VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• Main Authors: SEKI TAKAYUKI, NAKAMURA TORU, YOKOTA TOMONORI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 04.03.2021
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; HANDCUFFS; KEYS; LOCKS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SAFES; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS

To provide a vehicle control system, vehicle control method, and program capable of causing mounted devices to quickly execute a predetermined operation.SOLUTION: A vehicle control system comprises a center control unit that controls a vehicle in an integrated manner and a plurality of area control units that communicate with the center control unit via a first network, and each of the plurality of area control units is connected via a second network and controls one or more devices mounted on the vehicle. The plurality of area control units comprise a first area control unit that receives an operation request for a first mounted device via an operation unit provided in the vehicle interior and a second area control unit that operates the first mounted device. In a case where it is sufficient to transmit the operation request to the second area control unit without transmitting the operation request to the center control unit, the first area control unit transmits the operation request to the second area control unit via the second network.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】車載機器に所定の動作を迅速に実行させることができる車両制御システム、車両制御方法、及びプログラムを提供すること。【解決手段】車両を統括的に制御するセンター制御部と、センター制御部と第１ネットワークを介して通信する複数のエリア制御部であって、それぞれが、第２ネットワークを介して接続されており、車両に搭載された一以上の車載機器を制御する複数のエリア制御部と、を備え、複数のエリア制御部は、車両の室内に設けられた操作部を介して、第１車載機器に対する動作要求を受け付ける第１エリア制御部と、第１車載機器を動作させる第２エリア制御部と、を含み、第１エリア制御部は、動作要求をセンター制御部に送信せずとも、動作要求を第２エリア制御部に送信すれば足りる場合、第２ネットワークを介して第２エリア制御部に動作要求を送信する、車両制御システム。【選択図】図１