US 7,529,601 B2
Vehicle integrated-control apparatus and vehicle integrated-control method
Masato Kaigawa, Toyota (Japan); and Seiji Kuwahara, Toyota (Japan)
Assigned to Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota (Japan)
Appl. No. 11/631,171
PCT Filed Apr. 07, 2006, PCT No. PCT/IB2006/000815
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Dec. 29, 2006,
PCT Pub. No. WO2006/109127, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 19, 2006.
Claims priority of application No. 2005-118381 (JP), filed on Apr. 15, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2008/0294301 A1, Nov. 27, 2008
Int. Cl. G05D 13/62 (2006.01); G05D 17/02 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 701—1  [701/36; 701/48; 701/37; 701/41; 701/70; 701/53; 701/54] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
5. A control method performed by a vehicle integrated-control apparatus that controls, in an integrated manner, multiple actuators mounted in a vehicle using multiple control units some of which are manager control units, comprising:
coordinating a control target value that is derived based on an instruction from a driver or a first control unit, which is one of the multiple control units other than the manager control units, and that is expressed by a first unit of physical quantity, with an instruction value that is from a second control unit, which is one of the multiple control units other than the manager control units, and that is expressed by the first unit of physical quantity;
converting the control value, which has undergone a coordination process by the first coordination portion and which is expressed by the first unit of physical quantity, into a control target value expressed by a second unit of physical quantity;
coordinating the control target value, which is derived by the conversion portion and which is expressed by the second unit of physical quantity, with an instruction value that is transmitted from a third control unit, which is one of the multiple control units other than the manager control units, and that is expressed by the second unit of physical quantity; and
outputting the control target value, which is derived by the second coordination portion, to a fourth control unit, which is one of the multiple control units other than the manager control units and which should achieve the control target value.