US 12,229,271 B2
Control apparatus for vehicle
Hironori Ooshima, Tokyo (JP); Hisataro Iinami, Tokyo (JP); and Kouichi Seki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/578,959.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-015054 (JP), filed on Feb. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0245254 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 21/575 (2013.01) [G06F 9/4401 (2013.01); G06F 2221/034 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control apparatus for a vehicle, the control apparatus comprising:
a processor configured to control a control target mounted in the vehicle;
a storage configured to contain unauthorized entry data, the unauthorized entry data indicating a presence of an unauthorized entry into the vehicle; and
a first determining unit configured to make a determination on a necessity of a secure boot process upon activation of the processor, on a basis of the stored unauthorized entry data,
wherein the first determining unit is configured to make the determination on the necessity of the secure boot process, on the basis of the unauthorized entry data that is generated upon previous activation of the processor and stored in the storage upon the previous activation of the processor,
wherein the control apparatus further comprises:
a data acquiring unit configured to acquire status data of the vehicle; and
a second determining unit configured to
make a determination on the presence of the unauthorized entry into the vehicle on a basis of the status data, and
store, in the storage, the unauthorized entry data generated on a basis of a result of the determination on the presence of the unauthorized entry, and
wherein the first determining unit is configured to
perform the secure boot process on the processor, in a case where the unauthorized entry data indicates that the unauthorized entry into the vehicle is present, and
permit the activation of the processor without performing all or a part of the secure boot process on the processor, in a case where the unauthorized entry data indicates that the unauthorized entry into the vehicle is absent.