	US 12,135,960 B2
	Center, OTA master, method, non-transitory storage medium, and vehicle
Tomoyasu Ishikawa, Nagoya (JP); and Shunsuke Tanimori, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on May 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/663,439.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-103215 (JP), filed on Jun. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0405081 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 8/65 (2018.01)

CPC G06F 8/65 (2013.01)

9 Claims

1. A center configured to communicate with an over-the-air (OTA) master configured to control software update for an electronic control unit mounted on a vehicle, the center comprising one or more processors configured to:

generate a distribution package configured for providing both a wired software update and a wireless software update depending on a connection being used, the distribution package including update data of software of a target electronic control unit, first information, and second information, the target electronic control unit being the electronic control unit to be updated, the first information being specifically for a wired software update and defining a setting that is used when an external device updates the software of the target electronic control unit via an in-vehicle network, the second information being specifically for a wireless software update and defining a setting that is used when the OTA master updates the software of the target electronic control unit via the in-vehicle network; and

transmit the distribution package to the OTA master based on a request from the OTA master.