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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2018
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Control for the flexible distribution of update software is realized. An in-vehicle software distribution systemis configured comprising an in-vehicle software distribution server (telematics center) which manages updates to an identical function by means of a campaign for an in-vehicle system (an engine ECU, for example) of a plurality of vehiclesand distributes software of the campaign remotely to target vehicles, a terminal, and a software update apparatuswhich is mounted in each of the plurality of vehicles. Furthermore, in the telematics center, a campaign management unitcategorizes the campaign target vehicles into groups based on a predetermined criterion and creates a plurality of sub-campaigns which are subordinate to the campaign for each of the categorized groups, and a software distribution unit (an update software distribution unit) distributes software remotely to the target vehicles for each of the sub-campaigns.