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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2000
Mitsuo Shimotani, Tokyo, JP;
Akio Uekawa, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An on-vehicle information processing unit includes a central processing unit; a first device connected to the central processing unit; a device-dependent driver for driving only the first device; an operating-system-standard (OS-standard) driver enabling an application to drive devices different from the first device; a device-dependent application using the first device through the device-dependent driver; and an OS-dependent application for using the first device through the OS-standard driver. The central processing unit can include a switch for enabling the OS-dependent application only when using an Internet function, and for operating the device-dependent application in a normal mode.