Patent ID: 6175795
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An on-vehicle electronic control unit provided in a vehicle for use with multiple types of electrical equipment, including at least one type of input side electrical equipment and at least one type of output side electrical equipment, mountable on the vehicle, comprising:an input terminal electrically connectable to the at least one type of input side electrical equipment of the multiple types of electrical equipment mountable on the vehicle,an output terminal electrically connectable to the at least one type of output side electrical equipment of the multiple types of electrical equipment mountable on the vehicle,a switching terminal which receives a signal representing which of the multiple types of electrical equipment is connected to the input terminal and the output terminal, anda controller connected to the input terminal, the output terminal and the switching terminal, the controller having multiple types of control modes such that a control mode of the multiple types of control modes can be changed in accordance with a combination of the multiple types of electrical equipment to be connected to the input terminal and the output terminal, the controller changing the control mode, in accordance with the signal received by the switching terminal, to another control mode corresponding to the combination of the multiple types of electrical equipment represented by the signal, and controlling the output side electrical equipment connected to the output terminal in accordance with the input signal inputted from the input side electrical equipment through the input terminal.