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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2020
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Naofumi Ota, Toyota, JP;
Jiro Ito, Toyota, JP;
Ryota Misumi, Toyota, JP;
Kazuichi Fujisaka, Hiroshima, JP;
Sadahisa Yamada, Hiroshima, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
An in-vehicle control device includes a processor configured to: control a device of a first type, which has a function of switching an operation mode between a normal mode and a mode in which power consumption is limited compared to the normal mode in accordance with an instruction via communication and a device of a second type, which does not have the function; specify a limited device that is a device of which power consumption is to be limited, based on information acquired from outside; transmit to the limited device via a communication line an instruction to shift the operation mode to the mode in which power consumption is limited compared to the normal mode, when the limited device is the device of the first type; and stop power supply to the limited device when the limited device is the device of the second type.