US 12,001,829 B2
OTA center, update management method, non-transitory storage medium, OTA master, and update control method
Yoshikazu Sakai, Chiryu (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on May 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/740,872.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-087786 (JP), filed on May 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0382532 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 8/65 (2018.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 8/65 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3667 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. An over-the-air (OTA) master mounted on a vehicle, the OTA master comprising one or more processors configured to:
transmit, to an OTA center via a network, a first request for a software update for a target electric control unit (ECU) mounted on the vehicle;
cause, when receiving from the OTA center via the network request information for requesting execution of the software update in a predetermined place, a display unit mounted on the vehicle to display the predetermined place;
transmit, to the OTA center and once the vehicle has moved to the predetermined place based on the request information, a second download request;
receive, from the OTA center and in reply to the second download request, update data for software of the target ECU; and
control software update for the target ECU using the update data.