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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2022
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Toshiaki Tamachi, Seto, JP;
Yuuki Makino, Aichi-gun, JP;
Masafumi Yamamoto, Nagakute, JP;
Koichi Okuda, Toyota, JP;
Atsushi Tabata, Okazaki, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus including: a storage portion configured to store therein a vehicle control software for controlling a vehicle; an updating portion configured to update the vehicle control software stored in the storage portion, to an update software, and an operation check portion configured, when the update software is stored in the storage portion, to make an operation check as to whether the vehicle operates normally or not, by executing processing of the update software on condition that the vehicle is in a vehicle stopped state in which the vehicle is suppressed from being moved in forward and reverse directions. When it is checked by the operation check portion that the vehicle operates normally with the processing of the update software, the updating portion is configured to update the vehicle control software to the update software.