Patent ID: 9477542
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. An electronic control unit having a microcomputer for electronically controlling a predetermined control object, the electronic control unit comprising: a detection device that detects an anomalous operation of the microcomputer; a first reset device that outputs a reset signal for resetting the microcomputer for a predetermined time interval when the detection device detects the anomalous operation of the microcomputer; a failsafe control device that executes a failsafe control operation for controlling the control object to be safer than a control operation of the control object before resetting the microcomputer when the microcomputer is reset to a normal state by the reset signal output from the first reset device; a counting device that counts a number of times of occurrence of the anomalous operation of the microcomputer based on a detection result of the anomalous operation when the detection device detects the anomalous operation of the microcomputer again after the failsafe control device starts to execute the failsafe control operation; a second reset device that outputs the reset signal for resetting the microcomputer and holds an output of the reset signal when the number of times of occurrence counted by the counting device reaches a predetermined number of times; and an enabling device, wherein the second reset device is disabled before the failsafe control device starts to execute the failsafe control operation, and wherein the enabling device enables the second reset device to output the reset signal to the microcomputer when the failsafe control device starts to execute the failsafe control operation.