Vehicle-Mounted Communication System and Connector Device with Communication-Controlling Capability
First Claim
1. A vehicle-mounted communication system that carries out communications among a plurality of electrical components units in an automobile through a prescribed vehicle-mounted network, said system comprising:
- said plurality of electrical components units; and
a plurality of connector devices with communication-controlling capability removably connected to said electrical components units, respectively, and connected to said vehicle-mounted network, said connector devices taking charge of controlling a communication system through said vehicle-mounted network.
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Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide flexibility in modifying or updating a communication system and the like of a vehicle-mounted network, thus reducing processing loads on electrical components modules and the like. In the present invention, a connector device with communication-controlling capability takes charge of controlling a communication system of a vehicle-mounted network, so that an electrical components module is specialized for its inherent processing other than the communication system. A control program about the communication system is rewritably stored in a rewritable non-volatile storage device in the connector device with communication-controlling capability, and the communication system is modified or updated only by renewing the control program stored in the non-volatile storage device in the connector device with communication-controlling capability.
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1. A vehicle-mounted communication system that carries out communications among a plurality of electrical components units in an automobile through a prescribed vehicle-mounted network, said system comprising:
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said plurality of electrical components units; and
a plurality of connector devices with communication-controlling capability removably connected to said electrical components units, respectively, and connected to said vehicle-mounted network, said connector devices taking charge of controlling a communication system through said vehicle-mounted network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A connector device with communication-controlling capability that connects an electrical components unit in an automobile removably to a prescribed vehicle-mounted network,
said connector device with communication-controlling capability taking charge of controlling a communication system through said vehicle-mounted network.
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