Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Tomoyasu Ishikawa

Shunsuke Tanimori

Yusuke Satoh

Sho Nakamura

Nana Kikuire

Satoru Fukuyo

Takanori Ariga

Hiroshi Inoue

Shoichi Nagamitsu

Jun Hamasaki

Yusuke Takatsuna

Toshiyuki Abe

Naoki Toyofuku

Keiichi Tanaka

An OTA master includes one or more processors configured to: receive, from a center, first type update data for a first electronic control unit on which a first type non-volatile memory having one storage area is mounted, and second type update data for a second electronic control unit on which a second type non-volatile memory having two storage areas is mounted, the first electronic control unit and the second electronic control unit being included in a plurality of electronic control units mounted on a vehicle; and control software update for a plurality of target electronic control units of which pieces of software are to be updated among the electronic control units mounted on the vehicle, based on the first type update data and the second type update data.

Ota master, system, method, non-transitory storage medium, and vehicle

A program update system includes a vehicle including a plurality of in-vehicle devices, and a server provided outside the vehicle. Each of the in-vehicle devices of the vehicle includes a storage unit configured to store one or more programs, an in-vehicle device communication unit configured to perform communication with the server, and an update execution unit configured to update the programs stored in the storage unit. The server includes a server communication unit configured to perform communication with each of the in-vehicle devices, and an update management unit configured to specify the in-vehicle device to be updated in a set of the in-vehicle devices and a program to be updated and execute update processing that makes the server communication unit transmit update data for updating the program to be updated to the in-vehicle device to be updated.

Software update program for in-vehicle devices and associated server

A server includes one or more processors configured to: make a request of a first terminal and a second terminal for a reply as to whether to approve a process related to update of software for a control device mounted on a vehicle, the first terminal being a terminal mounted on the vehicle, and the second terminal being a terminal to be carried by a user of the vehicle; and when receiving both the reply from the first terminal and the reply from the second terminal as a response to the request, invalidate the reply from the second terminal and validate the reply from the first terminal.

Server, software update system, software update method, and non-transitory storage medium

A vehicle equipped with an electronic control unit includes: one or more communication devices configured to receive from a server an approval request to a user regarding update of software used in the electronic control unit; and one or more processors configured to receive a predetermined vehicle-side operation for the approval request, perform control for notifying, to an information processing device of the user, a vehicle-side operation result of the predetermined vehicle-side operation without going through the server when the predetermined vehicle-side operation is received, and perform control for withdrawing the approval request received by the one or more communication devices when the vehicle receives from the information processing device a device-side operation result of a predetermined device-side operation. The predetermined device-side operation is an operation received in the information processing device and is an operation for the approval request transmitted from the server to the information processing device.

Vehicle, information processing device, notification system, and non-transitory storage medium

A master includes: a communication module configured to request a download of update data from a center; a first storage device configured to store the update data obtained by the download; and one or more processors configured to at a time of execution of the download, check at least one of a free space size of the first storage device or a free space size of a second storage device of each of one or more update-target in-vehicle devices among a plurality of in-vehicle devices connected through an in-vehicle network, and perform control such that, based on the update data, update software is installed, or installed and activated, in the one or more update-target in-vehicle devices, wherein the communication module is configured to request the download of the update data from the center based on the free space size.

Software update apparatus, master, OTA master, and network system

A vehicle control device includes a memory having a first storage area for storing a program related to vehicle control and a second storage area for storing an update program for updating the program, and a controller configured to determine whether a vehicle is in a stop state and start an update process of updating the program stored in the first storage area with the update program stored in the second storage area when the controller determines that the vehicle is in the stop state.

Vehicle control device, program update method, and program update system

An update control system includes: a vehicle including an in-vehicle control device; an information processing terminal configured to communicate with the in-vehicle control device by wire communication; and a center configured to communicate with the in-vehicle control device over a wireless network. The in-vehicle control device is configured to: determine whether the vehicle is in a first state in which a wireless update process is possible or a second state in which a wired update process is possible; and when the state of the vehicle is switched between the first state and the second state after start and before completion of an update process using a distribution package, carry over a progress of the update process performed until the state is switched; and perform the update process in the switched state.

Update control system, update control method, non-transitory storage medium, and in-vehicle control device

An OTA master configured to control a software update on an electronic control unit mounted on a vehicle includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to receive a second distribution package from a center before a first distribution package. The second distribution package is a distribution package of update data for the electronic control unit with a non-volatile memory of a second type that includes two storage areas. The first distribution package is a distribution package of update data for the electronic control unit with a non-volatile memory of a first type that includes one storage area.

Over-the-air (OTA) master, center, system, method, non-transitory storage medium, and vehicle

A vehicle management server configured to manage information on a control device mounted on a vehicle, and information on a plurality of information terminals connectable with the control device is provided. The vehicle management server includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a positional relationship between the information terminals and the control device; a determination unit configured to determine, based on the information indicating the positional relationship, whether or not there is a first information terminal that is out of a setting range that includes the control device among the information terminals; and a notification unit configured to transmit, based on whether or not there is the first information terminal, a first message to at least one second information terminal different from the first information terminal among the information terminals.

Vehicle management server, vehicle management method, and non-transitory storage medium

An OTA master is configured to control software update for an electronic control unit mounted on a vehicle. The OTA master includes a communication unit configured to receive, front a center, a distribution package including update data for an electronic control unit on which a first-kind non-volatile memory having one storage area is mounted and update data for an electronic control unit on which a second-kind non-volatile memory having two storage areas is mounted.

Ota master, center, system, update method, and vehicle

A communication system includes a vehicle including a control device configured to store a control program, a terminal configured to give a notification about predetermined information, and a server configured to communicate with the vehicle and the terminal. The server is configured to transmit update data for the control program. The processor is configured to reduce a data amount of information to be transmitted to the terminal about a transmission status of the update data when the server transmits the update data to the vehicle via the terminal, as compared to a data amount of information to be transmitted to the terminal about the transmission status when the server transmits the update data to the vehicle without intermediation of the terminal.

Communication system, server, method for controlling communication system, and non-transitory storage medium

A software update apparatus includes a communication unit that sends a request for downloading update data to a center, a storage unit that stores the downloaded update data, and a control unit that executes, based on the update data, a control for installing, or installing and activating update software on one or more target electronic control units from among a plurality of electronic control units connected to each other via an in-vehicle network. The control unit acquires software versions of the electronic control units, determines whether there is a consistency in a combination of the acquired software versions, and executes, upon determining that there is an inconsistency in the combination of the acquired software versions, a process for attaining the consistency in the combination of the software versions.

Software update apparatus, software update method, non-transitory storage medium storing program, vehicle, and OTA master

An OTA master configured to control a software update on a first electronic control unit mounted on a vehicle and a software update on a second electronic control unit mounted on the vehicle includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to separately receive a first distribution package of update data for the first electronic control unit and a second distribution package of update data for the second electronic control unit from a center. The first electronic control unit includes a non-volatile memory of a first type including one storage area. The second electronic control unit includes a non-volatile memory of a second type including two storage areas. The one or more processors are configured to perform the control of the software update in parallel on a plurality of the electronic control units to be updated, based on the received update data.

OTA software update based on ECU non-volatile memory type

A vehicle management server is 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 includes a communicator and a controller. The communicator is configured to communicate with the vehicle. The controller is configured to control an update process. The controller is configured to determine, depending on a type of the update program, whether to present, to a vehicle user, an indication related to the update process for the existing program using the update program, and transmit, when the controller determines to present the indication related to 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.

Program update system and vehicle management server

A center configured to communicate with an OTA master configured to control software update for an electronic control unit mounted on a vehicle, the center comprising includes one or more processors configured to generate a distribution package including update data of software of a target electronic control unit, first information, and second information. The first information is referenced by an external device connected to the vehicle by wire when the external device updates the software of the target electronic control unit via an in-vehicle network. The second information is referenced by the OTA master wirelessly connected to the center when the OTA master updates the software of the target electronic control unit via the in-vehicle network. The one or more processors are configured to transmit the distribution package to the OTA master based on a request from the OTA master.

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Nagoya, Japan

Tomoyasu Ishikawa