CPC G01P 15/08 (2013.01) [G01P 1/07 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. A method for operating a device, wherein the device is arranged on or in a mobile motor-driven processing device, wherein the device has:
an inertial sensor device with at least one inertial sensor formed to detect an inertial variable, and
a control device,
the method comprising the steps of:
a) operating the inertial sensor device in a motion-monitoring operating mode to monitor whether the inertial variable or a variable based on the inertial variable fulfills a motion criterion, wherein the motion criterion is characteristic of a motion of the processing device;
b) if the motion criterion is fulfilled, operating the inertial sensor device in a shock and/or impact-monitoring operating mode to monitor whether the inertial variable or a variable based on the inertial variable fulfills a shock and/or impact criterion, wherein the shock and/or impact criterion is characteristic of an atypical motion of the processing device; and
c) if the shock and/or impact criterion is fulfilled, transmitting an information signal in the form of an interrupt signal from the inertial sensor device to the control device, and operating the control device as a function of the transmitted information signal, wherein:
the motion criterion is different from the shock and/or impact criterion,
at a point in time, the inertial sensor device is only capable of monitoring one of whether the motion criterion is fulfilled or whether the shock and/or impact criterion is fulfilled, and is not capable of monitoring both whether the motion criterion is fulfilled and whether the shock and/or impact criterion is fulfilled,
the processing device is a garden, forest, construction, and/or soil cultivation device,
the control device is in an energy-saving state for at least a large part of the time, during step a) and/or step b), and
step c) further comprises: transitioning the control device from the energy-saving state to an active state as a function of the transmitted information signal.
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