US 12,106,090 B2
Software updating device, software updating method, and software updating program that prohibit abnormality warning during updating process
Yoshimori Shizuka, Kanagawa (JP); Eisuke Ohashi, Kanagawa (JP); Masayuki Motegi, Kanagawa (JP); Hidetoshi Hayashi, Kanagawa (JP); and Mitsuhiko Kikuchi, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama (JP)
Appl. No. 17/911,667
Filed by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/000334
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/186205, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0035303 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 8/65 (2018.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 8/65 (2013.01) [B60R 16/02 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A software updating device comprising:
a controller including a processor and a storage; and
a warning device including at least one of a lamp or an alarm sound emitter,
the controller being configured to:
acquire a second software to be used for updating a first software that operates a vehicle-mounted equipment of a vehicle;
execute an update process that includes overwriting the first software with the second software;
determine whether an abnormality has occurred in the vehicle-mounted equipment;
upon determining that the abnormality has occurred at a time other than while the update process is being executed,
record a fault code corresponding to the abnormality in the storage and cause the warning device to output a warning based on the fault code; and
upon determining that the abnormality has occurred while the update process is being executed, prohibit outputting of the warning by the warning device without recording the fault code.