Vehicle system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024227787-A9
Application number	US-202418402029-A
Country	US
Kind code	A9
Filing date	Jan 2, 2024
Priority date	Aug 4, 2021
Publication date	Jul 11, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A vehicle system includes a plurality of devices and a controller. The plurality of devices are mounted on the vehicle, and each of the devices implements a function having a safety standard of a predetermined level set therein. The controller is capable of executing processing related to the safety standard on the devices, and includes a plurality of ECUs respectively allocated for the levels of the safety standards. The plurality of ECUs are respectively connected to the devices in which the safety standards of the allocated levels are set without being connected to the devices in which the safety standards of different levels are set, and execute, on the connected devices, processing related to the safety standards according to the allocated levels. Accordingly, the vehicle system can appropriately construct a system that secures safety.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A vehicle system comprising:
a plurality of devices mounted on a vehicle, each of the devices implementing a function having a safety standard of a predetermined level set therein; and a controller configured to execute, on the devices, processing related to the safety standard, wherein the controller includes a plurality of single-level controllers, each of the single-level controllers being allocated for a corresponding one of the levels of the safety standards, and wherein each of the single-level controllers is connected to a corresponding one of the devices configured to respectively implement the functions in which the safety standards of the allocated levels are set without being connected to the device configured to implement the function in which the safety standard of a different level is set, and executes, on the corresponding device connected thereto, processing related to the safety standard according to the allocated level without processing related to the safety standard of a plurality of levels.

2 . The vehicle system according to claim 1 , wherein
the devices and the controller are divided into a plurality of control systems according to a domain, and each of the control systems includes at least one of the single-level controllers.

3 . The vehicle system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a communication controller configured to communicate with an external device provided outside the vehicle; and a signal distribution unit configured to distribute a signal received from the communication controller to the plurality of single-level controllers, and to output signals output from the plurality of single-level controllers to the communication controller.

4 . The vehicle system according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a communication controller configured to communicate with an external device provided outside the vehicle; and a signal distribution unit configured to distribute a signal received from the communication controller to the plurality of single-level controllers, and to output signals output from the plurality of single-level controllers to the communication controller.

5 . The vehicle system according to claim 1 , wherein processing related to the safety standard having the relatively high level includes at least a part of processing related to the safety standard having the relatively low level.

6 . The vehicle system according to claim 2 , wherein processing related to the safety standard having the relatively high level includes at least a part of processing related to the safety standard having the relatively low level.

7 . The vehicle system according to claim 3 , wherein processing related to the safety standard having the relatively high level includes at least a part of processing related to the safety standard having the relatively low level.

8 . The vehicle system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller includes a multi-level controller connected to the device configured to implement the function in which the safety standard of the different level is set, and executes, on the device connected thereto, processing related to the safety standard according to the different level.

9 . The vehicle system according to claim 2 , wherein the controller includes a multi-level controller connected to the device configured to implement the function in which the safety standard of the different level is set, and executes, on the device connected thereto, processing related to the safety standard according to the different level.

10 . The vehicle system according to claim 3 , wherein the controller includes a multi-level controller connected to the device configured to implement the function in which the safety standard of the different level is set, and executes, on the device connected thereto, processing related to the safety standard according to the different level.

11 . The vehicle system according to claim 5 , wherein the controller includes a multi-level controller connected to the device configured to implement the function in which the safety standard of the different level is set, and executes, on the device connected thereto, processing related to the safety standard according to the different level.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Sugiyama Nobuhiro
• YANAGIDA You
• Kisu Naomi
• Sato Katsumi
• Ike Hiromu

Classifications

• B60R16/023 Primary

  for transmission of signals between vehicle parts or subsystems · CPC title

• B60W2756/10

  Involving external transmission of data to or from the vehicle · CPC title

• B60W30/08 Primary

  Active safety systems} predicting or avoiding probable or impending collision {or attempting to minimise its consequences · CPC title

• H04L12/28

  characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks] (wireless communication networks H04W {; arrangements for dividing the transmission path H04W40/00}) · CPC title

• B60R16/02

  electric {constitutive elements} · CPC title