Patent ID: 6548990
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: H02J,H02P

Abstract:
A vehicle-mounted control system, comprising:a vehicle-mounted device controllable in response to a control signal applied thereto; an electronic control unit for controlling the vehicle-mounted device by outputting the control signal; and communicating means connecting the vehicle-mounted device and the electronic control unit for transmitting the control signal from the electronic control unit to the vehicle-mounted device, wherein the electronic control unit is constructed to change automatically the control signal in correspondence with a change in a type of the vehicle-mounted device, wherein the electronic control unit includes: a control mode storing section for storing a plurality of control modes different from each other based on characteristics of types of the vehicle-mounted device; and a control mode selecting section for selecting one of the plurality of control modes, wherein the electronic control unit outputs the control signal to control the vehicle-mounted device based on the control mode selected by the control mode selecting section and the vehicle-mounted device stores therein identification information specifying the type thereof and transmits the identification information to the electronic control unit, and the control mode selecting section selects the control mode based on the identification information transmitted from the vehicle-mounted device.