	US 12,079,615 B2
	Communication apparatus, movable object, control system, server, communication control method
Koichiro Nakamura, Tokyo (JP); Yosuke Shionoya, Tokyo (JP); Genta Inoue, Tokyo (JP); Tomoaki Taki, Tokyo (JP); and Koji Kajiwara, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/679,117.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-037819 (JP), filed on Mar. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0291919 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 9/445 (2018.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01); G06F 8/654 (2018.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01)

CPC G06F 8/65 (2013.01) [G07C 5/008 (2013.01)]

18 Claims

1. A communication apparatus that is provided in a movable object and configured to communicate with an external server, the communication apparatus comprising:

a communication control unit stored in a memory and operated by a processor configured to control communication with the server, and also control communication with a movable object control unit configured to control the movable object and communication with an update control unit configured to control program update of the movable object control unit, wherein

the communication control unit is configured to:

when control on the movable object control unit is to be performed from the server, perform control to receive a first startup request and a command for the movable object control unit from the server, start up the movable object control unit in response to the first startup request and the command from the server, and also control the movable object control unit in response to the command; and

when control related to program update of the movable object control unit is to be performed from the server, perform control to receive a second startup request for the update control unit from the server, and start up the update control unit in response to the second startup request from the server.