Appeal No. 2003-1869
Application 09/622,092
operating variable and a second known operating variable, the
method comprising the acts of:
accessing a mathematically invertible characteristic diagram
for motor vehicle functions stored via support points in a
cartesian coordinate system in an electronic control unit, by
which mathematically invertible characteristic diagram an
operating variable to be determined for a first motor vehicle
function is entered on a Z-axis of the cartesian coordinate
system;
reverse interpolating said mathematically invertible
characteristic diagram such that an operating variable allocated
to the Y- or X-axis becomes an operating variable to be
determined for a second motor vehicle function, said operating
variable allocated to the Z-axis becoming one of the first or
second known operating variables for determining the second motor
vehicle function;
wherein one and the same characteristic diagram is stored in
the electronic control unit for determining the operating
variable for the first and second motor vehicle functions.
THE REJECTION
Claims 3 through 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e)
as being anticipated by U.S. Patent No. 6,122,577 to Mergenthaler
et al. (Mergenthaler).
Attention is directed to the main and reply briefs (Paper
Nos. 16 and 19) and to the final rejection and answer (Paper Nos.
13 and 17) for the respective positions of the appellants and the
examiner regarding the merits of this rejection.
DISCUSSION
Mergenthaler discloses a method for monitoring sensors in a
motor vehicle wherein a reference variable used to perform a
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