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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2020
Jaguar Land Rover Limited, Coventry, GB;
Peter Barry, Limerick, IE;
Javier Olarreta, Limerick, IE;
JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Coventry, GB;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a verification controller for a vehicle, configured to receive data being sent over a data bus within the vehicle, detect software update data being sent to a control unit within the vehicle over the data bus, determine from the software update data a first security characteristic associated with an authentic version of the software update, generate a second security characteristic in dependence on the received software update data, determine if the second security characteristic is consistent with the first security characteristic, and output a first control signal for the control unit, the first control signal enabling installation of the software update on the control unit in dependence on the second security characteristic being consistent with the first security characteristic.