Wiring harness evaluation apparatus
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1. A wiring harness evaluation apparatus, comprising:
- an electronic storage that electronically stores control information on a plurality of electronic control units (ECUs) disposed in a vehicle;
a processor apparatus, including a central processing unit, a random access memory, and a read only memory, which is embodied as;
a functional allocation means which allocates, based on a priority scheme and according to the control information, a plurality of functions that will be realized by the plurality of ECUs;
a routing path setting means which sets a routing path of a wiring harness in the vehicle in conformity with the allocation by the functional allocation means;
a component selection means which selects components, including electric wires, and connectors, for configuring the wiring harness in conformity with the routing path set by the routing path setting means; and
an evaluation value calculation means which calculates an evaluation value for at least one of a total weight of the components, total cost of the components, and total length of electric wires configuring the wiring harness on the basis of information on the components selected by the component selection means, whereinthe priority scheme, by which the functional allocation means allocates the plurality of functions, is selected by user input.
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Abstract
A wiring harness evaluation apparatus includes a functional allocation means which allocates functions realized by a plurality of ECUs installed in a vehicle to the ECUs, a routing path setting means which sets a routing path of a wiring harness in conformity with the allocation by the functional allocation means, a component selection means which selects components for configuring the wiring harness in conformity with the routing path set by the routing path setting means, and an evaluation value calculation means which calculates an evaluation value for at least one of a total weight of the components, total cost of the components, and total length of electric wires configuring the wiring harness on the basis of information on the components selected by the component selection means.
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1. A wiring harness evaluation apparatus, comprising:
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an electronic storage that electronically stores control information on a plurality of electronic control units (ECUs) disposed in a vehicle; a processor apparatus, including a central processing unit, a random access memory, and a read only memory, which is embodied as; a functional allocation means which allocates, based on a priority scheme and according to the control information, a plurality of functions that will be realized by the plurality of ECUs; a routing path setting means which sets a routing path of a wiring harness in the vehicle in conformity with the allocation by the functional allocation means; a component selection means which selects components, including electric wires, and connectors, for configuring the wiring harness in conformity with the routing path set by the routing path setting means; and an evaluation value calculation means which calculates an evaluation value for at least one of a total weight of the components, total cost of the components, and total length of electric wires configuring the wiring harness on the basis of information on the components selected by the component selection means, wherein the priority scheme, by which the functional allocation means allocates the plurality of functions, is selected by user input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A wiring harness evaluation apparatus, comprising:
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an electronic storage that electronically stores control information on a plurality of electronic control units (ECUs) disposed in a vehicle; a processor apparatus, including a central processing unit, a random access memory, and a read only memory, which is embodied as; a functional allocation means which allocates, based on a priority scheme and according to the control information, a plurality of functions that will be realized by the plurality of ECUs; a routing path setting means which sets a routing path of a wiring harness in the vehicle in conformity with the allocation by the functional allocation means; a component selection means which selects components, including electric wires, and connectors, for configuring the wiring harness in conformity with the routing path set by the routing path setting means; and an evaluation value calculation means which calculates an evaluation value for at least one of a total weight of the components, total cost of the components, and total length of electric wires configuring the wiring harness on the basis of information on the components selected by the component selection means, wherein; the priority scheme includes at least one of cost priority, weight priority, and number-of-wire priority; and the wiring harness evaluation apparatus further comprises; an aspect selection means which selects an aspect used for evaluating a functional allocation for the ECUs; and an evaluation means which calculates an integrated evaluation value by weighting and adding together a plurality of evaluation values calculated by the evaluation value calculation means in accordance with the aspect selected by the aspect selection means, to evaluate the functional allocation. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A wiring harness evaluation apparatus, comprising:
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an electronic storage that electronically stores control information on a plurality of electronic control units (ECUs) disposed in a vehicle; a processor apparatus, including a central processing unit, a random access memory, and a read only memory, which is embodied as; a functional allocation means which allocates, based on a priority scheme and according to the control information, a plurality of functions that will be realized by the plurality of ECUs; a routing path setting means which sets a routing path of a wiring harness in the vehicle in conformity with the allocation by the functional allocation means; a component selection means which selects components, including electric wires, and connectors, for configuring the wiring harness in conformity with the routing path set by the routing path setting means; and an evaluation value calculation means which calculates an evaluation value for at least one of a total weight of the components, total cost of the components, and total length of electric wires configuring the wiring harness on the basis of information on the components selected by the component selection means, wherein; the control information on the plurality of ECUs includes the number of ECUs installed in the vehicle and information regarding installation spaces, including one or more of locations, sizes, availability of waterproofing, and atmosphere temperatures, for the ECUs; and the wiring harness evaluation apparatus further comprises; an aspect selection means which selects an aspect used for evaluating a functional allocation for the ECUs; and an evaluation means which calculates an integrated evaluation value by weighting and adding together a plurality of evaluation values calculated by the evaluation value calculation means in accordance with the aspect selected by the aspect selection means, to evaluate the functional allocation. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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Current AssigneeDENSO Corporation
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Original AssigneeDENSO Corporation
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InventorsTokunaga, Tomoya, Morita, Hidetoshi
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Primary Examiner(s)Vo, Peter Dungba
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Assistant Examiner(s)Kue, Kaying
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Application NumberUS14/293,042Publication NumberTime in Patent Office2,038 DaysField of Search29748, 29729, 29745, 29745739US Class CurrentCPC Class CodesB60R 16/0207 Wire harnessesH01R 43/28 for wire processing before ...Y10T 29/53213 Assembled to wire-type cond...
