Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Software update program for in-vehicle devices and associated server
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Application No.: US16436300Application Date: 2019-06-10
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Publication No.: US11023223B2Publication Date: 2021-06-01
- Inventor: Tomoyasu Ishikawa , Sho Nakamura
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JPJP2018-142484 20180730
- Main IPC: G06F9/44
- IPC: G06F9/44 ; G06F8/654 ; H04W4/44 ; H04L29/08

Abstract:
A program update system includes a vehicle including a plurality of in-vehicle devices, and a server provided outside the vehicle. Each of the in-vehicle devices of the vehicle includes a storage unit configured to store one or more programs, an in-vehicle device communication unit configured to perform communication with the server, and an update execution unit configured to update the programs stored in the storage unit. The server includes a server communication unit configured to perform communication with each of the in-vehicle devices, and an update management unit configured to specify the in-vehicle device to be updated in a set of the in-vehicle devices and a program to be updated and execute update processing that makes the server communication unit transmit update data for updating the program to be updated to the in-vehicle device to be updated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200034138A1 PROGRAM UPDATE SYSTEM, PROGRAM UPDATE SERVER, AND VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2020-01-30
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