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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2018
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Yuki Sano, Osaka, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a control apparatus which is connected to an on-vehicle control device via an in-vehicle communication line, and constitutes, together with the on-vehicle control device, an in-vehicle network with the in-vehicle communication line being a transmission path. The control apparatus includes: a storage unit configured to store therein an update program for the on-vehicle control device; a monitoring unit configured to monitor an occupancy of the in-vehicle communication line; and a transfer control unit configured to control a timing to transfer the stored update program to the on-vehicle control device, on the basis of the occupancy being monitored.