IN-VEHICLE ELECTRONIC CONTROL APPARATUS HAVING MONITORING CONTROL CIRCUIT
First Claim
1. An in-vehicle electronic control apparatus, having a monitoring control circuit, comprising:
- a main control circuit unit including;
a nonvolatile program memory;
a RAM memory for calculation processing;
a first input interface circuit to which a first input sensor group is connected;
a first output interface circuit to which a first electric load group is connected; and
a microprocessor that controls the first electric load group, in response to contents of a control program stored in the non-volatile program memory and an operation status of the first input sensor group, anda monitoring control circuit unit including;
a question information generation unit that is connected through a first serial communication circuit to the microprocessor and sequentially and selectively transmits a plurality of question information items;
a correct-solution information storage memory that stores correct-solution information items for the question information items; and
an abnormality determination that compares answer information, based on the question information, from the main control circuit unit with correct-solution information stored in the correct-solution information storage memory so as to determine whether or not an abnormality exists,wherein the main control circuit unit collaborates with an external control apparatus that is connected there with via a second serial communication circuit and that receives control signals there from and transmits control signals there to;
the external control apparatus is provided with collaborating supplementary apparatuses including supplementary-apparatus microprocessors that collaborate with supplementary-apparatus program memories; and
the supplementary-apparatus program memories each have a control program corresponding to an external answer generation transmission unit that generates answer information in response to question information transmitted from the main control circuit unit and transmits the answer information, as supplementary-apparatus answer information, to the main control circuit unit,wherein, concurrent question information that is applied to the main control circuit unit and all the external control apparatuses and discrete question information items that are discretely applied to the main control circuit unit and the external control apparatuses are added to the question information generation unit; and
the concurrent question information or the discrete question information is transmitted from the monitoring control circuit unit to the main control circuit unit and transmitted from the monitoring control circuit unit to the external control apparatuses via the main control circuit unit,wherein the nonvolatile program memory includes a control program corresponding to a main-machine answer generation unit that generates main-machine answer information in accordance with the concurrent question information or the discrete question information and a control program corresponding to a transmission answer edition unit that transmits, in response to the concurrent question information, synthesis answer information obtained by combining and tallying the main-machine answer information and the supplementary-apparatus answer information items,wherein, in, the correct-solution information storage memory, there is stored main-machine correct-solution information with regard to main-machine answer information generated by the main control circuit unit and/or synthesis correct-solution information obtained by combining and tallying the main-machine correct-solution information and the supplementary-apparatus correct-solution information items for the supplementary-apparatus answer information items; and
the supplementary-apparatus correct-solution information items are stored in the correct-solution information storage memory or in the nonvolatile program memory, andwherein the abnormality determination unit monitors an abnormality in the main control circuit unit, based at least on concurrent question information generated by the monitoring control circuit unit or discrete question information items; and
the main control circuit unit and the monitoring control circuit unit collaborate with each other so as to monitor and discriminate an abnormality in the external control apparatus
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Abstract
A main control circuit unit 20A and a monitoring control circuit unit 30A are connected in series; the main control circuit unit 20A and an external control apparatus 40 are connected in series. When the monitoring control circuit unit 30A generates concurrent question information, the main control circuit unit 20A generates main-machine answer information A1n, and the external control apparatus 40 generates supplementary-apparatus answer information. The main control circuit unit 20A combines these answer information items and transmits the combined answer information items to the monitoring control circuit unit 30A; the monitoring control circuit unit 30A compares the combined answer information items with synthesis correct-solution information items stored in a correct-solution information storage memory 35A so as to perform a total abnormality determination. The main control circuit unit 20A performs an abnormality determination on the external control apparatus 40, based on correct-solution information for the external control apparatus 40; the main control circuit unit 20A generates synthesis answer information by use of the correct-solution information.
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1. An in-vehicle electronic control apparatus, having a monitoring control circuit, comprising:
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a main control circuit unit including; a nonvolatile program memory; a RAM memory for calculation processing; a first input interface circuit to which a first input sensor group is connected; a first output interface circuit to which a first electric load group is connected; and a microprocessor that controls the first electric load group, in response to contents of a control program stored in the non-volatile program memory and an operation status of the first input sensor group, and a monitoring control circuit unit including; a question information generation unit that is connected through a first serial communication circuit to the microprocessor and sequentially and selectively transmits a plurality of question information items; a correct-solution information storage memory that stores correct-solution information items for the question information items; and an abnormality determination that compares answer information, based on the question information, from the main control circuit unit with correct-solution information stored in the correct-solution information storage memory so as to determine whether or not an abnormality exists, wherein the main control circuit unit collaborates with an external control apparatus that is connected there with via a second serial communication circuit and that receives control signals there from and transmits control signals there to;
the external control apparatus is provided with collaborating supplementary apparatuses including supplementary-apparatus microprocessors that collaborate with supplementary-apparatus program memories; and
the supplementary-apparatus program memories each have a control program corresponding to an external answer generation transmission unit that generates answer information in response to question information transmitted from the main control circuit unit and transmits the answer information, as supplementary-apparatus answer information, to the main control circuit unit,wherein, concurrent question information that is applied to the main control circuit unit and all the external control apparatuses and discrete question information items that are discretely applied to the main control circuit unit and the external control apparatuses are added to the question information generation unit; and
the concurrent question information or the discrete question information is transmitted from the monitoring control circuit unit to the main control circuit unit and transmitted from the monitoring control circuit unit to the external control apparatuses via the main control circuit unit,wherein the nonvolatile program memory includes a control program corresponding to a main-machine answer generation unit that generates main-machine answer information in accordance with the concurrent question information or the discrete question information and a control program corresponding to a transmission answer edition unit that transmits, in response to the concurrent question information, synthesis answer information obtained by combining and tallying the main-machine answer information and the supplementary-apparatus answer information items, wherein, in, the correct-solution information storage memory, there is stored main-machine correct-solution information with regard to main-machine answer information generated by the main control circuit unit and/or synthesis correct-solution information obtained by combining and tallying the main-machine correct-solution information and the supplementary-apparatus correct-solution information items for the supplementary-apparatus answer information items; and
the supplementary-apparatus correct-solution information items are stored in the correct-solution information storage memory or in the nonvolatile program memory, andwherein the abnormality determination unit monitors an abnormality in the main control circuit unit, based at least on concurrent question information generated by the monitoring control circuit unit or discrete question information items; and
the main control circuit unit and the monitoring control circuit unit collaborate with each other so as to monitor and discriminate an abnormality in the external control apparatus - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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