| US 7,500,458 B2 | ||
| Method for operating motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine | ||
| Thorsten Juenemann, Sindelfingen (Germany); Bernd Doerr, Wallduern (Germany); Holger Niemann, Ludwigsburg (Germany); and Per Hagman, Alingsas (Sweden) | ||
| Assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (Germany) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 20, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/490,715. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10 2005 034 602 (DE), filed on Jul. 25, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0051334 A1, Mar. 08, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. F02N 17/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 123—179.3 [123/179.4] | 14 Claims |
| 1. A method for operating a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine, comprising:
ascertaining, with the aid of a sensor having two channels, at least one operating variable of at least one of the motor vehicle
and the internal combustion engine;
determining an existence of at least one enabling condition which is a function of the at least one operating variable;
checking redundantly, by using both sensor channels, a presence of the at least one enabling condition; and
as a function of the at least one enabling condition, enabling at least one of a starting and a stopping of the internal combustion
engine.
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