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US 11,380,014 B2Granted
Control modules and methods
AssigneeAptiv Technologies AG
InventorWaldemar Dworakowski
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Abstract
A control module comprises: a first interface to a camera provided in a vehicle; a second interface to a serializer for communication with an electronic control unit of the vehicle; and a processing unit configured to process input data received via the first interface or via the second interface to obtain output data, and to output the output data via the first interface or via the second interface.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a camera configured to provide image data or video data;
- a serializer;
- an electronic control unit (ECU);
- and
- a control module executing on computer hardware components, the control module comprising:
- a first interface to the camera provided in a vehicle;
- a second interface to the serializer for communication with the ECU of the vehicle, the serializer being operably connected between the ECU and the camera via a first connection and between the ECU and the control module via one or more additional connections, the serializer being configured to route the image data or the video data from the camera to the ECU via the first connection and without routing through the control module;
- and
- a processing unit configured to:
- process input data received via the first interface or via the second interface to obtain output data;
- and
- output the output data via the first interface or via the second interface.
9 more elements
A computer-implemented control method, the method comprising:
- processing input data received via:
- a first interface of a control module to a camera provided in a vehicle, the camera configured to provide image data or video data;
- or
- a second interface of the control module to a serializer for communication with an electronic control (ECU) unit of the vehicle, the serializer being operably connected between the ECU and the camera via a first connection and between the ECU and the control module via one or more additional connections, the serializer being configured to route the image data or the video data from the camera to the ECU via the first connection and without routing through the control module;
- determining output data based on the received input data;
- and
- outputting the output data via the first interface or via the second interface.
4 more elements
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that when executed configure computer hardware components of a vehicle to:
- process input data received via:
- a first interface of a control module to a camera provided in the vehicle, the camera configured to provide image data or video data;
- or
- a second interface of the control module to a serializer for communication with an electronic control (ECU) unit of the vehicle, the serializer being operably connected between the ECU and the camera via a first connection and between the ECU and the control module via one or more additional connections, the serializer being configured to route the image data or the video data from the camera to the ECU via the first connection and without routing through the control module;
- determine output data based on the received input data;
- and
- output the output data via the first interface or via the second interface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.