# US 11,027,678 B2 · On-board system and detector hub > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,027,678 B2 - Document ID: US11027678B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/874,685 - Filed: 2020-05-15 - Published: 2020-08-27 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2017-12-12 - Assignees: Yazaki Corporation - Applicants: Yazaki Corporation - Inventors: Katsuya Fujihira; You Yanagida - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11027678B2 ## CPC - B60R 16/0238: {Electrical distribution centers} - H04L 12/40189: {by using a plurality of bus systems} - G01S 13/86: Combinations of radar systems with non-radar systems, e.g. sonar, direction finder - G05D 1/0088: {characterized by the autonomous decision making process, e.g. artificial intelligence, predefined behaviours (using knowledge based models G06N5/00)} - H04L 12/40: Bus networks - H04L 12/66: Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways - H05K 7/026: {Multiple connections subassemblies} - G01S 15/87: Combinations of sonar systems - G01S 15/931: of land vehicles - H01R 2201/26: for vehicles - H04L 2012/40273: {the transportation system being a vehicle} - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS ## Abstract An on-board system includes: a plurality of detectors provided to a vehicle; a controller configured to control an on-board instrument mounted on the vehicle based on detection information indicating a result of detection by each of the detectors; a detector hub interposed between each of the detectors and the controller in an intercommunicatable manner and configured to collect the detection information obtained by the detectors and transmit the collected detection information to the controller; a first network connecting the on-board instrument and the controller in an intercommunicatable manner; and a second network independent from the first network and connecting the detectors, the detector hub, and the controller in an intercommunicatable manner. As a result, the on-board system and the detector hub can achieve appropriate communication. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An on-board system comprising: a plurality of detectors provided to a vehicle; a controller configured to control an on-board instrument mounted on the vehicle based on detection information indicating a result of detection by each of the detectors; a detector hub interposed between each of the detectors and the controller in an intercommunicatable manner and configured to collect the detection information obtained by the detectors and transmit the collected detection information to the controller; a first network connecting the on-board instrument and the controller in an intercommunicatable manner; and a second network independent from the first network and connecting the detectors, the detector hub, and the controller in an intercommunicatable manner, wherein the first network connects the on-board instrument and the controller through a protocol conversion unit configured to perform protocol conversion in an intercommunicatable manner by a plurality of protocols different from each other, and the second network connects the detectors, the detector hub, and the controller in an intercommunicatable manner by a single protocol without the protocol conversion unit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The on-board system according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the detector hubs are provided and each collect the detection information obtained by the detectors different from each other, and the second network includes a network having a ring shape in which the detector hubs are connected in an intercommunicatable manner. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The on-board system according to claim 1, wherein the detector hub includes an anomaly determination unit configured to determine anomaly of the detectors. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The on-board system according to claim 2, wherein the detector hub includes an anomaly determination unit configured to determine anomaly of the detectors. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The on-board system according to claim 1, further comprising: a coiled code connecting the detector hub and one of the detectors. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The on-board system according to claim 2, further comprising: a coiled code connecting the detector hub and one of the detectors. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The on-board system according to claim 3, further comprising: a coiled code connecting the detector hub and one of the detectors. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The on-board system according to claim 4, further comprising: a coiled code connecting the detector hub and one of the detectors. ### Claim 9 A detector hub comprising: a detector connection portion connected with a plurality of detectors provided to a vehicle in an intercommunicatable manner; a controller connection portion connected with a controller in an intercommunicatable manner, the controller being configured to control an on-board instrument mounted on the vehicle based on detection information indicating a result of detection by each of the detectors; and a communication processing unit configured to collect the detection information obtained by the detectors and transmit the collected detection information to the controller, wherein the on-board instrument and the controller are connected in an intercommunicatable manner through a first network, the detectors and the detector connection portion, the controller connection portion and the controller are connected in an intercommunicatable manner through a second network independent from the first network, the first network connects the on-board instrument and the controller through a protocol conversion unit configured to perform protocol conversion in an intercommunicatable manner by a plurality of protocols different from each other, and the second network connects the detectors and the detector connection portion, the controller connection portion and the controller in an intercommunicatable manner by a single protocol without the protocol conversion unit.