US 12,275,362 B2
Vehicle control system, vehicle control method and central ECU
Taiki Mizutani, Nisshin (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/950,783.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-164309 (JP), filed on Oct. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0109523 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 16/037 (2006.01); B60R 16/023 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 16/037 (2013.01) [B60R 16/0231 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle control system comprising:
at least one memory;
a first ECU (Electronic Control Unit) including a first processor coupled to the at least one memory;
a second ECU including a second processor coupled to the at least one memory; and
a central ECU including a central processor coupled to the at least one memory, wherein:
the first processor of the first ECU outputs an event signal, which indicates that an event relating to a vehicle has occurred, to the central ECU,
in response to acquisition of the event signal, the central processor of the central ECU (i) accesses setting information based on a user ID of an occupant of the vehicle, the user ID having been specified to the central ECU, the setting information being stored in a storage in association with the user ID, (ii) refers to the setting information that has been accessed and in which the event and an action which are set in advance correspond to one another, and (iii) outputs a control signal, which instructs execution of the action corresponding to the event that occurred, to the second ECU, and
in response to acquisition of the control signal, the second processor of the second ECU executes the action corresponding to occurrence of the event.