IP Library Granted Patent US 11,362,859
Granted Patent B2
US 11,362,859 · App. 17/268,815 · Granted Jun 14, 2022

In-vehicle communication device and in-vehicle system

Inventors: Naoyuki Yamamoto (Hitachinaka, JP); Hiroki Yamazaki (Hitachinaka, JP); Hitoshi Kawaguchi (Hitachinaka, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
H04L12/40182H04L12/40189H04W4/46H04L2012/40215H04L2012/40273
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Patent No.
US 11,362,859
App. No.
17/268,815
Granted
Jun 14, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides an in-vehicle communication device and an in-vehicle system that can establish communication, in a short time, between applications corresponding to the same communication protocol between in-vehicle processing devices connected to communication buses having different communication protocols. In the present invention, when the first communication controller 33 has received a specific message from the first in-vehicle processing device 102 connected to the first communication bus 101 , the in-vehicle communication device 1 transmits a communication protocol switching command from the second communication controller 3 to the second in-vehicle processing device 202 connected to the second communication bus 201 to switch a communication protocol setting of the second communication controller to the same communication protocol setting as that of the first communication bus.

Claims (12)

1. An in-vehicle communication device that is connected to a first communication bus and a second communication bus and relays data between the first communication bus and the second communication bus, the in-vehicle communication device comprising:

a first communication controller connected to the first communication bus; and

a second communication controller connected to the second communication bus,

wherein when the first communication controller has received a specific message from a first in-vehicle processing device connected to the first communication bus in a state where a communication protocol of the first communication bus and a communication protocol of the second communication bus are different, the in-vehicle communication device is configured to transmit a communication protocol switching command from the second communication controller to a second in-vehicle processing device connected to the second communication bus to cause a communication protocol switch to switch a communication protocol setting of the second communication controller to a same communication protocol as that of the first communication bus without switching the communication protocol of the first communication controller, wherein the second in-vehicle processing device is configured to reset the communication protocol setting of the second communication controller to an original protocol setting when a predetermined time has elapsed, and

wherein a communication protocol of the first communication bus is CAN, and a communication protocol of the second communication bus is CAN-FD.

2. An in-vehicle system comprising:

the in-vehicle communication device according to claim 1 ;

the first communication bus;

the second communication bus;

the first in-vehicle processing device; and

the second in-vehicle processing device,

wherein the second in-vehicle processing device is configured to, after receiving the communication protocol switching command, switch a communication protocol setting of a communication controller of the second in-vehicle processing device to the same communication protocol setting as that of the first communication bus.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 2, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 057655/0824 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2021
From: YAMAMOTO, NAOYUKI; YAMAZAKI, HIROKI; KAWAGUCHI, HITOSHI
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 055360/0785 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-157029 · Aug 24, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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