Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Genta Inoue

Yosuke Shionoya

Koichiro Nakamura

Tomoaki Taki

Koji Kajiwara

A software update control apparatus which is mounted on a vehicle and is configured to control a software update of in-vehicle equipment performed via a communication unit, including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information representing a recognition result of a passenger in the vehicle, who has been recognized by capturing an image of the passenger in the vehicle; and a notification control unit configured to control a notification of update information related to the software update, in which the notification control unit is configured to determine, based on the information representing the recognition result of the passenger, whether the passenger has received the notification of the update information in a past, and change a mode of the notification of the update information according to a determination result on whether the passenger has received the notification of the update information in the past.

Software update control apparatus, vehicle, computer-readable storage medium, and software update control method

A communication apparatus is provided in a movable object, and communicates with an external server. The communication apparatus includes a communication control unit for controlling communication with the server, and controlling communication with a movable object control unit controlling the movable object and communication with an update control unit controlling program update of the movable object control unit. The communication control unit performs, when control on the movable object control unit is to be performed from the server, control to receive a first startup request and a command for the movable object control unit from the server, start up and control the movable object control unit, and performs, when control related to program update of the movable object control unit is to be performed from the server, control to receive a second startup request for the update control unit from the server, and start up the update control unit.

Communication apparatus, movable object, control system, server, communication control method

An update control apparatus includes: a first acquiring unit configured to acquire information based on a unique value of a moving-body control unit; a second acquiring unit configured to acquire version information of a program for performing control by the moving-body control unit from a first storage region of a storage apparatus provided in the moving-body control unit; a third acquiring unit configured to acquire, on a basis of the version information acquired by the second acquiring unit, a newer version of the program for performing the control by the moving-body control unit; a writing unit configured to write the new version of the program acquired by the third acquiring unit to a second storage region provided in the storage apparatus; and an instruction unit configured to output an instruction to cause the moving-body control unit to control in accordance with the program stored in the second storage region.

Update control apparatus, moving body, update control method, and computer-readable storage medium

A program update control apparatus comprises a rewriting control unit configured to perform control of rewriting a program, which is executed by a mobile object control unit configured to control at least a part of a mobile object, to a new program; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire the new program from an external apparatus, wherein the rewriting control unit is configured: before starting the rewriting, to request a user to consent to execution of the rewriting, and to hold consent information, which indicates that the user has consented to execution of the rewriting, and when activated in response to a power supply being on, to cause the rewriting to be executed without requesting the user to consent to execution of the rewriting, on the condition that the consent information is held.

Program update control apparatus, program update control method and computer-readable storage medium

A software update device is provided with an update control unit that that performs a software update using a new software version supplied over a network. If a software update is to be performed for a first electronic control device and a second electronic control device that operates in cooperation with the first electronic control device, the update control unit performs the software update for the first electronic control device such that the first electronic control device after the software update has been performed is capable of selectively executing the operation logic of a first new software version and the operation logic of a first old software version.

Software update device, vehicle, and software update method

A software update device is provided with an update control unit that performs a software update using a new software version supplied over a network. The update control unit installs a first new software version on a first electronic control device prior to installing a second new software version on a second electronic control device, and activates the first new software version installed on the first electronic control device either after activation of the second new software version installed on the second electronic control device has started or after it is ascertained that activation of the second new software version installed on the second electronic control device has been normally completed.

A software updating apparatus includes a power consumption amount determining section that determines a power consumption amount when a software update is performed, based on a power consumption of a vehicle when the software update is performed and time needed to perform the software update, and an update possibility determining section that determines whether the software update is possible, based on the power consumption amount determined by the power consumption amount determining section and an amount of power present in a battery included in the vehicle.

Software updating apparatus, vehicle, and software updating method

A software updating apparatus includes an update control section that performs a software update for each of a plurality of electronic control units mounted in a vehicle, by using new versions of software supplied via a network, and an update mode determining section that selectively determines an update mode used when performing the software update, from among a parallel update mode and a serial update mode. The update control section performs the software update for each of the plurality of electronic control units based on the update mode determined by the update mode determining section.

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