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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2021
Daikin Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Kazuo Suko, Osaka, JP;
Yasuyuki Aisaka, Osaka, JP;
Tsutomu Iura, Osaka, JP;
Mieharu Tokuda, Osaka, JP;
Kazuteru Matsui, Osaka, JP;
DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Provided is technology to implement an updating process according to a situation of each equipment when software is collectively updated with respect to a plurality of equipment items constituting an equipment system. With respect to a software updating method for a plurality of equipment items constituting the equipment system, the software updating method includes acquiring information indicating an operation state of at least respective equipment to be updated among the plurality of equipment items, acquiring information indicating a reception state of updated software of the respective equipment, determining whether to perform switching to the updated software by the respective equipment, and instructing switching to the updated software based on a result of a determination. The determining determines that the switching to the updated software by the respective equipment is not to be performed in a case where equipment in operation and from which reception is incomplete exists.