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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1987
Yoshihisa Sato, Nagoya, JP;
Yugi Hirabayashi, Aichi, JP;
Katsuhiro Ina, Okazaki, JP;
Katsunori Ito, Aichi, JP;
Susumu Akiyama, Kariya, JP;
Takao Saito, Nagoya, JP;
Tetsuo Tanigawa, Toyota, JP;
Nippondenso Co., Ltd., Kariya, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A communication control unit for controlling communication between an electronic control unit and other equipment or other electronic control units, the communication control unit functioning to judge whether or not the operation of the electronic control unit is normal and, if it is judged that the electronic control unit is operating abnormally, the communication control unit acts to reset the electronic control unit to an initial operating status in order to attempt recovery from the abnormal condition, while halting transmission by the electronic control unit until it is judged that the electronic control unit has commenced to operate normally.