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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2010
Hiroya Ando, Toyota, JP;
Hiroyoshi Ito, Toyota, JP;
Kengo Hayashizaki, Okazaki, JP;
Koji Hirabayashi, Miyoshi, JP;
Nobuyuki Nakagawa, Miyoshi, JP;
Yusuke Satoh, Toyota, JP;
Hiroya Ando, Toyota, JP;
Hiroyoshi Ito, Toyota, JP;
Kengo Hayashizaki, Okazaki, JP;
Koji Hirabayashi, Miyoshi, JP;
Nobuyuki Nakagawa, Miyoshi, JP;
Yusuke Satoh, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A data communication network system which enables an intended unit to determine a start point for a transmission schedule in communication is provided. In a data communication network system in which a plurality of electronic control units perform network communication through a communication line based on a time triggered communication protocol, a control section for previously putting the communication line in a communication inhibited state, and canceling the communication inhibited state at a predetermined time is included, and a predetermined one unit among the plurality of electronic control units transmits a message for synchronization, in a communication time, with the other units thereamong immediately after the communication inhibited state is cancelled.