IP Library Granted Patent US 12,463,983
Granted Patent B2
US 12,463,983 · App. 18/554,475 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Method and apparatus for identifying an inadmissible message of a manipulated control device of a vehicle by means of a second control device of the vehicle

Inventors: Michael Weiner (Munich, DE); Peter Winklhofer (Munich, DE); Robert Meinlschmidt (Munich, DE); Theresa Reiner (Munich, DE); Markus Anton (Munich, DE)
Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
H04L63/126H04L63/1416
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Patent No.
US 12,463,983
App. No.
18/554,475
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for identifying an inadmissible message of a manipulated control device of a vehicle using a second control device includes receiving a first message of a first control device via a first bus system using the second control device, and determining a bus system that is associated with the received first message. If the determined bus system differs from the first bus system, then the received first message is determined to be an inadmissible message of the first bus system by means of the second control device. The method also includes identifying the first control device as the manipulated control device using the second control device if the received first message has been identified as an inadmissible message. The method further includes providing an alarm message to a vehicle-external server using the second control device if the received first message is an inadmissible message.

Claims (33)

1 . A method for identifying an inadmissible message of a manipulated control device of a vehicle using a second control device of the vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving a first message of a first control device of the vehicle via a first bus system using the second control device of the vehicle;

determining a bus system, which is associated with the received first message, using the second control device, and

if the determined bus system differs from the first bus system, then determining the received first message as an inadmissible message of the first bus system by means of the second control device;

identifying the first control device as the manipulated control device using the second control device if the received first message has been identified as an inadmissible message; and

providing an alarm message to a vehicle-external server using the second control device if the received first message has been identified as an inadmissible message,

wherein the second control device is an only trustworthy source of the first message.

2 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second control device can be connected to at least two bus systems.

3 . The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first bus system of the at least two bus systems comprises a bus system for transmitting diagnostic messages.

4 . The method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the second bus system of the at least two bus systems comprises a bus system for transmitting application messages.

5 . The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the second bus system of the at least two bus systems comprises a bus system for transmitting application messages.

6 . The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the alarm message identifies the manipulated control device and/or the inadmissible message of the first bus system.

7 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first message is an application message which is transmitted via the first bus system.

8 . A method for identifying an inadmissible message of a manipulated control device of a vehicle using a second control device of the vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving a first message of a first control device of the vehicle via a first bus system using the second control device of the vehicle;

determining a bus system, which is associated with the received first message, using the second control device, and

if the determined bus system differs from the first bus system, then determining the received first message as an inadmissible message of the first bus system by means of the second control device;

identifying the first control device as the manipulated control device using the second control device if the received first message has been identified as an inadmissible message; and

providing an alarm message to a vehicle-external server using the second control device if the received first message has been identified as an inadmissible message,

wherein determining the bus system which is associated with the received first message comprises:

determining a message type of the received first message using the second control device;

determining a second message using the second control device of the vehicle, wherein the second message comprises a message type which corresponds to the determined message type of the first message;

determining a bus system that is associated with the determined second message; and

determining the bus system of the determined second message as the bus system which is associated with the received first message.

9 . The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the second message is a last successfully sent message of the second control device, said last successfully sent message having the message type of the received first message.

10 . The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the second message is a message for which the second control device is an only trustworthy message source on the bus system which is associated with the second message.

11 . The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the second message has been sent via the bus system which is associated with the second message prior to receiving the first message from the first control device and the second message has been stored using the second control device following a successful sending of the second message via the bus system which is associated with the second message.

12 . The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the second message has been sent via the bus system which is associated with the second message prior to receiving the first message from the first control device and the second message has been stored using the second control device following a successful sending of the second message via the bus system which is associated with the second message.

13 . The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the alarm message identifies the manipulated control device and/or the inadmissible message of the first bus system.

14 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the alarm message identifies the manipulated control device and/or the inadmissible message of the first bus system.

15 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium for identifying an inadmissible message of a manipulated control device of a vehicle using a second control device of the vehicle, wherein the computer-readable medium comprises instructions which, if implemented on a control device of the vehicle, implement the method as claimed in claim 1 .

16 . A system for identifying an inadmissible message of a manipulated control device of a vehicle using a second control device of the vehicle, wherein the system is designed so as to implement the method as claimed in claim 1 .

17 . A vehicle comprising the system for identifying an inadmissible message of a manipulated control device of the vehicle using a second control device of the vehicle as claimed in claim 16 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2024
From: WEINER, MICHAEL; MEINLSCHMIDT, PETER; MEINLSCHMIDT, ROBERT; REINER, THERESA; ANTON, MARKUS
To: BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
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Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2021 112 332.1 · May 11, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240195814A1 · Jun 13, 2024
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