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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2021
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Nxp B.v., AG Eindhoven, NL;
Masato Ishibashi, Hiroshima, JP;
Kiyoyuki Tsuchiyama, Hiroshima, JP;
Daisuke Hamano, Hiroshima, JP;
Tomotsugu Futa, Hiroshima, JP;
Daisuke Horigome, Hiroshima, JP;
Atsushi Tasaki, Hiroshima, JP;
Yosuke Hashimoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Yusuke Kihara, Hiroshima, JP;
Eiichi Hojin, Hiroshima, JP;
Arnaud Van Den Bossche, Munich, DE;
Ray Marshall, Glasgow, GB;
Leonardo Surico, Munich, DE;
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima, JP;
NXP B.V., AG Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A vehicle control device includes a plurality of IC units, while maintaining the operational reliability. The vehicle control device includes an IC unit for performing image processing on outputs from cameras; an IC unit for performing recognition processing of an external environment of the vehicle; and an IC unit for performing judgment processing for cruise control of the vehicle. A control flow is provided so as to allow the IC unit to transmit a control signal to the IC units and. The control flow is provided separately from a data flow configured to transmit the output from the cameras, the image data, and the external environment data.