Patent ID: 11878704
Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 8:
9. A control method to be executed by an electronic control device to be mounted on a vehicle comprising a plurality of hardware capable of operation, and comprising a storage unit which stores a plurality of processing specifications and an applicable condition, which is a condition for applying each of the plurality of processing specifications, wherein:
the processing specification is used for prescribing processing to be executed by each of the plurality of hardware and external information of the vehicle to be used by the plurality of hardware for performing operation;
the applicable condition is related to the external information and a status of the plurality of hardware; and
the control method includes:
collecting external information of the vehicle; and
determining one processing specification among the plurality of processing specifications from a correspondence to the condition based on the collected external information and the status of the plurality of hardware, and controlling the plurality of hardware based on the determined processing specification.