IP Library Granted Patent US 10,723,361
Granted Patent B2
US 10,723,361 · App. 15/879,758 · Granted Jul 28, 2020

Monitoring apparatus, communication system, vehicle, monitoring method, and non-transitory storage medium

Inventors: Yoshiharu Imamoto (Kanagawa, JP); Jun Anzai (Kanagawa, JP); Masato Tanabe (Aichi, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
B60W50/04B60W50/14H04L9/0891H04L9/3236H04L9/3271H04L12/40H04L63/12H04L63/1408H04W4/48B60W2050/021B60W2050/046H04L43/08H04L63/08H04L67/12H04L2012/40215H04L2012/40273H04L2209/38H04L2209/84
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Patent No.
US 10,723,361
App. No.
15/879,758
Granted
Jul 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A monitoring apparatus includes a storage unit, a reception unit, a collation information generation unit, and a response unit. The storage unit stores a criterion for determining normality of a frame transmitted from a first electronic device. The reception unit receives the frame from a bus network. The collation information generation unit generates, when the reception unit receives a frame of a first identifier (ID) transmitted from the first electronic device, collation information which is information for collation with the criterion stored in the storage unit, based on the frame. The response unit transmits, when the reception unit receives a frame of a second ID transmitted from the second electronic device, information which is based on the criterion stored in the storage unit and the collation information generated by the collation information generation unit and which enables a check whether the first electronic device is valid, to the second electronic device.

Claims (37)

1. A monitoring apparatus that is connected to a first electronic device and a second electronic device via a bus network, the second electronic device executing a process according to whether the first electronic device is valid, the monitoring apparatus comprising:

a storage unit that stores a criterion for determining normality of a frame transmitted from the first electronic device;

a reception unit that receives the frame from the bus network;

a collation information generation unit that generates, when the reception unit receives a frame of a first identifier (ID) transmitted from the first electronic device, collation information which is information for collation with the criterion stored in the storage unit, based on the frame; and

a response unit that transmits, when the reception unit receives a frame of a second ID transmitted from the second electronic device, information which is based on the criterion stored in the storage unit and the collation information generated by the collation information generation unit and which enables a check whether the first electronic device is valid, to the second electronic device.

2. The monitoring apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a determination unit that determines whether the first electronic device is valid by collating the collation information generated by the collation information generation unit with the criterion stored in the storage unit,

wherein the response unit transmits a determined result of the determination unit as the information which enables the check whether the first electronic device is valid.

3. The monitoring apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an updating unit that updates the criterion stored in the storage unit in cooperation with an external server when a predetermined condition is satisfied.

4. A communication system comprising:

a first electronic device;

a second electronic device that executes a process according to whether the first electronic device is valid; and

a monitoring apparatus,

the first electronic device, the second electronic device, and the monitoring apparatus being connected via a bus network,

the monitoring apparatus including:

a storage unit that stores a criterion for determining normality of a frame transmitted from the first electronic device;

a reception unit that receives the frame from the bus network;

a collation information generation unit that generates, when the reception unit receives a frame of a first identifier (ID) transmitted from the first electronic device, collation information which is information for collation with the criterion stored in the storage unit, based on the frame;

a response unit that transmits, when the reception unit receives a frame of a second ID transmitted from the second electronic device, information which is based on the criterion stored in the storage unit and the collation information generated by the collation information generation unit and which enables a check whether the first electronic device is valid, to the second electronic device.

5. The communication system according to claim 4 , wherein the second electronic device causes a predetermined display device to display information indicating whether the first electronic device is valid.

6. A vehicle comprising:

a first electronic device;

a second electronic device that executes a process according to whether the first electronic device is valid; and

a monitoring apparatus;

the first electronic device, the second electronic device, and the monitoring apparatus being connected via an in-vehicle bus network,

the monitoring apparatus including:

a storage unit that stores a criterion for determining normality of a frame transmitted from the first electronic device;

a reception unit that receives the frame from the in-vehicle bus network;

a collation information generation unit that generates, when the reception unit receives a frame of a first identifier (ID) transmitted from the first electronic device, collation information which is information for collation with the criterion stored in the storage unit, based on the frame; and

a response unit that transmits, when the reception unit receives a frame of a second ID transmitted from the second electronic device, information which is based on the criterion stored in the storage unit and the collation information generated by the collation information generation unit and which enables a check whether the first electronic device is valid, to the second electronic device.

7. A monitoring method which is executed by a monitoring apparatus that is connected, via a bus network, to a first electronic device and a second electronic device that executes a process according to whether the first electronic device is valid, the monitoring apparatus storing a criterion for determining normality of a frame transmitted from the first electronic device, the monitoring method comprising:

receiving the frame from the bus network;

generating, when receiving a frame of a first identifier (ID) transmitted from the first electronic device, collation information which is information for collation with the criterion, based on the frame; and

transmitting, when receiving a frame of a second ID transmitted from the second electronic device, information which is based on the criterion and the collation information and which enables a check whether the first electronic device is valid, to the second electronic device.

8. A non-transitory storage medium containing a computer program executed by a monitoring apparatus that is connected, via a bus network, to a first electronic device and a second electronic device that executes a process according to whether the first electronic device is valid and that stores a criterion for determining normality of a frame transmitted from the first electronic device, the computer program causing the monitoring apparatus to execute:

receiving the frame from the bus network;

generating, when receiving a frame of a first identifier (ID) transmitted from the first electronic device, collation information which is information for collation with the criterion, based on the frame; and

transmitting, when receiving a frame of a second ID transmitted from the second electronic device, information which is based on the criterion and the collation information and which enables a check whether the first electronic device is valid, to the second electronic device.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066703/0177 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2018
From: IMAMOTO, YOSHIHARU; ANZAI, JUN; TANABE, MASATO
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045344/0957 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-027280 · Feb 16, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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