Patent ID: 7424351
Filing Date: 2008-09-09
Classification: G07C

Abstract:
1. A control unit capable of transmitting/receiving information to/from a data recording apparatus to execute control of a vehicle, comprising: a receiving section that receives a data request signal transmitted from the data recording apparatus; a transmitting section that transmits a control parameter, which corresponds to the data request signal, out of control parameters used to execute the control of the vehicle, to the data recording apparatus; and a storing section that stores an operating history including an operating state of the data recording apparatus at a time of shutdown, the operating state comprising acquired contents including types of control parameters to be recorded in the data recording apparatus and at least one of acquiring conditions including a sampling rate, trigger conditions, and a recording time, wherein, when the operating history is stored in the storing section, the transmitting section reads the operating history from the storing section in a starting process executed after a power supply is turned ON, and wherein the transmitting section restores the operating state at the time of shutdown based on the read operating history.