Patent ID: 8630749

Claim:
A vehicle control system comprising: a radio wave transmitting body that transmits information using a radio signal; a first electronic control device that receives the radio signal from the radio wave transmitting body; and a second electronic control device that receives the radio signal from the radio wave transmitting body, wherein the first electronic control device includes: a first transmitting/receiving unit that transmits and receives the radio signal; a first information acquisition unit that acquires the information, which is transmitted from the radio wave transmitting body, from the radio signal received by the first transmitting/receiving unit; a determination unit that determines whether a content of the radio signal received by the first transmitting/receiving unit is the information transmitted from the radio wave transmitting body, a content relating to processing of the first electronic control device, or a content that does not relate to the first electronic control device; an information repeater that passes the information acquired by the first information acquisition unit to the second electronic control device by transmitting the radio signal from the first transmitting/receiving unit, and wherein the second electronic control device includes: a second transmitting/receiving unit that receives the radio signal from the radio wave transmitting body and the first electronic control device; a second information acquisition unit that acquires the information, which is transmitted from the radio wave transmitting body, from the radio signal received by the second transmitting/receiving unit; a third information acquisition unit that acquires the information, which is passed by the first electronic control device, from the radio signal received by the second transmitting/receiving unit; and a controller that controls a device of a vehicle based on the information acquired by the second information acquisition unit or the third information acquisition unit.