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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2023
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Soumya Das, San Diego, CA (US);
Mohsen Bahrami, Carlsbad, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments include methods for performing a software/firmware (SW/FW) update of a vehicle without draining the vehicle's battery below a threshold. A vehicle processing system may receive a SW/FW update inquiry that specifies a permissible time window for implementing the update and predict a residual vehicle battery level (RVBL) resulting from receiving and implementing the update based a current battery level. The processing system may transmit an update response to initiate over-the-air reception of the SW/FW update in response to predicting that the RVBL after receiving and implementing the SW/FW update will be above a threshold battery level based on a location of the vehicle and the PTW. Methods may further include transmitting a SW/FW update response that prevents initiation of the SW/FW update, at least temporarily, in response to predicting that the current vehicle battery level is below a minimum battery level threshold for performing the SW/FW update.