IP Library Granted Patent US 10,880,404
Granted Patent B2
US 10,880,404 · App. 15/740,193 · Granted Dec 29, 2020

On-vehicle control device and on-vehicle control device information update system

Inventors: Fumiharu Nakahara (Ibaraki, JP); Kenichi Kurosawa (Ibaraki, JP); Hidetoshi Teraoka (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
H04L67/34B60R16/0231G06F8/65H04L12/12H04L12/40039H04L2012/40273Y02D10/00Y02D30/50
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Patent No.
US 10,880,404
App. No.
15/740,193
Granted
Dec 29, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are an on-vehicle control device and an on-vehicle control device information update system that are capable of identifying a subject vehicle by a simple means, while suppressing power consumption, when on-vehicle device information is automatically updated. This on-vehicle control device receives a vehicle response request message from a data server in a power-saving mode in which only a vehicle external communication unit can operate; checks vehicle identification information and on-vehicle control device information that are subject to change and are stored in the message, and vehicle identification information and on-vehicle control device information stored in advance in the vehicle external communication unit and responds with the results to the data server.

Claims (38)

1. An on-vehicle control device transmitting and receiving information with respect to a data server outside a vehicle,

wherein the on-vehicle control device includes a power-saving mode in which only transmission and reception with respect to the data server is performed, and a normal mode in which communication with respect to other on-vehicle control devices is also performed,

in the power-saving mode, in the case of receiving a response request from the data server, it is determined whether or not the response request is a response request addressed to a host vehicle, and

in a case where it is determined that the response request is the response request addressed to the host vehicle, a success response is transmitted to the data server, and the on-vehicle control device is changed from the power-saving mode to the normal mode.

2. The on-vehicle control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the success response is transmitted to the data server in the case of having a battery residual amount in which the information is capable of being written.

3. The on-vehicle control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the success response is transmitted to the data server in a case where management information of an update subject on-vehicle control device stored in the response request and management information of other on-vehicle control devices stored in the on-vehicle control device are coincident with each other.

4. The on-vehicle control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the success response is transmitted to the data server, and the on-vehicle control device is transitioned to the normal mode, and then, a Wakeup request is transmitted to all of the on-vehicle control devices other than the update subject on-vehicle control device, which are connected through a vehicle internal communication network.

5. The on-vehicle control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the success response which is transmitted to the data server includes any one of vehicle identification information, the management information of the on-vehicle control device, and a determination result.

6. The on-vehicle control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a failure reason is stored in a failure response which is transmitted to the data server.

7. The on-vehicle control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the determination of whether or not the response request is the response request addressed to the host vehicle is performed by using a vehicle identification number.

8. The on-vehicle control device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the management information of the other on-vehicle control devices is collected in advance from other on-vehicle control devices connected through a vehicle internal communication network.

9. The on-vehicle control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the case of normally receiving update information from the data server, the update information is written with respect to the on-vehicle control device itself, or the other on-vehicle control devices connected through the vehicle internal communication network.

10. The on-vehicle control device according to claim 9 ,

wherein in a case where the writing of the update information is normally ended, the effect that update is normally completed is notified to the data server.

11. The on-vehicle control device according to claim 9 ,

wherein in a case where the writing of the update information is normally ended, an electric device of the vehicle is controlled.

12. An on-vehicle control device information update system transmitting a response request to the on-vehicle control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein in a case where an update event of information occurs, a response request including vehicle identification information is transmitted to the vehicle from the data server, and

a vehicle in a state in which the information is capable of being updated is specified on the basis of a response with respect to the response request from the vehicle.

13. The on-vehicle control device information update system according to claim 12 ,

wherein the data server includes a vehicle management database in which specific area information and vehicle identification information of a vehicle in an area represented by the area information are linked to each other.

14. The on-vehicle control device information update system according to claim 13 ,

wherein the data server includes a vehicle management database in which management information of the on-vehicle control device of the vehicle and the vehicle identification information of the vehicle are linked to each other.

15. The on-vehicle control device information update system according to claim 11 ,

wherein in a case where the response with respect to the response request from the vehicle is a success response, update information is delivered to a subject vehicle.

16. The on-vehicle control device information update system according to claim 11 ,

wherein in the case of receiving a notification to the effect that information update from the vehicle is normally ended, the data server updates the management information of the on-vehicle control device of the vehicle management database to the latest information.

17. The on-vehicle control device information update system according to claim 11 ,

wherein in a case where a wireless communication state stored in the response with respect to the response request from the vehicle is less than or equal to a predetermined value, the update information is not delivered to the subject vehicle.

18. The on-vehicle control device according to claim 1 , further comprising an external communication unit configured to compare an on-vehicle control device management number, an on-vehicle control device software management number, and an on-vehicle control device old software version, stored in an update subject on-vehicle control device information, with a management number or the software version of the on-vehicle control device information in the management information stored in advance in a storage means by a determination unit, and determines whether or not the on-vehicle control device, which is the update subject, is correct.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 30, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058481/0935 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2020
From: NAKAHARA, FUMIHARU; KUROSAWA, KENICHI; TERAOKA, HIDETOSHI
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 053998/0655 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-190606 · Sep 29, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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