Patent ID: 6360152
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A vehicle-control communication system for dividing controls for a plurality of devices incorporated in a vehicle to a plurality of prespecified control function units, detecting status information required for controlling the corresponding control function unit by a plurality of sensors by the plurality of control function units, and controlling driving of a plurality of actuators each as a target for control by the corresponding control function unit according to the detected status information and information from the other control function units; whereinthe plurality of control function units are divided into a plurality of control function groups; and each of said plurality of control function groups comprises: a plurality of I/O processing units for executing input/output processing to said sensors and said actuators corresponding to a plurality of control function units in the corresponding control function group by the plurality of control function units; an operation processing unit for executing a plurality of operation processing corresponding to the plurality of control function units according to the information inputted from the plurality of I/O processing units, and outputting each result of the operation processing to the plurality of corresponding I/O processing units respectively; and a first communication bus for connecting said plurality of I/O processing units to each other and to said operation processing unit; and said plurality of control function groups are connected to each other by a second communication bus for connecting said operation processing units to each other within the plurality of control function groups.