Patent ID: 8600623

Claim:
A control apparatus for a first vehicle and a second vehicle, the control apparatus comprising: a receiver section for receiving an airbag signal transmitted from an airbag apparatus, wherein the airbag apparatus is equipped in each of the first vehicle and the second vehicle, wherein a transmission section for transmitting the airbag signal from the airbag apparatus during non-deployment of the airbag apparatus is equipped in the first vehicle but is not equipped in the second vehicle; an abnormality determination section for determining that the airbag apparatus is abnormal when the airbag signal transmitted from the airbag apparatus is not received by the receiver section; a control section for activating the abnormality determination section when the control apparatus is mounted to the first vehicle, and prohibiting activation of the abnormality determination section when the control apparatus is mounted to the second vehicle; and a battery attachment section to which a battery other than an in-vehicle battery is to be attached, wherein the control section includes: a detection section for detecting whether the battery is attached to the battery attachment section; and a mounting determination section for determining that the control apparatus is mounted to the first vehicle when the detection section detects that the battery is attached to the battery attachment section, and for determining that the control apparatus is mounted to the second vehicle when the detection section detects that the battery is not attached to the battery attachment section.