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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2020
Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Yokkaichi, JP;
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Fumiya Ishikawa, Yokkaichi, JP;
Yukihiro Miyashita, Yokkaichi, JP;
Hiroshi Ueda, Yokkaichi, JP;
Naoki Adachi, Yokkaichi, JP;
Shinichi Aiba, Yokkaichi, JP;
Shogo Kamiguchi, Yokkaichi, JP;
AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Yokkaichi, JP;
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A substitution apparatus for installation in a vehicle in which a plurality of in-vehicle control apparatuses are implemented, the substitution apparatus including a control unit and a substitute unit. The control unit is configured to control the substitute unit based on transmission data transmitted from the in-vehicle control apparatuses, specify an abnormal in-vehicle control apparatus based on the transmission data, disable the specified abnormal in-vehicle control apparatus, and apply, to the substitute unit, a program for exhibiting functions otherwise normally executed by the specified abnormal in-vehicle control apparatus. The substitute unit is configured to substitute for the disabled in-vehicle control apparatus by executing the applied program.