Abstract: A data transfer apparatus includes an acquisition side communication port that receives data including an identifier indicating a classification from an outside, a distribution side communication port that transmits the data to the outside, a storage unit that stores transfer information in which the identifier and a condition related to a time of the data are associated, and a transfer processing unit that decides whether or not to transmit received data which is the data to the distribution side communication port based on the identifier included in the received data and information of the time of the received data, and the transfer information when the received data is received by the acquisition side communication port. The information of the time of the received data is a time at which the received data is received by the acquisition side communication port or a time included in the received data.

Abstract: A transient increase or decrease of power supplied to a reconfiguration circuit to be a logic circuit whose circuit configuration can be changed is reduced. An autonomous traveling control ECU 201 has a reconfiguration circuit 209, a main power supply circuit 211, an auxiliary current source circuit 213, and a function control unit 207. The reconfiguration circuit 209 is a reconfigurable logic circuit. The main power supply circuit 211 supplies a power supply voltage to the reconfiguration circuit 209. The auxiliary current source circuit 213 increases or decreases a current supplied from the main power supply circuit 211 to the reconfiguration circuit 209. The function control unit 207 determines an operation mode of the reconfiguration circuit 209 on the basis of a mode determination signal input from the outside and indicating a traveling mode of a vehicle, and controls a reconfiguration of the reconfiguration circuit 209 on the basis of a determination result.

Abstract: The reliability of path planning calculation can be evaluated with low load without using multiplexing of calculation or an additional sensor.

Abstract: Achieved is a vehicle control device capable of performing seamless automatic driving control even when an operation abnormality occurs in an operation processing unit in a vehicle control device, and improving safety. When operation processing of an actuator control command is performed by two microcomputers of microcomputers 11b and 12b in synchronization, and a monitoring circuit 11m detects an abnormality of the microcomputer 11b, a communication circuit 11c that communicates the actuator control command of the microcomputer 11b to a brake control unit 13 or the like is latched in a disabled state, and the actuator control command from an icon 12b is transmitted to the brake control unit 13 or the like via the communication circuit 12c. The disabled state of the communication circuit 11c is maintained until an IGNSW or an automatic driving SW of the vehicle toggles, and until that time, the actuator control command from the microcomputer 12b is transmitted to the brake control unit 13 or the like.

Abstract: An electronic control device includes a first processing control unit and a second processing control unit, wherein: the first processing control unit and the second processing control unit alternately start arithmetic processing with information of an external environment as an input; and second arithmetic processing of the second processing control unit is started after first arithmetic processing by the first processing control unit is started and before the first arithmetic processing is ended.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic control device including a first electronic component having a first heat generation amount, a second electronic component having a second heat generation amount smaller than the first heat generation amount, a substrate on which the first and second electronic components are mounted, and a housing that accommodates the first electronic component, the second electronic component and the substrate, and includes a case for heat radiation having a heat radiation structure through which heat of the first and second electronic components is radiated. The heat radiation structure includes a heat radiation block that is heat-bonded to the first electronic component, and a plurality of plate-shaped heat radiation fins extending outward from an outer peripheral portion of the heat radiation block.

Abstract: An electronic control device includes: a diagnostic circuit unit configured to be reconfigurable so as to be used to diagnose each of a plurality of processing circuits that processes an input signal; an input data storage unit configured to temporarily store the input signal; an output data storage unit configured to temporarily store an output signal of the plurality of processing circuits; a reconfiguration control unit configured to sequentially write, to the diagnostic circuit unit as circuit configuration information, circuit information the same as that of the plurality of processing circuits; a diagnostic control unit configured to cause the diagnostic circuit unit to perform calculation using the input signal stored in the input data storage unit when the circuit configuration information is written to the diagnostic circuit unit; and a comparator configured to diagnose each of the plurality of processing circuits by comparing output of the diagnostic circuit unit and the output signal stored in the

Abstract: A vehicle control device capable of improving safety, even when abnormality in the operation of an arithmetic processing unit occurs. A second microcomputer receives trajectory information transmitted from a first microcomputer via a communication line and calculates control commands to actuators to synchronize the arithmetic processing unit allowing the first and second microcomputers to be synchronized. The second microcomputer performs a calculation and compares the result with the calculation result of the first microcomputer so that the second microcomputer can accurately determine whether or not the first microcomputer is abnormal. When the abnormality occurs in the first microcomputer based on the determination, the actuators are controlled by switching to the control commands calculated by the second microcomputer which is synchronized with the arithmetic processing unit. Thus, the device performs seamless self-driving control without the occurrence of abrupt control gaps.

Abstract: An electronic control device includes: a housing accommodating a board on which an electronic component is mounted; and a guard pattern formed on an outer peripheral portion of the board. The guard pattern and a ground pattern of a circuit in the circuit board are connected to each other in a vicinity of an intermediate point of fixed positions where an upper portion of the housing and a lower portion of the housing are fixed to each other.

Abstract: An electronic control device includes: a partially reconfigurable logic circuit in which a calculation unit which is reconfigured and executes calculation and a storage unit which stores calculation target date to be calculated by the calculation unit is configured; and a processing control unit which transmits circuit data for reconfiguring the calculation unit and the calculation target date to the logic circuit. When the processing control unit obtains next calculation target data which is the calculation target date relating to a next calculation unit which is the calculation unit after completion of reconfiguration, transmission of the next calculation target date to the storage unit is started regardless of whether the reconfiguration of the next calculation unit is completed, and upon completion of the reconfiguration, the next calculation unit performs calculation using the next calculation target date.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus can continue a control function against abnormality in operation of an arithmetic processor and in the power supply voltage, and capable of improving reliability. Where there is no abnormality, the autonomous travel control unit and an auxiliary control unit calculate control instruction values for automatic driving control, and validate a CAN communication circuit of autonomous travel control units while invalidating a CAN communication circuit of the auxiliary control unit. Where an abnormality occurs in the autonomous travel control unit and not the auxiliary control unit, the CAN communication circuit of the autonomous travel control unit is invalidated and the CAN communication circuit of the auxiliary control unit is validated. Where the auxiliary control unit has no abnormality when the autonomous travel control unit has an abnormality during automatic driving control thereof, seamless automatic driving control with substantially no time lag continues.

Abstract: There is achieved an electronic control device capable of calculating an optimal travel plan even during dynamic reconfiguration of a calculation circuit configuration. When a driving state changes, a travel plan parameter generation/selection unit divides evaluation calculation units into two blocks and performs reconfiguration of the respective evaluation calculation units a plurality of times via a reconfiguration control unit. While the evaluation calculation units are reconfigured, the evaluation calculation units performs evaluation calculation, and while the evaluation calculation units are reconfigured, the evaluation calculation units perform evaluation calculation. Thus, even while some of the evaluation calculation units are being reconfigured, it is possible to continue evaluation of the travel plan in the rest of the evaluation calculation units.

Abstract: To obtain, in an on-board control device, a shield effect against noise radiated from an electronic component. The present invention includes: an electronic component 103; a metal housing 101 which covers at least a part of the electronic component 103; a metal portion 105 which is provided so that the electronic component 103 is disposed between the metal portion 105 and the metal housing 101; and a shield structure which shields radiation noise from the electronic component 103 by electrostatic capacitive coupling formed between the metal portion 105 and the metal housing 101.

Abstract: An electronic controller includes: a logic circuit that is reconfigurable based on a reconfiguration instruction; an arithmetic unit that is configured in the logic circuit; a processing controller that transmits the reconfiguration instruction of the arithmetic unit to the logic circuit and that makes the reconfigured arithmetic unit execute predetermined operation; and a testing unit that executes an operation test for an arithmetic unit when the arithmetic unit is reconfigured, and that transmits the result of the operation test to the processing controller as a notice. Here, the processing controller makes the arithmetic unit execute predetermined processing based on the notice received from the testing unit.

Abstract: A prediction control device is realized which can respond to changes in the surrounding situations while the own vehicle is traveling and can perform a rapid operation during normal driving and in an emergency as if a person drives. The prediction control device includes a means (103, 104) for detecting a change amount and a change direction of surroundings and the own vehicle, and a means 105 for setting an initial value and a prediction period of a solution search calculation in a prediction control means based on the detection result. The means 105 for setting the initial value and the prediction period has a fail operational control mode in which the initial value and the prediction period set according to the change amount of the surroundings and the own vehicle is set with a previous calculation result of the solution search calculation to the initial value.

Abstract: Implemented is a highly reliable vehicle control device capable of performing control transition safely to a degeneration control microcomputer even if an operation abnormality occurs in a control microcomputer in a vehicle control device. Provided are: a control microcomputer 11b that outputs a control command to an actuator control device; and a degeneration control microcomputer 12b for control transition when an abnormality is detected in the control microcomputer 111b. When transitioning to the degeneration control microcomputer 12b when detecting the abnormality in the control microcomputer 11b, the control microcomputer 12b is notified of the abnormality of the control microcomputer 11b, and the control microcomputer 11b is reset after the required transition period of the degeneration control microcomputer 12b has elapsed and the degeneration control has started. As a result, a control blank period is eliminated.

Abstract: An electronic control device includes a housing that stores a substrate on which an electronic component is mounted, a first capacitance unit formed between the housing and the electronic component, and a second capacitance unit formed between the housing and the substrate, in which a noise transmission path is formed between the housing and the substrate via the first capacitance unit and the second capacitance unit.

Abstract: An electronic control device includes a substrate, a heat generating component mounted on the substrate, a heat dissipation unit thermally coupled to a surface of the heat generating component located on a side opposite to the substrate side, and a cooling mechanism thermally coupled to the heat dissipation unit. The heat dissipation unit includes a porous thermal conductor and a semi-cured resin which includes a heat conductive filler and is formed between at least the porous thermal conductor and the surface of the heat generating component.

Abstract: An electronic control device is mounted on a vehicle equipped with a plurality of hardware capable of operation, and comprises an information collection unit which collects external information of the vehicle, a storage unit which stores a plurality of processing specifications which prescribe processing to be executed by each of the plurality of hardware and the external information to be used by the plurality of hardware for performing operation, and an applied condition, which is a condition related to the external information and a status of the plurality of hardware for applying each of the plurality of processing specifications, and a processing control unit which determines one processing specification among the plurality of processing specifications from a correspondence to the condition based on the collected external information and the status of the plurality of hardware, and controls the plurality of hardware based on the determined processing specification.

Abstract: A drive device capable of detecting individual variations of an injection quantity of a fuel injection device of each cylinder and adjusting a current waveform provided to an injection pulse width and a solenoid such that the individual variations of the fuel injection devices are reduced. The fuel injection device in the present invention includes a valve body that close a fuel passage by coming into contact with a valve seat and opens the fuel passage by separating from the valve seat and a magnetic circuit constructed of a solenoid, a fixed core, a nozzle holder a housing and a needle and when a current is supplied to the solenoid a magnetic suction force acts on the needle and the needle has a function to open the valve body by colliding against the valve body after performing a free running operation and changes of acceleration of the needle due to collision of the needle against the valve body are detected by a current flowing through the solenoid.