US 12,141,563 B2
Vehicle control system and vehicle control method
Naofumi Kato, Aichi (JP); Takashi Nagao, Aichi (JP); Tetsuya Egawa, Aichi (JP); Hitoshi Muraki, Aichi (JP); and Masanori Kosugi, Aichi (JP)
Assigned to KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, Aichi (JP)
Appl. No. 17/800,796
Filed by KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, Aichi (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 24, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/006914
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/172374, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-033128 (JP), filed on Feb. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0100326 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 21/32 (2013.01); B60R 16/023 (2006.01); B60R 16/037 (2006.01); G06F 8/61 (2018.01); B60R 25/25 (2013.01); G06F 21/35 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04W 4/48 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01)
CPC G06F 8/61 (2013.01) [B60R 16/023 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); B60R 25/252 (2013.01); G06F 21/35 (2013.01); G06F 21/629 (2013.01); H04W 4/48 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 12/06 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle control system having a hardware processor, comprising:
a terminal comprising a storage unit to store additional function information generated by software configured to add a new function to functionality of at least one electronic device mounted on a vehicle and a first communication unit to output the additional function information; and
a vehicle control device comprising a second communication unit to communicate with the terminal through the first communication unit and configured to add the new function to the at least one electronic device based on the additional function information obtained from the terminal through the second communication unit,
wherein the additional function information comprises new function information to create the new function by combining functions of a plurality of different types of electronic devices, the new function being a function different from an inactive function and an active function that are executable independently by each of the plurality of different types of electronic devices, and also comprises information to activate an inactive function, which has been deactivated among a plurality of functions of the at least one electronic device, into an active function.