Control unit for vehicle and total control system therefor

A control unit for controlling at least one peripheral system of a vehicle having at least two peripheral systems and at least two application software programs for performing control functions of said peripheral systems, said control unit comprising:

• an internal memory means for said control unit, said internal memory means storing an interface software program for connecting a first of said at least two application software programs with an operating system and an external memory means for storing a second of said at least two application software programs.

A control system for controlling at least one peripheral system of a vehicle having a plurality of control units for said peripheral systems, each of said control units comprising at least application software memory means for storing an application software program for controlling at least one of said peripheral systems, interface software memory means having a first memory storing an interface software program for connecting said application software program with an operating system, a central processing unit for performing a computation of the application software program and the interface software program, a second memory storing computed data, an I/O unit for extending computation and communication capacity of the control unit by coupling it to additional memories, processing units and communication units, and communication means for communicating computed information to and from other processing units through a bus or local area network, wherein:

• communication of information is provided between at least two of the plurality of control units, by means of a LAN.

A control system for controlling at least one peripheral system of a vehicle having a plurality of control units for said peripheral systems, each of said control units comprising at least application software memory means for storing an application software program for controlling at least one of said peripheral systems, interface software memory means having a first memory storing an interface software program for connecting said application software program with an operating system, a central processing unit for performing a computation of the application software program and the interface software program, a second memory storing computed data, an I/O unit for extending computation and communication capacity of the control unit by coupling it to additional memories, processing units and communication units, and communication means for communicating computed information to and from other processing units through a bus or local area network, wherein:

• one of the control units is used as an I/O processing-only unit storing an interface software program in an internal ROM, the other of said control units being used as computing-only units storing application software programs in internal memories.

A control system for controlling at least one peripheral system of a vehicle, said control system having a one-chip micro-computer having an internal ROM, an external ROM, means for receiving an interrupt signal in one of a constant cycle and synchronized to an output pulse from a rotating sensor, wherein:

• at least one of addresses written in an interrupt vector table is an area of the internal ROM.

A control unit for controlling at least one peripheral system of a vehicle having an interface software program which comprises a basic processing function, formed by defining and designating an I/O variable as a directory utilized in developing or modifying an application software program.

A control system for controlling at least one peripheral system of a vehicle, said control system having a one-chip micro-computer having an internal RAM, an external ROM, means for receiving an interrupt signal in one of a constant cycle and synchronized to an output pulse from a rotating sensor, wherein:

• at least one of addresses written in an interrupt vector table is an area of the internal RAM.

A control system for controlling at least one peripheral system of a vehicle, said control system having a one-chip micro-computer with an internal ROM, an external ROM, means for receiving an interrupt signal in one of a constant cycle and synchronized to an output pulse from a rotating sensor, wherein:

• said internal ROM stores at least one interrupt processing program.

A control system for controlling at least one peripheral system of a vehicle, said control system having a one-chip micro-computer with an internal RAM, means for receiving interruption in one of a constant cycle and synchronized to an output pulse from a rotating sensor, wherein:

• said internal RAM stores and performs at least one interrupt processing program.

A control system for controlling at least one peripheral system of a vehicle, said control system having a one-chip;

• micro-computer with an internal ROM, an external ROM, means for receiving an interrupt signal in one of a constant cycle and synchronized to an output pulse from a rotating sensor, wherein:
• said internal ROM stores an interrupt vector table.