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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Yokkaichi, JP;
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi, JP;
Yasuhiro Yamasaki, Nishin, JP;
Kunihiro Miyauchi, Toyota, JP;
Hideki Goto, Okazaki, JP;
Ikuyoshi Otake, Toyota, JP;
Yoshio Ito, Osaka, JP;
Yusuke Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Tatsuya Izumi, Osaka, JP;
Hideyuki Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Kenta Ogata, Osaka, JP;
Darmawan Go, Yokkaichi, JP;
Yoshitaka Kikuchi, Yokkaichi, JP;
Hirofumi Urayama, Yokkaichi, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka, JP;
AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Yokkaichi, JP;
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Yokkaichi, JP;
Abstract
A central ECU serving as a communication control device includes a reception unit that receives a change notification related to a change in a communication setting of an in-vehicle network, a determination unit that determines whether or not an Ethernet switch connected to the communication control device is operable according to new settings information needed to accompany the change notification, and an inquiry unit that prompts a user to indicate whether or not to reflect the settings information in the Ethernet switch in cases in which the Ethernet switch has been determined to be operable according to the settings information.