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Vehicle network system and component of network

  • US 20060111825A1
  • Filed: 11/17/2005
  • Published: 05/25/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A vehicle network system having a plurality of electronic control units for providing control functionality components by exchanging data through a communication bus that connects each of the plurality of the electronic control units, the control functionality components of the electronic control unit comprising:

  • a functional framework for providing a control logic that is given by external definition;

    a system coordinator for issuing a control request base on a capability and a state of control functionality as well as determining an execution schedule of the control functionality;

    a system structure controller for dynamically maintaining and reorganizing control functionality of the electronic control unit based on the definition of the control functionality;

    a virtual sensor for detecting and outputting observable quantity as a sensor signal; and

    a hardware abstraction portion for abstractively representing an entire hardware system of the vehicle network including the electronic control unit as a virtual electronic control unit for the system structure controller and the virtual sensor.

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