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Granted Patent B2
US 12,524,537 · App. 18/264,452 · Granted Jan 13, 2026

Electronic control system

Inventors: Guillaume Borrits (Tokyo, JP); Kota Ideguchi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
G06F21/56G06F2221/034
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,524,537
App. No.
18/264,452
Granted
Jan 13, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an electronic control system configured to read a log recording an operation of a device and to detect a security event that is an event related to information security; execute a safety feature serving as a measure against a safety event that is an event related to functional safety; execute a security feature serving as a measure against the security event; store correspondence information indicating at least one of the safety feature and the security feature corresponding to the security event; and identify, based on the correspondence information, a feature corresponding to the security event to execute the identified feature, wherein the correspondence information records the event classified into at least one of the security events so as to correspond to the safety feature.

Claims (26)

1 . An electronic control system comprising:

a gateway mounted on a vehicle, the gateway comprising:

a first computer processing unit (CPU) configured to:

collect a log, the log associated with an operation of a device and comprising a safety log and a security log,

detect a security event that is an event related to information security,

detect a safety event that is an event related to functional safety, and

a first storage device configured to execute a correspondence information table; and

an electronic control unit (ECU) comprising:

a second CPU configured to:

perform a security process serving as a measure against the security event, and

perform a safety process serving as a measure against the safety event, and

a second storage device configured to store the safety log and the security log,

wherein the electronic control system is further configured to:

correct the safety log and the security log,

store correspondence information indicating at least one of the safety process and the security process corresponding to the security event,

identify, based on the correspondence information, the security process corresponding to the security event, and

perform the identified security process,

wherein the correspondence information comprises the event classified into at least one of the security events so as to correspond to the safety process;

wherein the electronic control system is further configured to:

determine whether the safety process corresponding to the security event is stored as the correspondence information,

in response to the safety process being stored as the correspondence information, perform the safety process, and

in response to the safety process not stored being stored as the correspondence information, and the security process corresponding to the security event being stored as the correspondence information, perform the security process.

2 . The electronic control system according to claim 1 , wherein the ECU is further configured to detect the security event based on the safety event.

3 . The electronic control system according to claim 1 , wherein the ECU is further configured to:

identify, based on the correspondence information, the security process corresponding to the safety event, and

perform the identified security process.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2023
From: IDEGUCHI, KOTA
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 064505/0842 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-025704 · Feb 19, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240104204A1 · Mar 28, 2024
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