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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1994
Kazumasa Sugiura, Katsuta, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automobile integrated wiring system has a central control unit adapted to act upon operator control instructions. The central control unit is arranged to provide output signals over a transmission path to a plurality of controllable peripheral devices each of the peripheral devices being arranged to perform a control function of the automobile. At least one of the peripheral devices includes detecting means for detecting an abnormality in the central control unit and means adapted to accept operator control instructions over the transmission path when the central control unit is detected to have an abnormality so that an appliance associated with the peripheral device may be operated by said peripheral device in the absence of instruction from the central control unit.