CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL SYSTEM CONTROLLING PROTECTIVE APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING PASSENGER OF VEHICLE OR PEDESTRIAN
First Claim
1. A control apparatus configured to control a protective apparatus for protecting a passenger of a vehicle and a pedestrian, the control apparatus comprising:
- a communication unit configured to communicate with an external sensor connected to the control apparatus; and
a determination unit configured to determine whether a faulty sensor having been diagnosed as being faulty before is connected to the control apparatus, based on failure history data indicating whether the external sensor has been diagnosed as being faulty before.
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Abstract
An air bag ECU includes an ECU communication unit communicating with an external sensor (for example, a front right acceleration sensor) and a faulty sensor mount determination unit determining whether a faulty sensor having been diagnosed as being faulty before is connected to the air bag ECU based on failure history data indicating whether the external sensor has been diagnosed as being faulty before. The faulty sensor mount determination unit compares identification data recorded in, for example, a faulty sensor ID recording unit, for individually identifying an external sensor having been diagnosed as being faulty before with the identification data of the external sensor connected to the air bag ECU and determines whether a faulty sensor is connected to the air bag ECU.
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18 Claims
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1. A control apparatus configured to control a protective apparatus for protecting a passenger of a vehicle and a pedestrian, the control apparatus comprising:
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a communication unit configured to communicate with an external sensor connected to the control apparatus; and a determination unit configured to determine whether a faulty sensor having been diagnosed as being faulty before is connected to the control apparatus, based on failure history data indicating whether the external sensor has been diagnosed as being faulty before. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A control system including a control apparatus controlling a protective apparatus for protecting a passenger of a vehicle or a pedestrian and an external sensor connected to the control apparatus,
wherein the external sensor comprises a sensor communication unit communicating with the control apparatus and the control apparatus comprising: -
an apparatus communication unit configured to communicate with the external sensor; and a determination unit configured to determine whether a faulty sensor having been diagnosed as being faulty before is connected to the control apparatus, based on failure history data indicating whether the external sensor has been diagnosed as being faulty before. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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