A method for positional determination for an EC motor (14) on a device for
the adjustment of the rotational angular position of the camshaft (11) of
a reciprocating piston combustion engine relative to the crankshaft (12)
is provided, whereby a positional measuring signal is tracked on each
occurrence of a state change for a sensor signal from magnetic field
sensors arranged on the stator of the EC motor (14), provided for
detection of magnetic poles of the EC rotor. On error-free measurement,
the signal sensor passes through a series of sensor signal states which
occur at least twice per mechanical rotation of the rotor. The series of
sensor signal states is determined and recorded. A fine correction of the
positional measurement signal is carried out using the stored series,
when the series of the measured sensor signal values differs from the
stored series. Further, the rotational angle of the crankshaft (12) of
the internal combustion engine is determined and, using the rotational
angle and a drive parameter of an epicyclic drive for the camshaft
adjuster device, a coarse adjustment of the positional measurement signal
can be carried out on determining a positional measurement error which
cannot be eliminated by the fine correction.