actuators in order to control components of vehicle. The control device has at least two configurable hardware modules which carry out a plurality of control processes in parallel on the basis of the messages from the databus or on the basis of the control instructions of the control device. A distribution unit is provided for assigning the controller processes which run in parallel to the hardware modules.

Abstract: In a control system for motor vehicles having a plurality of functional subsystems, such as a passenger compartment controller, a telematics system, a drive controller and a chassis controller, each functional subsystem has a plurality of control devices, and a central databus. Control devices of different subsystems are combined, in accordance with their spatial arrangement in the vehicle, to form local modules and are connected to one another by means of a module bus. Each module bus is connected to the central databus by means of a module interface.

Abstract: In a control system for motor vehicles having a plurality of functional subsystems, such as a passenger compartment controller, a telematics system, a drive controller and a chassis controller, each functional subsystem has a plurality of control devices, and a central databus. Control devices of different subsystems are combined, in accordance with their spatial arrangement in the vehicle, to form local modules and are connected to one another by means of a module bus. Each module bus is connected to the central databus by means of a module interface.

Abstract: A processor unit for a data-processing-aided electronic control system in a motor vehicle, in which the processor unit operates in real-time and contains within its functional structure a scalable computing unit and a vehicle interface unit, as well as (preferably) a communication coprocessor as separate structural components.

Abstract: A data-processing-aided electronic control system having a multiple control unit arrangement which implements application functions and has several control units arranged in a distributed manner, along with a data transmission network which connects the control units to each other. The application functions are implemented in a client/server architecture in the multiple control unit arrangement. This permits the implementation of application functions in real time via a flexible, standardized and open system. With this changes and/or updates of application functions can be implemented at relatively low expenditures. The system is used, for example, as a control system in a motor vehicle.

Abstract: A processor unit for a data-processing-aided electronic control system in a motor vehicle, in which the processor unit operates in real-time and contains within its functional structure a scalable computing unit and a vehicle interface unit, as well as (preferably) a communication coprocessor as separate structural components.