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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2024
Relay device, vehicle communication system, vehicle, communication method, and communication program
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi, JP;
Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Yokkaichi, JP;
Yojiro Suyama, Osaka, JP;
Hideyuki Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Tatsuya Izumi, Osaka, JP;
Yusuke Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Hagihara, Yokkaichi, JP;
Darmawan Go, Yokkaichi, JP;
Yosuke Shimizu, Yokkaichi, JP;
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka, JP;
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie, JP;
AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie, JP;
Abstract
An information of a network to which a new function unit has been added is easily acquired. A relay device installed in a vehicle includes: a detection unit configured to detect a new function unit being a function unit that is newly added to a network including an existing function unit being one or a plurality of function units; a relay unit configured to relay a frame between the function units; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from the frame, relayed by the relay unit, between the new function unit detected by the detection unit and the existing function unit, function unit information that includes information regarding a network configuration of a layer of a lower order than an application layer, the function unit information being of at least one of the new function unit and the existing function unit.