Vehicle control system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 12065154
APP PUB NO 20220274609A1
SERIAL NO

17630930

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A vehicle control system includes a central ECU configured to calculate target outputs of actuators, and relay devices each disposed in a communication path between the central ECU and a corresponding actuator among the actuators. The plurality of relay devices includes a specific relay device configured transfer a control signal from the central ECU only to a fixed actuator that is an actuator not related to driving control, braking control, and steering control of a vehicle. The specific relay device is configured to output, to the fixed actuator coupled to the specific relay device, one of a signal for setting the fixed actuator in an operating state or a signal for setting the fixed actuator in a non-operating state, in response to detection of an abnormality in the central ECU. The specific relay device does not have a function of diagnosing an abnormality in the specific relay device.

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MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION3-1 SHINCHI FUCHU-CHO AKI-GUN HIROSHIMA 730-8670

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kurokawa, Yoshimasa Hiroshima, JP 27 20
Yamashita, Tetsuhiro Hiroshima, JP 49 315

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