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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2020
Daimler Ag, Stuttgart, DE;
Fridtjof Stein, Ostfildern, DE;
MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A control device for a vehicle includes a communication module, which establishes a transmission and receiving connection to a server external to the vehicle, and a control module connected to this for driving functions, which receives data of at least one sensor and controls at least one actuator for at least partially autonomously controlling at least one of the driving functions in the vehicle. A disconnector physically separates at least the receiving connection and a read-only memory, in which a piece of software for overwriting the software in the communication module and the control module in case of interference, is stored. Control of the control device is assumed when the control device has presumably been tampered with in the vehicle and uses this to separate at least the receiving connection, to bring the vehicle into a safe traffic state as needed, and to overwrite software in the control module and the communication module with software from the read-only memory.