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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2002
Shinichi Senoo, Kariya, JP;
Tomohisa Kishigami, Obu, JP;
Hajime Kikkawa, Nagoya, JP;
DENSO Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
In a network system, each ECU transmits a start control frame when to start, and is started when it receives the start control frame from any other ECU during the stop of its operation. Besides, each ECU transmits a stop control frame cyclically during its operation, and continues its operation in spite of being capable of stopping its operation, while it is receiving the stop control frame from any other ECU. In transmitting each of the frames, each ECU affixes cause information expressive of a start cause or an operation stop incapability cause to the frame. In stopping a network, a supervisory device specifies the start ECU and the start cause thereof from the start control frame and stores them in a nonvolatile memory.