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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Bumho Park, Seoul, KR;
Kyounghwa Kim, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); G07C 5/0825 (2013.01);
Abstract
A modular control apparatus for a vehicle comprises: a base block mounted on the vehicle to provide an interface with apparatuses within the vehicle; and an upgrade block detachably mounted on the base block. The base block detects whether or not the upgrade block is valid. The upgrade block includes a checking circuit for physically detecting whether or not the upgrade block is a valid upgrade block. The upgrade block periodically transmits a checking message indicating whether or not the upgrade block is the valid upgrade block.