Abstract: Disclosed is a control board configured to be mounted in a vehicle and capable of rewriting a circuit configuration, the control board including: a connector to which is connected a second end of a cable having a first end connected to a component mounted in the vehicle, the second end being located opposite to the first end; and a control unit configured to perform control of the component, wherein the control unit is configured to obtain, based on component information transmitted from the component via the cable, wiring data relating to an arrangement of a plurality of pins included in the connector, and a control program for controlling the component.

Abstract: In a communication system, a plurality of control apparatuses control respective operations of a plurality of on-board devices. A communication apparatus communicates with the plurality of control apparatuses. A plurality of switches are provided for a plurality of supply paths for respectively supplying power to the plurality of control apparatuses. The plurality of switches are each associated in advance with one of the plurality of on-board devices. The communication apparatus includes a processing unit configured to perform processing. The processing unit is configured to provide an instruction to turn on a specific switch included in the plurality of switches. After providing the instruction to turn on the specific switch, the processing unit is configured to provide an instruction to transmit device data indicating an on-board device corresponding to the specific switch, to the plurality of control apparatuses.

Abstract: An onboard control apparatus for an onboard system including: a power source unit, a power storage unit, a charge unit performing a charge operation providing a current to the power storage unit based on power supplied from the power source unit, and a discharge unit performing a discharge operation causing a current to flow to the load side based on power that is supplied from power storage unit. The onboard control apparatus includes a control unit for controlling the charge unit and the discharge unit and causes the discharge unit to perform a discharge operation when a voltage of a power path is lower than or equal to a threshold voltage, and causes the charge unit to perform a charge operation when a voltage of the power storage unit is lower than or equal to a predetermined value.

Abstract: An on-board device includes a processing unit, and a storage unit storing a plurality of programs that are executable by the processing unit, in which the processing unit acquires information relevant to the presence or absence of update that is provided from a server outside a vehicle, stores the acquired information relevant to the presence or absence of the update in a sharing area by executing an input/output function that is different from an input/output function included in a basic program, and selectively executes the basic program or an update processing program after starting execution of a boot program, on the basis of the stored information relevant to the presence or absence of the update.

Abstract: An in-vehicle interrupting current supply device includes a transformer including a first winding portion and a second winding portion, a switching unit, a capacitor, a discharge circuit, and an inhibiting unit. The switching unit switches between an allowance state in which current conduction to the first winding portion is allowed and a cancellation state in which the allowance state is cancelled. The capacitor is electrically connected to an intermediate conductive path between the second winding portion and the breaker and can receive electric power from the second winding portion. The discharge circuit discharges the capacitor through a path different from the breaker. The capacitor is discharged through the path in response to the inhibiting unit switching to a permission state.

Abstract: A wire harness includes: a plurality of wirings; a base member keeping the plurality of wirings in a flat state; and a metal foil positioned on the base member and covering a target wiring in the plurality of wirings.

Abstract: An on-board apparatus is connected to a plurality of ECUs which include: a first ECU; and a second ECU. The first ECU includes: a first transceiver which, upon receiving a control message corresponding to a matching pattern recorded in a register of the first transceiver, switching the first ECU to a normal mode from a sleep mode, and a second transceiver switching the first ECU from the sleep mode to the normal mode upon receiving a predetermined activation signal. The on-board apparatus includes: a storage unit that stores therein a wake-up pattern for switching the first ECU from the sleep mode to the normal mode; and a control unit that transmits the activation signal if a first activation notification indicating that the first ECU has switched to the normal mode is not received within a predetermined amount of time after receiving a control message corresponding to the wake-up pattern.

Abstract: An in-vehicle apparatus is connected to a first bus that is connected to a first gateway that relays communication between buses, acquires an update program from outside a vehicle, and updates a program of the first gateway and an in-vehicle ECU. The in-vehicle apparatus includes a control unit configured to update the first gateway with priority, when upgrade targets include the first gateway and an in-vehicle ECU on a second bus connected to the first gateway.

Abstract: A connector device includes a circuit board and a connector mounted on the circuit board. The connector includes an outer conductor capable of electrical conduction with a shield layer of a shielded wire, a sub-board, an IC mounted on the sub-board, and heat transfer portions (a heat dissipation sheet, a metal plate, an outer conductor, and sub-ground circuits) that transfer heat of the IC to the shield layer. With this configuration, since the heat of the IC can be transferred to the shield layer of the shielded wire via the heat transfer portions, the heat of the IC can be readily released.

Abstract: A communicator (relay) receives a differential signal that is a voltage difference between two electrical signals that propagate through two respective conducting wires. The communicator removes noise from the two electrical signals using a first conductor as a reference potential. The communicator converts the differential signal that is the voltage difference between the two electrical signals with the noise removed into a voltage signal that is a voltage with the reference potential corresponding to a potential of a second conductor. The first conductor and the second conductor are respectively disposed on a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate and the second substrate are connected via a substrate connector with flexibility.

Abstract: An in-vehicle device to be installed in a vehicle, the in-vehicle device includes: a communication unit configured to receive, from a management device, setting information corresponding to a selected function and related to an in-vehicle component of the vehicle; and a setting unit configured to perform setting processing regarding the in-vehicle component based on the setting information received by the communication unit.

Abstract: A power supply control device controls power supply through a relay contact. A control unit (processing unit) in a microcomputer acquires a first voltage value of an NO terminal of the relay contact on a downstream side, if the relay contact is on. The control unit determines whether or not an abnormality occurs in the relay contact, based on the acquired first voltage value.

Abstract: A power storage unit includes: a power storage pack that includes a power storage element and a holding case that holds the power storage element, a box that accommodates the power storage pack, and a flat metal fitting that is disposed to oppose, in the box metal placement surface of the power storage pack with the power storage pack intervening therebetween, and is fixed to the box and the placement surface and the flat metal fitting form a pressurizing member is that suppress expansion of the power storage element.

Abstract: A power supply control device has a charging/discharging unit and a control unit that controls the charging/discharging unit. The charging/discharging unit performs a discharging operation for supplying power to a load based on power from a power storage unit, a regeneration operation for supplying power to a power supply unit based on power from the power storage unit, and a charging operation for supplying power to the power storage unit based on power from the power supply unit. The control unit determines the degree of degradation of the power storage unit, based on the value of a voltage of the power storage unit and the value of a current flowing through the power storage unit during at least one of the regeneration operation and the charging operation performed after the regeneration operation.

Abstract: An adapter of the disclosure is an adapter that is disposed between an electric power supply connector of a charging stand and an inlet for electric power supply included in a vehicle in which a battery is installed, the adapter connecting the electric power supply connector and the inlet, the adapter including: electric-power-receiving terminals connected to electric power lines of the electric power supply connector; a signal line that connects the charging stand and a control device on the vehicle side via the electric power supply connector and the inlet, respectively; temperature sensor that detect temperatures of the electric-power-receiving terminals; and an error generation unit that generates, in the signal line, a state detectable by the control device in accordance with outputs of the temperature sensors.

Abstract: An integrated module of an electrical apparatus and a wire harness includes: an electrical apparatus including a heat generation component; and a wire harness including a wiring extending from the electrical apparatus and a heat conductive plate extending along the wiring, wherein the heat conductive plate is disposed in a position where heat can be transmitted from the heat generation component to the heat conductive plate with respect to the electrical apparatus.

Abstract: An information processing method in a management device includes the steps of: creating setting information corresponding to a selected function and related to an in-vehicle component; and transmitting the created setting information to a vehicle in which the in-vehicle component is installed.

Abstract: An in-vehicle device connected to an ECU installed in a vehicle includes: a PHY unit which converts a signal from the communication line into a digital signal; an oscillation circuit which outputs a first oscillation signal; a detection circuit which outputs a detected value corresponding to a difference between a frequency of the first oscillation signal and a frequency of a second oscillation signal; a switch unit which switches between a first state and a second state; and a control unit configured to control the switch unit. The control unit controls the switch unit to be in the first state if the detected value differs from a normal value corresponding to a difference between the frequency of the first oscillation signal and a frequency of a third oscillation signal and controls the switch unit to be in the second state if the detected value is within the predetermined value.

Abstract: An in-vehicle device according to one aspect of the present disclosure is an in-vehicle device communicably connected to an update device that executes processing for updating a program of an in-vehicle ECU mounted on a vehicle with an update program acquired from an external server outside the vehicle, the in-vehicle device including a control unit configured to execute processing for updating a program in the update device, in which the control unit proxies at least a part of the processing for updating the program, which is executed in the update device when the update device is included in a target to be updated by the update program.

Abstract: The in-vehicle management device includes: a detection unit configured to detect the presence of a target device that is an in-vehicle device that does not support a predetermined message among in-vehicle devices included in an in-vehicle network; and a control unit configured to perform control for causing the target device detected by the detection unit to transition to a sleep state when a state where the predetermined message from the in-vehicle devices does not arrive at the in-vehicle management device has continued for a predetermined period.