The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2023
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Tomoya Tokunaga, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuroh Saitoh, Tokyo, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic communication system includes: a vehicle control unit that controls a functional unit mounted in a vehicle; and a higher-order control unit, wherein the vehicle control unit and the higher-order control unit are connected through a lower-order communication line, a plurality of the higher-order control units are connected to each other through a higher-order communication line, and the higher-order control unit starts up from a sleep state in response to receiving a first wake-up signal from the vehicle control unit through the lower-order communication line, determines a first transmission period, based on a time period required for another higher-order control unit connected to the higher-order control unit through the higher-order communication line to start up, and transmits a second wake-up signal to the another higher-order control unit at regular intervals of the determined first transmission period.
Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile