In-vehicle button-stuck malfunction notice system
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorShuzi Nakamura
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Abstract
An in-vehicle electronic control unit is equipped with the following: a control section for detecting a button-pushed state; a button-stuck notifying function for notifying button-stuck malfunction information that button-stuck malfunction occurs when the button-pushed state continues for more than a predetermined period; a non-volatile memory for storing the button-stuck malfunction information; and a button-stuck re-notifying function for immediately notifying the button-stuck malfunction information when the button-stuck malfunction information is stored in the memory, when the control section detects the button-pushed state, and when the electric power is turned off and then turned on.
Claims8
A button-stuck malfunction notice system that is provided in a vehicle, is supplied with electric power by the vehicle, and includes a manipulation button, the system comprising:
- button-pushed state detecting means for detecting a button-pushed state in which the manipulation button is pushed;
- button-stuck notifying means for notifying button-stuck malfunction information that button-stuck malfunction occurs to a first crew of the vehicle when the button-pushed state continues for more than a predetermined period;
- button-stuck storing means for storing the button-stuck malfunction information;
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- button-stuck re-notifying means for notifying, to at least one of the first crew and another crew of the vehicle, the button-stuck malfunction information when the button-stuck malfunction information is stored in the button-stuck storing means, when the button-pushed state detecting means detects the button-pushed state, and when the electric power is turned off and then turned on.
A button-stuck malfunction notice method included in an electronic device that is provided in a vehicle, is supplied with electric power by the vehicle, and includes a manipulation button, the method comprising steps of:
- detecting a button-pushed state in which the manipulation button is pushed;
- notifying button-stuck malfunction information that button-stuck malfunction occurs to a first crew of the vehicle when the button-pushed state continues for more than a predetermined period;
- storing the button-stuck malfunction information;
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- notifying, to at least one of the first crew and another crew of the vehicle, the button-stuck malfunction information when the button-stuck malfunction information is stored, when the button-pushed state is detected, and when the electric power is turned off and then turned on.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.