Vehicle control system for executing a series of processes in electronic control units
First Claim
1. A vehicle control system, comprising:
- a plurality of electronic control units which executes a series of processes under a given condition, each of the electronic control units having at least one functional block, each of the functional blocks executing one of the processes and outputting a signal including a result of the process, a first one of the functional blocks in execution of the series of processes receiving an input and executing the process using the input, each of the functional blocks subsequent to the first one executing the process using the signal delivered by a preceding one of the functional blocks, and a last one of the functional blocks in the execution of the series of processes outputting the signal for use in vehicle control; and
a detector which detects whether or not the series of processes has been completed under the given condition by the functional blocks of the electronic control units and outputs a detection result.
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Abstract
A series of processes is allocated to functional blocks arranged in electronic control units (ECUs) of a vehicle control system, and each functional block executes the process and outputs a signal. The first functional block receiving a value from a sensor outputs a signal including a check code of a starting state and a result of the process. Each of the other functional blocks produces a signal including a result of the process and a renewed check code based on a signal delivered by the preceding functional block. The last functional block outputs a signal to controls an actuator. A sequence check functional block of one ECU checks the deliveries of the signals designed to be performed in a predetermined order according to the renewed check code and performs error correction processing when the deliveries are performed out of the predetermined order.
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24 Claims
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1. A vehicle control system, comprising:
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a plurality of electronic control units which executes a series of processes under a given condition, each of the electronic control units having at least one functional block, each of the functional blocks executing one of the processes and outputting a signal including a result of the process, a first one of the functional blocks in execution of the series of processes receiving an input and executing the process using the input, each of the functional blocks subsequent to the first one executing the process using the signal delivered by a preceding one of the functional blocks, and a last one of the functional blocks in the execution of the series of processes outputting the signal for use in vehicle control; and
a detector which detects whether or not the series of processes has been completed under the given condition by the functional blocks of the electronic control units and outputs a detection result. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A vehicle control system, comprising:
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a plurality of electronic control units which repeatedly execute a series of processes to control a vehicle, each series of processes being allocated to the electronic control units, each of the electronic control units executing one of the processes for each series of processes and outputting a signal in communication using a communication line, a first one of the electronic control units in execution of each series of processes receiving an input and outputting the signal including check data and a result of the process using the input, each of the electronic control units subsequent to the first one renewing the check data so as to indicate completion of execution of the process in the check data, executing the process using the signal delivered by a preceding one of the functional blocks and outputting the signal including both the check data renewed and a result of the process, a last one of the electronic control units in the execution of each series of processes outputting the signal for use in vehicle control, and deliveries of the signals among the electronic control units being designed to be performed in a predetermined order for each series of processes; and
an order check unit, arranged in one of the electronic control units, which compares the check data delivered to the electronic control unit in a current series of processes with the check data delivered to the electronic control unit in a series of processes preceding to the current series of processes, judges according to a comparison result whether or not the deliveries of the signals of the electronic control units have been performed in the predetermined order and outputs a judgment result. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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