Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Limited

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited

Autonetworks Technologies, Limited

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Ryo Okada

Takeshi Hagihara

Nobuyuki Nakagawa

Ryo Tanaka

Kazuhiko Nii

Yuichi Kodama

Kengo Hayashizaki

Shuta Fukuda

Koji Saotome

Genta Yamane

Masashi Nakano

Provided is a communication device and a control method, according to which in a configuration in which a plurality of processing units having a master-subordinate relationship therebetween, processing for controlling an abnormality and the like that has occurred in the subordinate processing unit can be performed by the master processing unit. A communication device includes a master processing unit and a subordinate processing unit, and the subordinate processing unit performs processing regarding communication, the master processing unit controls activation of the subordinate processing unit, the subordinate processing unit periodically transmits a signal to the master processing unit, and the master processing unit controls an operation of the subordinate processing unit in accordance with the signal that is periodically transmitted by the subordinate processing unit.

Communication device and control method

The in-vehicle communication device includes a CAN communication unit, an Ethernet communication unit, a controller that controls communication by the CAN communication unit and the Ethernet communication unit, a first voltage output unit that outputs a first voltage, and a second voltage output unit that outputs a second voltage lower than the first voltage. The second voltage output is applied to the Ethernet communication unit. The first voltage output by the first voltage output unit and the second voltage output by the second voltage output unit are applied to the CAN communication unit. An opening/closing unit is provided between the second voltage output unit and the Ethernet communication unit. When a predetermined operation in the vehicle has been detected, the controller puts the opening/closing unit into an open state and cuts off the supply of power from the second voltage output unit to the Ethernet communication unit.

In-vehicle communication device

A communication device comprises a connector to which a communication line is to be connected for sending and receiving a control signal concerning charge control between a transportation apparatus and a charging apparatus, a modem outputting a modulated signal obtained by modulating information to be sent and demodulating the modulated signal input, and a first internal communication line and a second internal communication line each being connected to the connector and the modem, the first internal communication line and the second internal communication line respectively being for sending the modulated signal and being for receiving the modulated signal, and sends and receives the modulated signal by superposing the modulated signal on the control signal. The modem outputs a beacon signal for communication, and comprises a branch line branched at an intermediate location of the second internal communication line, a wave detector circuit that detects the beacon signal transmitted to the branch line by way of the first internal communication line, the connector and the second internal communication line, and a diagnosis unit that performs a fault diagnosis of its own device based on a signal obtained through detection by the wave detector circuit.

Communication device, charge communication system, transportation apparatus and fault diagnosis method

A communication system comprising: a control line transmitting a control signal for controlling charging of a battery mounted on a vehicle; a reference potential line connected to a reference potential of the vehicle serving as a reference for the control signal; a first PLC communication device connected to the control line and the reference potential line and superposing onto the control signal a differential signal having a higher frequency than the control signal so as to perform communication with an external power supply apparatus; and an inductive element which is provided at a point of connection between the reference potential lineand the reference potential or provided in the reference potential line and the inductive element having impedance for a noise having a higher frequency than the control signal is higher than the impedance for the control signal.

Communication system and connector

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Yokkaichi, Japan

Ryo Okada