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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Kazuyoshi Shiohara, Nagoya, JP;
Tomoki Shibutani, Nisshin, JP;
Takayuki Fujimoto, Seto, JP;
Masaki Miyake, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A control device constituting a system of a vehicle includes a central processing unit (CPU). The CPU is configured to store first software for executing a predetermined process. The predetermined process includes a first process for implementing a first function of the vehicle in cooperation with another control device constituting the system. The CPU is configured to receive information about second software stored in the other control device from the other control device before execution of the first software at startup of the control device. The CPU is configured to execute a startup check process including a check process, and execute a third process when the CPU receives the information about the second software from the other control device after the CPU has started executing the first software. The third process includes stopping or forbidding execution of the first process.
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