Patent ID: 6973378
Filing Date: 2005-12-06
Classification: G01M

Abstract:
1. An in-vehicle control device for a vehicle, the in-vehicle control device comprising: a control module that is modularized to control operation of the entire in-vehicle control device; a detachably installed communication module that is detachably connected to the control module through a communication module interface and is modularized to communicate with an external communication network; and a detachably installed vehicular I/O module that is detachably connected to the control module through a vehicular I/O module interface and is modularized to communicate data with an in-vehicle LAN of the vehicle, wherein: the control module includes: the detachably installed communication module has at least one nonuniversal function that is not universal to the detachably installed communication module and the at least one replaceable communication module; the communication module interface is universal to the detachably installed communication module and the at least one replaceable communication module; the detachably installed vehicular I/O module has at least one nonuniversal function that is not universal to the detachably installed vehicular I/O module and the at least one replaceable vehicular I/O module; and the vehicular I/O module interface is universal to the detachably installed vehicular I/O module and the at least one replaceable vehicular I/O module.