Abstract: A method and a device for controlling processes with the help of process quantities in conjunction with a drive, in particular an engine for driving a vehicle, the processes being executed and controlled at the time the drive is shut off and/or thereafter, and the power supply to the processes and control being maintained by an energy storage devices at the time the drive is shut off and/or thereafter, the processes being controlled by at least two processors and the first processor disconnecting the at least second processor and itself from the power supply when the process quantities of the processes assigned to the respective processors each meet at least one predefinable condition.

Abstract: Method and device for controlling a process in a vehicle, in particular for controlling a drive in the vehicle, using at least one processor. Control functions are stored in the form of program code in a processor-addressable address space of at least one memory. The address space is divided into segments of equal length, and the program code is stored as program parts per control function in individual, consecutive sections in the segment. At least two segments are linked so that a section of a first segment is programmed as an exit label from the first segment, and a second section in the second segment is programmed as an entry label to the second segment. A transition from the exit label of the first segment to the entry label of the second segment brackets the code segments and thus expands the possible segment area.