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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2017
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Shu Ishizuka, Toyota, JP;
Yoshiro Hirata, Toyota, JP;
Hiroya Ando, Toyota, JP;
Taichi Matsumura, Toyota, JP;
Masashi Amesara, Toyota, JP;
Yutaka Ueda, Yokkaichi, JP;
Toshio Kawamura, Nagakute, JP;
Tomomi Kawamura, Nagakute, JP;
Yoshifumi Ohmori, Nagoya, JP;
Toshio Shimada, Nagoya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An in-vehicle network system deployed in a vehicle includes a plurality of first nodes configured to perform an operation relevant to a first function in the vehicle, a second node configured to perform an operation relevant to a second function different from the first function in the vehicle; and a relay device configured to relay communication between the first nodes and the second node. The relay device is configured to start relay of communication between the first nodes earlier than the relay of communication between the first node and the second node at a time of startup.