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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2022
Hyundai Autoever Corp., Seoul, KR;
HYUNDAI AUTOEVER CORP., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A method of updating firmware by a flash bootloader includes: storing current version information included in a trailer block of firmware stored in a flash memory, the firmware including the trailer block and a header block; erasing a sector in which the header block is located while maintaining a sector in which the trailer block is located in the flash memory; writing a header block of a new firmware to be downloaded in the flash memory; determining, by comparing current version information of the new firmware in the written header block and the stored current version information, whether the firmware is to be downgraded; and, in response to determining that the firmware is not to be downgraded, erasing a sector in which the trailer block is located from the flash memory, and writing a trailer block of the new firmware in the flash memory.