A method implemented in a computer based smartphone in communication with one or more appliances via one or more networks. The method comprises monitoring health data concerning an appliance or an appliance part and adjusting the health data based on weather data. Determining that the appliance or appliance part exhibits a maintenance issue based upon the adjusted health data. Accessing a remote computer system via the computer based smartphone over an Internet. Receiving one or more suggestions on where to order, purchase, or seek repair for the appliance or appliance part from the remote computer system.

A power and data center (PDC) can serve as a combined data concentrator and power distributor that delivers scalable and affordable network/power redundancy into an automotive electrical/electronic architecture (E/EA) that supports partially or fully autonomous vehicles. In some embodiments, a vehicle that includes the smart E/EA is divided into zones, where each zone includes one or more PDCs and one or more sensors, actuators, controllers, loudspeakers or other devices that are coupled to and powered by their zone PDC(s). Each PDC collects and processes (or passes through) raw or pre-processed sensor data from the one or more sensors in its zone. The sensors provide their data to the PDC by way of cost efficient, short-range data links. In some embodiments, one or more actuators in each zone are coupled to their respective zone PDC, and receive their control data from the PDC over a high-speed data bus or data link.

A method implemented in a computer based smartphone in communication with one or more appliances via one or more networks. The method comprises monitoring health data concerning an appliance or an appliance part. Determining that the appliance or appliance part exhibits a maintenance issue based upon the health data. Accessing a remote computer system via the computer based smartphone over an Internet. Receiving one or more suggestions on where to order, purchase, or seek repair for the appliance or appliance part from the remote computer system.

To provide a gateway device capable of continuing communication in the event of an abnormality without a redundant configuration as a system. A gateway device 100 includes a plurality of transceivers 110, 112, and 114 connected to a plurality of communication buses 1, 2, and 3 in a one-to-one manner, and a switch element 50 that connects the two communication buses 1 and 2 having different priorities among the plurality of communication buses.

A packet transfer apparatus registers time information from a system clock on a CPU region to a time information holding table on a hardware region, adds a receiving time to a received packet using a counter value on a hardware clock and the time information registered in the table, and transfers, to a transfer destination, the packet to which the receiving time has been added.

A vehicle inner communication system according to one embodiment can comprise: a plurality of electronic device groups provided in a vehicle; and a control unit, which uses bus communication individually connected to the electronic devices within the electronic device group and series communication by which the electronic devices inside the electronic device group are connected, so as to sense electronic devices within the electronic device group and control operations.

An in-vehicle network system includes: an upper device; a first intermediate device that is connected to the upper device directly or via at least one device and is configured to communicate with the upper device using a first communication system; a second intermediate device that is connected to the upper device directly or via at least one device and is configured to communicate with the upper device using a second communication system; and a first lower device that is directly connected to the first intermediate device and is configured to communicate with the first intermediate device using the first communication system, and that is directly connected to the second intermediate device and is configured to communicate with the second intermediate device using the second communication system.

Disclosed are an automobile diagnosis device, system and method. The automobile diagnosis device includes: an automatic diagnosis circuit for acquiring vehicle identification information of an automobile to be diagnosed; a standard communication bus circuit electrically connected to the automatic diagnosis circuit; several diagnostic communication bus circuits including at least one of a 24V CAN bus circuit, an FDCAN bus circuit, a PLC bus circuit and a DoIP bus circuit; a communication module; and a controller. The controller is electrically connected to the automatic diagnosis circuit, the standard communication bus circuit, each diagnostic communication bus circuit and the communication module respectively. The controller is configured to select a target communication bus circuit according to the vehicle identification information and communicate with the automobile to be diagnosed.

A power and data center (PDC) can serve as a combined data concentrator and power distributor that delivers scalable and affordable network/power redundancy into an automotive electrical/electronic architecture (E/EA) that supports partially or fully autonomous vehicles. In some embodiments, a vehicle that includes the smart E/EA is divided into zones, where each zone includes one or more PDCs and one or more sensors, actuators, controllers, loudspeakers or other devices that are coupled to and powered by their zone PDC(s). Each PDC collects and processes (or passes through) raw or pre-processed sensor data from the one or more sensors in its zone. The sensors provide their data to the PDC by way of cost efficient, short-range data links. In some embodiments, one or more actuators in each zone are coupled to their respective zone PDC, and receive their control data from the PDC over a high-speed data bus or data link.

The present disclosure relates to a steering control device and a steering assist system including same. Particularly, a steering control device according to the present disclosure comprises an input-side steering control device which includes: a first controller connected to an output-side steering control device via at least one first communication bus; and a second controller connected to the output-side steering control device via at least one second communication bus and connected to the first controller via at least one third communication bus.