VEHICLE CONTROLLER
First Claim
1. A vehicle control apparatus to be installed in a vehicle and being capable of controlling a running state of the vehicle on a basis of information acquired from an external device via a communication network, the vehicle control apparatus comprising:
- a communication control section that acquires, via an external network, a variable control parameter capable of varying the running state of the vehicle;
a writable storage section that accumulates the variable control parameter;
a non-writable storage section that accumulates a fixed control parameter defined as a default value and used to initialize the running state of the vehicle;
a vehicle information acquisition section that determines whether behavior of the vehicle is abnormal; and
a safety-related section that makes the vehicle run on a basis of the variable control parameter when the variable control parameter is present, and that makes the vehicle run on a basis of the fixed control parameter when the variable control parameter is absent or when the vehicle information acquisition section detects that the behavior of the vehicle is abnormal.
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Abstract
According to a vehicle controller, when a communication control unlit (13) of a vehicle controller (1) acquires a variable control parameter from a server (5) via the Internet (4), the variable control parameter is stored in a write-enabled storage unit (11), and the user can change to a desired vehicle driving state on the basis of the variable control parameter. A fixed control parameter set as a default value and adapted for initializing the vehicle driving state is stored in a non-write-enabled storage unit (12). If an emergency stop button (16) is pushed or a vehicle-information-acquiring unit (17) acquires driving error detection information when the vehicle is driving on the basis of the variable control parameter, the vehicle immediately switches to a safe driving state according to the fixed control parameter.
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8 Claims
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1. A vehicle control apparatus to be installed in a vehicle and being capable of controlling a running state of the vehicle on a basis of information acquired from an external device via a communication network, the vehicle control apparatus comprising:
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a communication control section that acquires, via an external network, a variable control parameter capable of varying the running state of the vehicle; a writable storage section that accumulates the variable control parameter; a non-writable storage section that accumulates a fixed control parameter defined as a default value and used to initialize the running state of the vehicle; a vehicle information acquisition section that determines whether behavior of the vehicle is abnormal; and a safety-related section that makes the vehicle run on a basis of the variable control parameter when the variable control parameter is present, and that makes the vehicle run on a basis of the fixed control parameter when the variable control parameter is absent or when the vehicle information acquisition section detects that the behavior of the vehicle is abnormal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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