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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2012
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, Llc, Elyria, OH (US);
Hans M. Molin, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Ananda Pandy, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
William P. Amato, Avon, OH (US);
BENDIX COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SYSTEMS LLC, Elyria, OH (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for updating at least one software component of a motor vehicle in coordination with predetermined safe operational modes of the vehicle permitting the updating without danger to a driver operating the motor vehicle. The method operates such that a receiver circuit of a hub controller of the motor vehicle receives and stores a software update module in a memory of the hub controller. A processor of the hub controller determines an operational condition of the motor vehicle and selectively updates at least one software component of the motor vehicle with the software update module responsive to the operational condition of the motor vehicle being in a predetermined safe operational mode permitting the updating without danger to a driver operating the motor vehicle. Preferably, the updating of the at least one software component with the software update module takes place only during DPF regeneration.