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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2020
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi, JP;
Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Yokkaichi, JP;
Yojiro Suyama, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Yabuuchi, Yokkaichi, JP;
Darmawan Go, Yokkaichi, JP;
Yosuke Shimizu, Yokkaichi, JP;
Takeshi Hagihara, Yokkaichi, JP;
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka, JP;
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie, JP;
AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie, JP;
Abstract
A relay device mounted to a vehicle includes a plurality of function units. The relay device includes: an authentication processing unit configured to acquire authentication information of a function unit from an external device outside the vehicle, and perform an authentication process regarding the function unit by using the acquired authentication information; and a relay processing unit configured to, on the basis of a result of the authentication process performed by the authentication processing unit, relay information between the function unit and another function unit. When a validity time limit of the authentication information has expired, the authentication processing unit acquires, from the external device, the authentication information that is new.