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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2014
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Aichi, JP;
Ryusuke Hase, Kariya, JP;
Takahiro Tsuzuku, Kariya, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
Upon receiving a setting signal S, each of a plurality of monitoring units transmits the first setting signal to the subsequent monitoring unit or a control unit, and in a case when it is not possible to receive the first setting signal, the monitoring unit transmits a second setting signal, which indicates an occurrence of a communication abnormality, to the subsequent monitoring unit or the control unit, and when receiving the second setting signal, it changes the received second setting signal so as to transmit the changed second setting signal to the subsequent monitoring unit or the control unit, while the control unit identifies the occurrence location of a communication abnormality in accordance with second setting signal transmitted from the last monitoring unit.