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Electronic control system for vehicle

  • US 8,180,521 B2
  • Filed: 04/16/2009
  • Issued: 05/15/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic control system for a vehicle comprising:

  • a non-volatile memory assembled to the vehicle and rewritable with data in a plurality of memory areas thereof;

    a diagnosis unit configured to perform diagnosis based on data from devices mounted on the vehicle;

    a memory area switching unit configured to store in the non-volatile memory abnormality data detected by the diagnosis unit; and

    an output unit configured to output the abnormality data stored in the non-volatile memory in response to a read-out request,wherein the diagnosis unit is configured to be operable in a function check mode for performing a function checking operation and a normal mode for performing a normal operation, andwherein the memory area switching unit is configured to switch the memory areas of the non-volatile memory for storing the abnormality data based on whether the function check mode or the normal mode is performed when an abnormality is detected,the memory area switching unit is configured to store the abnormality data in a first memory area of the plurality of the memory areas of the non-volatile memory and set a history data, when the abnormality is detected in the function check mode,the memory area switching unit is configured to store the abnormality data in the first memory area and a second memory area of the plurality of the memory areas of the non-volatile memory, when the history data is not set and is set at a time the abnormality is detected in the normal mode, respectively, andthe output unit is configured to output the abnormality data stored in the first memory area and the second memory area, when the read-out request is a first request and a second request, which is different from the first request, respectively.

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