A system for monitoring a trailer having a plurality of light emitting diode devices includes a master control unit attached to an outside surface of the trailer. The master control unit includes a solar panel, a GPS receiver module, a cellular data transceiver module for communicating with a central tracking computer via a cellular data network interfaced to the Internet, and a local wireless network master transceiver module in wireless communication with a plurality of wireless sensors and a light out detection system. A microcontroller is provided for controlling the local wireless network master transceiver module to periodically obtain sensor data from the wireless sensors and light out detection system, and for controlling the cellular data transceiver module to transmit the location and the sensor data to the central tracking computer for storage in the tracking database.

Techniques are described for managing temperature in an autonomous vehicle. An exemplary method comprises performing autonomous driving operations that operate the autonomous vehicle in an autonomous mode, receiving one or more messages from a temperature sensor associated with an electrical device located on or in the autonomous vehicle while the autonomous vehicle is operated in the autonomous mode, determining a cooling technique to reduce the temperature of electrical device, and performing the cooling technique.

Techniques are described for managing temperature in an autonomous vehicle. An exemplary method comprises performing autonomous driving operations that operate the autonomous vehicle in an autonomous mode, receiving one or more messages from a temperature sensor associated with an electrical device located on or in the autonomous vehicle while the autonomous vehicle is operated in the autonomous mode, determining a cooling technique to reduce the temperature of electrical device, and performing the cooling technique.

A method for operating a thermo-management module for a motor vehicle, wherein the module includes switching over a control unit between a first operating mode and at least a second operating mode, passing on in the first operating mode, control commands received from the vehicle field bus by the control electronics for actuation of the respective functional component directly to the component field bus, in at least one second operating mode, processing control commands received from the vehicle field us by the control electronics, so that the actuation of the functional components is carried out in a self-sufficient manner by the control unit. In addition, thermo-management module includes a component carrier, electrically controllable functional components, and an electric control unit for controlling the functional components.

A vehicle includes a storage to store an authority value representing authority to access vehicle data generated by at least one vehicular component and a communicator to transmit the vehicle data and the authority value to a user terminal.

A vehicle includes a storage to store an authority value representing authority to access vehicle data generated by at least one vehicular component and a communicator to transmit the vehicle data and the authority value to a user terminal.

Embodiments of this application disclose a data transmission system, including an over the air OTA server, a master electronic control unit ECU, and a node ECU. The master ECU is configured to obtain a size of a target software package from the OTA server. The master ECU is further configured to transmit to a node ECU, the size of the target software package, or obtain a size of a remaining storage space of the node ECU from the node ECU.

A control unit of a determination device obtains a plurality of pieces of first data and second data, derives determination data based on the first data, specifies, from among a plurality of combinations of identifiers for respectively identifying the pieces of first data and an identifier for identifying the second data, based on the second data and the determination data, a valid combination including the identifiers of valid first data and second data, and an invalid combination including the identifiers of invalid first data or second data, and determines, based on a plurality of identifiers included in the specified invalid combination and a plurality of identifiers included in the valid combination, whether the first data or the second data is invalid.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to, when an abnormality is detected in an electronic control apparatus that controls a plurality of functions, continue an operation without affecting the other function and secure safety of a control target device corresponding to the function in which the abnormality is detected. In the vehicle mounted electronic control apparatus according to the present invention, each of a first computing portion and a second computing portion outputs an operation check signal, and a driver control unit sets a driver corresponding to the computing portion in which an abnormality is indicated by the operation check signal among the first computing portion and the second computing portion, to a degenerated state.

A vehicle power supply circuit including a power source input for receiving an input current having an input voltage is disclosed. A first branch and a second branch are each connected to the power source input. Each branch includes a converter for converting the input current to an output current. A first distribution unit is connected to each converter for receiving the output current and includes a plurality of first outputs for supplying power to a plurality of loads.