US 12,175,230 B2
Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing system
Yu Nagata, Chofu (JP); and Toshihiro Nakamura, Shizuoka-ken (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on May 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/825,201.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-108005 (JP), filed on Jun. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0413835 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 8/60 (2018.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01); G06F 8/71 (2018.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 8/65 (2013.01) [G06F 8/71 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing device comprising a control unit that executes:
creating an operation plan including an operation start time, an operation, an operation end time, and a maintenance time of a vehicle that is autonomously driven,
acquiring information on update of a program implemented in the vehicle, the information on the update of the program including an importance of updating the program; and
formulating a plan for updating the program during the maintenance time of the vehicle in the operation plan based on the information on the update of the program,
wherein the control unit
stops the operation of the vehicle in the operation plan when the information on the update of the program indicates that the update of the program is of high importance,
formulates an update plan of the program for the vehicle that has been stopped due to the stop of the operation, and
transmits the operation plan and the update plan to a vehicle electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle to control the vehicle to operate according to the operation plan and to update the program in the vehicle according to the update plan,
acquires a first time length required to update the program based on the information that indicates a size of update data of the program and that is included in the information on the update of the program,
acquires a second time length required to download the update data based on the information indicating the size of the update data, and
formulates the plan for updating the program during a period when the vehicle is stopped in the operation plan, the period lasting for a time length equal to or longer than a total value of the first time length and the second time length.