Denso Corporation

Keiichi Osawa

Hiroyuki Enomoto

Akiyoshi Tsuchiya

Atsushi Hattori

Katsumi Takaba

Minoru Hozuka

Yoshio Nakagaki

Kazunori Kurokawa

Shinichi Sano

In a vehicle diagnosis information communication system, electric power is supplied from a battery to a vehicle control computer mounted on the vehicle during a period of vehicle operation, while the electric power is supplied to a radio communication unit mounted on the vehicle irrespective of the vehicle operation. The computer transmits a vehicle information such as engine diagnosis result to the radio communication unit through a communication line. The radio communication unit communicates the received vehicle information to an external site of communication in response to a request of the information form the external site of communication irrespective of the supply of the electric power to the computer. Preferably, the supply of the electric power from the battery to the computer is maintained for a predetermined period after the vehicle operation.

Vehicle information communication system and method capable of communicating with external management station

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Obu, Japan

Keiichi Osawa