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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
May. 19, 2015
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Soo Yun Kim, Incheon, KR;
Assignees:
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/40 (2006.01); H04L 12/403 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/40039 (2013.01); H04L 12/403 (2013.01); H04L 43/0817 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40234 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40273 (2013.01);
Abstract
A LIN communication system includes a master controller, and at least one slave controller connected to the master controller via local interconnect network (LIN) communication. The master controller allows the at least one slave controller to enter a sleep mode in a normal situation through a sleep mode message of an unconditional frame provided via the LIN communication and checks a failure state of the at least one slave controller in an abnormal situation.