US 12,348,904 B2
Vehicular scalable integrated control system with scalable integrated control unit
Nikolaus Dellantoni, Sooss (AT); Bernhard Schinkowitsch, Vienna (AT); André Schoenekaes, Moembris (DE); Axel Nix, Birmingham, MI (US); and Niall R. Lynam, Holland, MI (US)
Assigned to MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC., Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed by MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC., Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/646,004.
Application 17/646,004 is a continuation of application No. 16/578,682, filed on Sep. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,212,490.
Application 16/578,682 is a continuation of application No. 16/117,252, filed on Aug. 30, 2018, granted, now 10,425,619, issued on Sep. 24, 2019.
Application 16/117,252 is a continuation of application No. 14/714,761, filed on May 18, 2015, granted, now 10,091,465, issued on Oct. 2, 2018.
Application 14/714,761 is a continuation of application No. 13/377,673, granted, now 9,036,026, issued on May 19, 2015, previously published as PCT/US2010/038477, filed on Jun. 14, 2010.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/186,573, filed on Jun. 12, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2022/0124289 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 7/18 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2022.01); B60R 1/27 (2022.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 7/181 (2013.01) [B60R 1/27 (2022.01); G01C 21/3602 (2013.01); G01C 21/3679 (2013.01); B60R 2300/105 (2013.01); B60R 2300/20 (2013.01)] 47 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicular scalable integrated control system comprising:
a plurality of sensors disposed at a vehicle equipped with the vehicular scalable integrated control system;
a vehicular scalable integrated control unit;
wherein data captured by individual sensors of the plurality of sensors is provided as input to the vehicular scalable integrated control unit and is processed at the vehicular scalable integrated control unit;
wherein the plurality of sensors comprises a plurality of cameras having respective fields of view exterior of the vehicle;
wherein the plurality of sensors comprises a plurality of radar sensors having respective fields of sensing exterior of the vehicle;
wherein the vehicular scalable integrated control system, responsive at least in part to processing at the vehicular scalable integrated control unit of data captured by the plurality of sensors, at least partially controls at least one selected from the group consisting of (i) braking of the vehicle while being driven along a road and (ii) steering of the vehicle while being driven along the road;
wherein the plurality of cameras of the plurality of sensors having respective fields of view exterior of the vehicle comprises a front camera disposed at an in-cabin side of a windshield of the vehicle;
wherein the front camera views through the windshield forward of the vehicle; and
wherein the vehicular scalable integrated control system comprises at least one firewall of the vehicular scalable integrated control system, and wherein the at least one firewall comprises a physical firewall, and wherein the at least one firewall of the vehicular scalable integrated control system assures that data accessed via a telematic communication does not interfere with or degrade vehicular functions or controls of the vehicle.