ELECTRONIC CONTROL APPARATUS

• US 20140324277A1
• Filed: 01/27/2014
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: OKADA, Kazunori, URASAWA, Shinpei
• Granted Patent: US 9,256,993 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/31.5
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/085 using electronic data carriers

Abstract

An electronic control apparatus includes a vehicle state storing processing part, which stores a vehicle state data when a predetermined trigger is generated, and a trigger setting processing part, which sets the trigger in correspondence to a designation from an external side. The electronic control apparatus further includes a data type setting part for setting, based on the designation from the external side, a stored vehicle state data type. The vehicle data storing part stores the vehicle state data in different addresses. The trigger setting part sets the trigger based on the address designated from the external side and a data length of the vehicle state data stored in the address. The data type setting part sets the stored vehicle state data type based on the address designated from the external side and the data length of the vehicle state data stored in the address.

Claims

1. An electronic control apparatus, which has a function of storing vehicle state data upon detection of abnormality in a vehicle, the electronic control apparatus comprising:

a vehicle state storing part for storing vehicle state data when a predetermined trigger is generated;

a trigger setting part for setting the trigger based on designation from an external side; and

a data type setting part for setting, based on the designation from the external side, a stored vehicle state data type stored in the vehicle state storing part,

wherein the vehicle data storing part stores the vehicle state data in different addresses,

the trigger setting part sets the trigger based on the address designated from the external side and a data length of the vehicle state data stored in the address, and

the data type setting part sets the stored vehicle state data type based on the address designated from the external side and the data length of the vehicle state data stored in the address.

2. The electronic control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a communication part for receiving the designation from the external side via radio communication.

3. The electronic control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a data outputting part for outputting externally the vehicle state data stored in the vehicle state storing part.

4. The electronic control apparatus according to claim 3, wherein:

the data outputting part outputs externally the vehicle state data via radio communication.