US 12,039,320 B2
Apparatus for vehicle over-the-air updating, and method thereof
Hyeok Sang Jeong, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Myeong Gyu Jeong, Seoul (KR); Jin Ah Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Yoon Sik Jung, Seoul (KR); Hak Jun Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Dong Youl Lee, Seoul (KR); and Young Jee Yang, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on May 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/752,392.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0107195 (KR), filed on Aug. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0052414 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 8/65 (2018.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); G06F 9/445 (2018.01); G06F 8/61 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 8/65 (2013.01) [B60L 58/12 (2019.02); G06F 8/61 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An over-the-air (OTA) update apparatus for a vehicle, the OTA update apparatus comprising:
at least one processor operably connected to a wireless communication network for receiving an OTA update, and operably connected to a battery including a low-voltage battery of the vehicle, the at least one processor operable to:
generate mode information, by an update management device, about the OTA update of the vehicle;
perform OTA updates, by an update execution device, of one or more controllers included in the vehicle based on the generated mode information; and
control charging, by a battery charging control device, of the low-voltage battery of the vehicle based on the generated mode information,
wherein the one or more controllers include a first controller and a second controller,
wherein an OTA update of the first controller is performed based on the low-voltage battery that is not being charged, and
wherein an OTA update of the second controller is performed based on the low-voltage battery that is being charged.