Control system, control method of control system, electronic device, and recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023298407-A1
Application number	US-202318167239-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 10, 2023
Priority date	Mar 16, 2022
Publication date	Sep 21, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

A control system includes a first electronic device, a second electronic device for receiving vehicle data related to the vehicle from the first electronic device, a communication device for transmitting the vehicle data received by the second electronic device to an external device of the vehicle, a determination unit for determining whether or not to transmit the vehicle data to the external device, and an imparting unit for imparting time data to the vehicle data to be transmitted to the external device in the case where the determination unit determines to transmit the vehicle data to the external device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A control system of a vehicle, comprising:
a first electronic device; a second electronic device for receiving vehicle data related to the vehicle from the first electronic device; a communication device for transmitting the vehicle data received by the second electronic device to an external device of the vehicle; a determination unit for determining whether or not to transmit the vehicle data to the external device; and an imparting unit for imparting time data to the vehicle data to be transmitted to the external device in the case where the determination unit determines to transmit the vehicle data to the external device.

2 . The control system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an output device for periodically outputting the time data, wherein the first electronic device comprises a reception unit for receiving the time data from the output device, and the imparting unit, and the imparting unit imparts the time data received by the reception unit to the vehicle data.

3 . The control system according to claim 2 , wherein
the second electronic device comprises the determination unit, and an instruction unit for instructing impartation of the time data to the first electronic device in the case where the determination unit determines to transmit the vehicle data to the external device, and the imparting unit imparts the time data to the vehicle data in the case where the imparting unit is instructed by the instruction unit.

4 . The control system according to claim 3 , wherein
in the case where the first vehicle data is transmitted to the second electronic device, and thereafter there is an instruction, in the first electronic device from the instruction unit, for imparting first time data corresponding to the first vehicle data, the imparting unit imparts the first time data to the second vehicle data to be transmitted to the second electronic device after the first vehicle data.

5 . The control system according to claim 1 , wherein
the second electronic device comprises the determination unit and the imparting unit.

6 . The control system according to claim 5 , wherein
the second electronic device comprises a storage unit for storing the time data showing a time when the vehicle data is received from the first electronic device, and the imparting unit imparts the time data stored in the storage unit to the vehicle data.

7 . The control system according to claim 5 , wherein
the imparting unit imparts the time data when transmitting the vehicle data to the communication device.

8 . The control system according to claim 5 , wherein
a first communication line for communication between the second electronic device and the communication device has a communication band wider than a communication band of a second communication line for communication between the first electronic device and the second communication device.

9 . A control method of a control system of a vehicle comprising: a first electronic device; a second electronic device for receiving vehicle data related to a vehicle from the first electronic device; and a communication device for transmitting the vehicle data received by the second electronic device to an external device of the vehicle, the control method comprising:
determining whether or not to transmit the vehicle data to the external device; and imparting time data to the vehicle data to be transmitted to the external device in the case where determining to transmit the vehicle data to the external device.

10 . An electronic device of a vehicle communicating with an external device, comprising:
a determination unit for determining whether or not to transmit vehicle data related to the vehicle to the external device; and an imparting unit for imparting time data to the vehicle data to be transmitted to the external device in the case where the determination unit determines to transmit the vehicle data to the external device.

11 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording a program for causing a processer of an electronic device of a vehicle communicating with an external device to function as:
a determination unit for determining whether or not to transmit vehicle data related to the vehicle to the external device; and an imparting unit for imparting time data to the vehicle data to be transmitted to the external device in the case where the determination unit determines to transmit the vehicle data to the external device.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Saitoh Tatsuroh
• Nomura Takumi

Classifications

• G07C5/0816

  Indicating performance data, e.g. occurrence of a malfunction · CPC title

• G07C5/085

  using electronic data carriers · CPC title

• G07C5/008 Primary

  communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C) · CPC title

• H04W4/44 Primary

  for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H] · CPC title