US 12,141,574 B2
Program update system and vehicle management server
Takanori Ariga, Nagoya (JP); Tomoyasu Ishikawa, Nagoya (JP); Jun Hamasaki, Toyota (JP); Shoichi Nagamitsu, Miyoshi (JP); and Yusuke Takatsuna, Ama (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/327,700.
Application 18/327,700 is a continuation of application No. 17/081,064, filed on Oct. 27, 2020, granted, now 11,704,106.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-203251 (JP), filed on Nov. 8, 2019; and application No. 2020-048336 (JP), filed on Mar. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0305835 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 8/65 (2018.01); B60R 16/023 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G06F 8/656 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 8/65 (2013.01) [B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G06F 8/656 (2018.02); G06F 8/66 (2013.01); B60R 16/0231 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A vehicle management server configured to transmit to a vehicle an update program for updating an existing program of an electronic device mounted on the vehicle, the vehicle management server comprising:
a communicator configured to communicate with the vehicle; and
a controller configured to:
control an update process;
determine to present only a notification of start of the update process and a notification of completion of the update process to a vehicle user when information indicating that the vehicle user sets permission for an automatic update is received from the vehicle via the communicator, an indication related to the update process for the existing program using the update including the notification of start of the update process and the notification of completion of the update process;
transmit, when the controller does not determine to present only the notification of start of the update process and the notification of completion of the update process to the vehicle user, information for causing a predetermined information terminal to display the indication related to the update process to the vehicle via the communicator; and
transmit, when the controller determines to present only the notification of start of the update process and the notification of completion of the update process to the vehicle user, information for causing the predetermined information terminal to display only the notification of start of the update process and the notification of completion of the update process.