Abstract: A method for allotting a group of software components to a control unit architecture having a plurality of interconnected control units. An executable software functionality is defined by a sequence chain for the group of software components. The method includes detecting, for each software component, a classification which is allocated to the particular software component, classification including at least one or more hardware-related classes which are allocated to software components, the functions of which are associated with hardware interfaces of at least one specific control unit, and wherein the classification includes at least one or more non-hardware-related classes which are allocated to software components, the functions of which are not associated with hardware elements of a specific control unit; detecting properties of the control unit architecture, wherein the detected properties include at least a number of control units and for each control unit the available resources.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for optimizing the memory of a partitioned system including multiple memories, at least one processing core, and at least one memory protection unit (MPU), each MPU including multiple registers. The method includes calculating run-time changes of each piece of data of a multitude of data which are to be processed by the processing core, with the respective piece of data being placed in each memory of the multiple memories based on access statistics for the respective piece of data, each piece of data of the multitude of data being assigned to one rights area or multiple rights areas; determining a placement of the data in the memories based on the calculated run-time changes; and allocating the multiple registers of the MPU for the certain placement of the data in the multiple memories, one register of the multiple registers identifying a memory area of the multiple memories.

Abstract: An airbag of a vehicle occupant restraint system has an actively releasable tether element (14) disposed in an interior (16) of the airbag (10) which is connected, at an airbag-side fixation (18), permanently to the airbag (10) in the region of a contact zone (20) for the occupant, and which comprises a detachable fixing point (22) for the release. The airbag (10) can take up a smaller first filled volume (V1) in which the tether element (14) and the detachable fixing point (22) are not released, and a larger second filled volume (V2) in which the tether element (14) is released at the actively detachable fixing point (22).

Abstract: An airbag of a vehicle occupant restraint system has an actively releasable tether element (14) disposed in an interior (16) of the airbag (10) which is connected, at an airbag-side fixation (18), permanently to the airbag (10) in the region of a contact zone (20) for the occupant, and which comprises a detachable fixing point (22) for the release. The airbag (10) can take up a smaller first filled volume (V1) in which the tether element (14) and the detachable fixing point (22) are not released, and a larger second filled volume (V2) in which the tether element (14) is released at the actively detachable fixing point (22).

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for optimizing the memory of a partitioned system including multiple memories, at least one processing core, and at least one memory protection unit (MPU), each MPU including multiple registers. The method includes calculating run-time changes of each piece of data of a multitude of data which are to be processed by the processing core, with the respective piece of data being placed in each memory of the multiple memories based on access statistics for the respective piece of data, each piece of data of the multitude of data being assigned to one rights area or multiple rights areas; determining a placement of the data in the memories based on the calculated run-time changes; and allocating the multiple registers of the MPU for the certain placement of the data in the multiple memories, one register of the multiple registers identifying a memory area of the multiple memories.

Abstract: A device and a method for operating a computer system, a job to be processed by the computer system being assignable to a task from a plurality of tasks for processing, the job to be processed being assigned as a function of a result of a comparison, a first value being compared to a second value in the comparison, the first value characterizing a first computing expenditure, which is to be expected in the computer system in the processing of the job to be processed in a first task of the plurality of tasks, the second value characterizing a second computing expenditure, which is to be expected in the computer system in the processing of the job to be processed in a second task of the plurality of tasks.

Abstract: A force-limiting device, especially for a seat belt system (10) in a vehicle, has a force transducer (20) interacting with webbing (14) for which a normal webbing path is provided. The force transducer (20) includes a webbing track (30) that in a non-force-limiting position extends in parallel to the normal webbing path and in a force-limiting position extends inclined relative to the normal webbing path so that the force transducer (20) in the force-limiting position sets a predetermined extension force (F) required to move the webbing (14) vis-à-vis the force transducer (20) in a direction of belt extension (R).

Abstract: A method for operating a control unit, in particular for a motor vehicle, the control unit including at least one execution unit for executing task programs, a first task program and a second task program being executed at least intermittently, the first task program providing data for the second task program at the end of a first predefined time interval, wherein a transfer of the data from the first task program to the second task program only takes place after a particular last execution of the first task program within a predefined second time interval for the execution of the second task program, the second time interval being longer than the first time interval.

Abstract: For error handling of data communications, in a transmission interval, between first and second tasks for which first and second time intervals are respectively predefined, (1) execution of the first task is omitted in a pending instance of the second time interval responsive to where the transmission interval immediately prior to the pending instance of the second time interval began in, and continued past an end point of, a most recent instance of the first time interval, which was during an immediately preceding instance of the second time interval; or (2) execution of the second task is omitted in the pending instance of the second time interval responsive to where a most recent prior execution of the second task began in, and continued past an end point in time of, a most recent instance of the second time interval immediately prior to the pending instance of the second time interval.

Abstract: For error handling of data communications between first and second tasks in a data transmission interval, where first time intervals and second time intervals are predefined for the first and second tasks, respectively, the data transmission interval is omitted in one of the second time intervals when (1) execution of the first task immediately prior to the current second time interval, which began in a first time interval, during an immediately preceding second interval, continues past an end point of that first time interval, and an execution of the second task of the current second interval has begun, or (2) execution of the second task, which began in an immediately preceding one of the second intervals, continued past an end point of the preceding second interval and an execution of the first task the current second interval has already begun.

Abstract: A method for operating a control unit, in particular for a motor vehicle, the control unit including at least one execution unit for executing task programs, a first task program and a second task program being executed at least intermittently, the first task program providing data for the second task program at the end of a first predefined time interval, wherein a transfer of the data from the first task program to the second task program only takes place after a particular last execution of the first task program within a predefined second time interval for the execution of the second task program, the second time interval being longer than the first time interval.

Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraint device comprises a control unit and a group of at least two matched airbags (20, 24; 22, 26) for the protection of a vehicle occupant (10; 16) on a particular vehicle seat (12; 16). The control unit is arranged and the airbags (20, 24; 22, 26) are disposed and designed so that, in a collision case, the control unit differentiates between a first situation in which the vehicle occupant (10; 16) is located in a standard distance area relative to a first airbag (20; 22) and a second situation in which the vehicle occupant (10; 16) is located in a rear area which is further distant from the first airbag (20; 22) than the standard distance area. When the first situation is given, the control unit activates the first airbag (20; 22) only. In contrast, when the second situation is given, the control unit activates the first airbag (20; 22) and additionally at least a second airbag (24; 26) of the group, with the first airbag (20; 22) backing the second airbag (24; 26).

Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraint device comprises a control unit and a group of at least two matched airbags (20, 24; 22, 26) for the protection of a vehicle occupant (10; 16) on a particular vehicle seat (12; 16). The control unit is arranged and the airbags (20, 24; 22, 26) are disposed and designed so that, in a collision case, the control unit differentiates between a first situation in which the vehicle occupant (10; 16) is located in a standard distance area relative to a first airbag (20; 22) and a second situation in which the vehicle occupant (10; 16) is located in a rear area which is further distant from the first airbag (20; 22) than the standard distance area. When the first situation is given, the control unit activates the first airbag (20; 22) only. In contrast, when the second situation is given, the control unit activates the first airbag (20; 22) and additionally at least a second airbag (24; 26) of the group, with the first airbag (20; 22) backing the second airbag (24; 26).

Abstract: A force-limiting device, especially for a seat belt system (10) in a vehicle, has a force transducer (20) interacting with webbing (14) for which a normal webbing path is provided. The force transducer (20) includes a webbing track (30) that in a non-force-limiting position extends in parallel to the normal webbing path and in a force-limiting position extends inclined relative to the normal webbing path so that the force transducer (20) in the force-limiting position sets a predetermined extension force (F) required to move the webbing (14) vis-à-vis the force transducer (20) in a direction of belt extension (R).

Abstract: A device and a method for operating a computer system, a job to be processed by the computer system being assignable to a task from a plurality of tasks for processing, the job to be processed being assigned as a function of a result of a comparison, a first value being compared to a second value in the comparison, the first value characterizing a first computing expenditure, which is to be expected in the computer system in the processing of the job to be processed in a first task of the plurality of tasks, the second value characterizing a second computing expenditure, which is to be expected in the computer system in the processing of the job to be processed in a second task of the plurality of tasks.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for processing a plurality of tasks in cycles on a plurality of computation cores, provision being made also to determine, within one cycle for processing the plurality of tasks, an allocation of the plurality of tasks to the plurality of computation cores and a sequence for an at least partial execution of the plurality of tasks.

Abstract: A method for the communication between software components in a motor vehicle, the software components being able to be operated in different operating modes, wherein the software components communicate with one another in different ways in the different operating modes, and at a first point in time, it is determined which software components communicate with one another and in which way in the different operating modes, and a separate communication profile is determined on that basis for each of the different operating modes, the software components being operated in the different operating modes at a second point in time, and one or more computer unit(s) executing the software components is/are configured in accordance with a corresponding communication profile of the respective operating mode.

Abstract: For error handling of data communications between first and second tasks in a data transmission interval, where first time intervals and second time intervals are predefined for the first and second tasks, respectively, the data transmission interval is omitted in one of the second time intervals when (1) execution of the first task immediately prior to the current second time interval, which began in a first time interval, during an immediately preceding second interval, continues past an end point of that first time interval, and an execution of the second task of the current second interval has begun, or (2) execution of the second task, which began in an immediately preceding one of the second intervals, continued past an end point of the preceding second interval and an execution of the first task the current second interval has already begun.

Abstract: For error handling of data communications, in a transmission interval, between first and second tasks for which first and second time intervals are respectively predefined, (1) execution of the first task is omitted in a pending instance of the second time interval responsive to where the transmission interval immediately prior to the pending instance of the second time interval began in, and continued past an end point of, a most recent instance of the first time interval, which was during an immediately preceding instance of the second time interval; or (2) execution of the second task is omitted in the pending instance of the second time interval responsive to where a most recent prior execution of the second task began in, and continued past an end point in time of, a most recent instance of the second time interval immediately prior to the pending instance of the second time interval.

Abstract: A memory unit, which has a plurality of memory locations for accommodating data and which is designed to copy the content of a first memory location of the memory unit, when this first memory location is written, automatically into a first memory location at least of one other memory unit, the first memory location of the at least one other memory unit being readable and writable independently of the first memory location of the memory unit; and to a data network having at least two such memory units, a transmitter and at least one receiver, the transmitter being designed to write a datum to be sent into the first memory location of a first of the at least two memory units, and the at least one receiver being designed to read and to process the datum from the first memory location of a second memory unit of the at least two memory units.