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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2016
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Koji Arai, Osaka, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A system according to one aspect of the present disclosure is a program updating system including: a plurality of control devices installed in a vehicle; and a gateway connected to the plurality of control devices so as to be communicable with the control devices within the vehicle. The gateway includes: a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly receive a plurality of update programs for the control devices; a storage unit configured to store therein the received plurality of update programs; an in-vehicle communication unit configured to transmit the stored plurality of update programs to the corresponding control devices, respectively; and a processing unit configured to execute sequential reception of the update programs in accordance with a communication status of wireless communication, when a total amount of data of the plurality of update programs exceeds a memory capacity of the storage unit.