Method for determining a membership of a vehicle to an emission standard and vehicle computer

摘要

The invention relates to a method and a vehicle computer (14) for determining a membership of a vehicle to an exhaust standard from a group of exhaust standards, comprising a first and second emission standard. The method comprises the steps of: (a) reading in a first, second and third digit or first, second and third group of digits (S1, S2, S3) of a stored vehicle identification number (VIN), (b) providing a map (KF ), which of the first location or first group of locations (S1) and the second location or second group of locations (S2) of the vehicle identification number (VIN), such characteristic values (KW) of the third digit or third group of locations (S3) Assigning Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN) identifying a vehicle associated with the first emission standard; (c) comparing the read-in third place or third group of locations (S3) of the vehicle identification number (VIN) with the characteristic value (KW) from the characteristic map ( KF) associated with the read-in first digit or first group of digits (S1) and the read second digit or second set of digits (S2) of the vehicle identification number (VIN), and (d) in Abh of a detected coincidence or disagreement of the characteristic value (KW) of the characteristic map (KF) and the read-in third or third group of points (S3) of the vehicle identification number (VIN) determine whether or not the vehicle belongs to the first exhaust gas standard.