Integrated wiring system
First Claim
1. Integrated communications apparatus for a vehicle control system having a computational processor for receiving and processing signals indicative of operational status of a plurality of vehicle systems and for controlling said vehicle systems, said apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of terminal control units for operating said vehicle systems;
a central control unit having an input-output subprocessor for transferring electronic signals between said computational processor and said terminal control units;
said input-output subprocessor having a plurality of communications interface units for communicating with said terminal control units according to a plurality of communications protocols, each of said communications interface units having a different communications protocol for communicating with particular vehicle systems at a speed which is different from that of others of said communications interface units; and
means for alternating operation of said communications interface units according to a predetermined pattern.
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Abstract
An integrated wiring system having a plurality of terminal control units and a central controlling unit (including computational processing means) for transferring information to and from the terminal control units. An input/output control unit is provided for executing communication control based on plural communication protocols with a plurality of different information processing speeds for communicating with the terminal control units. In a preferred embodiment, the input/output control units have a plurality of transmission controlling programs corresponding to the plurality of terminal control units, and the frequencies of execution of the respective terminal controlling programs are different from one another.
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1. Integrated communications apparatus for a vehicle control system having a computational processor for receiving and processing signals indicative of operational status of a plurality of vehicle systems and for controlling said vehicle systems, said apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of terminal control units for operating said vehicle systems; a central control unit having an input-output subprocessor for transferring electronic signals between said computational processor and said terminal control units; said input-output subprocessor having a plurality of communications interface units for communicating with said terminal control units according to a plurality of communications protocols, each of said communications interface units having a different communications protocol for communicating with particular vehicle systems at a speed which is different from that of others of said communications interface units; and means for alternating operation of said communications interface units according to a predetermined pattern. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. Method of operating an integrated communications apparatus for a vehicle control system having a computational processor for controlling a plurality of vehicle systems, a plurality of terminal control units for operating said vehicle systems, a plurality of sensors for monitoring operation of said vehicle systems and providing output signals indicative of operational status thereof, and a central control unit having an input-output subprocessor for transferring electronic signals between said computational processor and said sensors and terminal control units, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing said input-output subprocessor with a plurality of communications protocols, each of which operates at a speed which is different than a speed of others of said plurality of communication protocols, for communicating with vehicle systems which require different control speeds; and alternating operation of said communications protocols according to a predetermined pattern. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. Method of operating an integrated communications apparatus for a vehicle control system having a central control unit for controlling a plurality of classes of vehicle systems, each class requiring communication with said central control unit at a speed which is different from that of other classes of said plurality of classes;
- said method of comprising the steps of;
sequentially operating said central control unit to transmit and receive electronic signals to and from said vehicle systems at each speed required for communication with said plurality of classes of vehicle systems; and controlling said sequence of operating according to a predetermined pattern. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
- said method of comprising the steps of;
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