A vehicular control apparatus is used in an onboard system provided with a plurality of information processors mutually connected via a communication bus, and includes a storage section for storing information, and an arithmetic section for executing a process based on the information stored in the storage section. The information contains first management information relating to a security abnormality as a communication data abnormality owing to security attack from outside the onboard system, and second management information relating to a safety abnormality as a communication data abnormality owing to an abnormality in the onboard system. The first management information contains first limit condition information indicating a first limit condition for executing a security coping with the security abnormality. The second management information contains second limit condition information indicating a second limit condition for executing a safety coping with the safety abnormality. Upon detection of the communication data abnormality in the onboard system, the arithmetic section determines a coping content to the detected communication data abnormality based on the first management information and the second management information.

A semiconductor device capable of performing filter processing while suppressing an increase in processing time is provided. The semiconductor device includes a microcontroller. The microcontroller comprises a CPU, a memory and a CAN-controller. The memory stores software. The CPU executes the software stored in the memory. The CAN controller is configured to add label information to the message information. The CAN routing software stored in the memory implements a filtering function for performing a filter processing for determining whether or not to route the message information by using the label information.

In aspects, a Local Interconnect Network (LIN) communication circuit including a first LIN master associated with a first LIN bus and a second LIN master associated with a second LIN bus is disclosed. A data link is connected between the first and second LIN masters. A first mirroring client is established at the first LIN master for receiving message bits corresponding to a LIN message in a first slot on the first LIN bus and for transmitting the message bits bitwise over the data link. A second mirroring client is established at the second LIN master for receiving the message bits and transmitting them over the second LIN bus. The first and second LIN masters include synchronised schedule tables such that the message bits on the second LIN bus are transmitted in a corresponding slot to the first.

A vehicle authentication control apparatus comprises an information acquisition unit for acquiring, via an in-vehicle communication network, authenticated information, which is first format information generated by a first authentication method transmitted by at least one vehicle control unit mounted on a vehicle, authentication processing unit for executing authentication processing on the authenticated information, and an information transmitting unit for transmitting, via the in-vehicle communication network to another vehicle control unit, a result of the authentication processing, wherein the in-vehicle communication network has a plurality of vehicle control units physically connected thereto, and authenticated information generated by the first authentication method and second format information generated by a method different from the first authentication method are communicated therethrough, and the first authentication method is for executing authentication processing based on an actual data portion and an authenticator portion included in the authenticated information, and a preset encryption key.

The present invention includes a CP monitoring unit configured to monitor a CP voltage applied through a CP line from the controller of the slow charging cable when the slow charging cable is connected to an inlet, a mode switching request unit configured to request mode switching to the controller of the slow charging cable by converting the monitored CP voltage to a preset mode switching voltage; a communication switching unit configured to connect a LIN transceiver for LIN communication to the CP line when the controller of the slow charging cable is switched to a LIN communication mode for software update, and a control unit configured to control the LIN transceiver to transmit a pre-stored software update file to the controller of the slow charging cable, so that the controller's software can be updated without disassembling or damaging the controller of the slow charging cable.

Provided is a relay device including: a relay unit configured to perform a relay process for a frame transmitted and received between a plurality of function units; and a relay management unit. The relay unit receives, from a function unit, a target frame. When a content of the target frame satisfies a predetermined condition, the relay management unit stores, in the target frame, position information which is information regarding a position, in the in-vehicle network, of a function unit as a request source of a service related to the target frame or a function unit as a request destination of the service related to the target frame, and outputs the target frame having the position information stored therein, to the relay unit. The relay unit transmits the target frame received from the relay management unit, to a function unit which is a destination of the target frame.

A lighting system includes a plurality of nodes arranged in a serial network. The lighting system has a master node, one or more gateway nodes, a first communication bus connecting the one or more gateway nodes to the master node, a plurality of slave nodes such that each slave node is connected to a lighting source and is arranged for conveying data messages, and one or more second communication buses, each connecting one of the gateway nodes with one or more slave nodes of the plurality. The master node is arranged for conveying a unique network address to the one or more gateway nodes via the first communication bus, and the one or more gateway nodes are arranged for conveying a unique network address to the plurality of slave nodes via one of the second communication buses. At least one gateway node is arranged for storing a lighting plan for lighting one or more slave nodes connected to that gateway node.

Provided is a relay device including: a relay unit configured to perform a relay process for a frame transmitted and received between a plurality of function units; and a relay management unit. The relay unit receives, from a function unit, a target frame which is transmitted and received according to a predetermined communication protocol and includes information with which a request source of a service is identifiable and information with which a content of the requested service is identifiable, and the relay unit outputs the received target frame to the relay management unit. The relay management unit performs determination regarding setting change in the relay process of the relay unit, on the basis of the information included in the target frame received from the relay unit, and outputs the target frame to the relay unit or discards the target frame, according to a result of the determination.

An onboard ECU communicatively connected to an onboard apparatus installed in a vehicle and a vehicle control apparatus that executes processing relating to driving an onboard apparatus includes a control unit that executes processing relating to control of the onboard apparatus, wherein the control unit acquires an input signal relating to control of the onboard apparatus, derives a count value on the basis of changes in the acquired input signal, outputs a first signal for transitioning the vehicle control apparatus to an activated state in a case where the derived count value reaches a first threshold, and outputs a second signal for requesting the onboard apparatus to be driven in a case where the derived count value reaches a second threshold; and the second threshold is a value greater than the first threshold.

An onboard device includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with an onboard device included in an onboard network; a detection unit configured to detect a new onboard device that is an onboard device newly added to the onboard network; and a sleep processing unit configured to, in a detected state where the new onboard device has been detected by the detection unit, transmit a sleep request for transitioning to a sleep state in synchronization with an onboard device included in the onboard network, to the new onboard device via the communication unit.