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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2022
Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Yokkaichi, JP;
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Yoshitaka Kikuchi, Yokkaichi, JP;
Takeshi Hagihara, Yokkaichi, JP;
Hirofumi Urayama, Yokkaichi, JP;
Hideki Maeda, Yokkaichi, JP;
Darmawan Go, Yokkaichi, JP;
Tomohiro Otsu, Yokkaichi, JP;
AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Yokkaichi, JP;
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An on-board relay apparatus includes: a relaying unit configured to relay information between a plurality of on-board apparatuses belonging to mutually different virtual local area networks (VLANs); a detecting unit configured to detect that the on-board apparatuses have transitioned to a sleep state; and a notifying unit configured to, if it is detected by the detecting unit that a first on-board apparatus among the plurality of on-board apparatuses has transitioned to the sleep state, provide a second on-board apparatus among the plurality of on-board apparatuses with a sleep notification indicating that the first on-board apparatus has transitioned to the sleep state.