Patent ID: 11886859
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A control system comprising:
a first moving object control unit and a second moving object control unit configured to control a moving object;
an update control unit configured to control reception, from an external apparatus, of a first update program for updating the first moving object control unit and a second update program for updating the second moving object control unit to control updates of the first moving object control unit and the second moving object control unit by the first update program and the second update program; and
an acquisition unit configured to acquire update information indicating an amount of electric power needed to update the first moving object control unit by the first update program and an amount of electric power needed to update the second moving object control unit by the second update program,
wherein the update control unit is configured to select, based on the update information, a moving object control unit to be updated among the first moving object control unit and the second moving object control unit, and
the update control unit is configured to calculate, based on the update information, a time needed to update the first moving object control unit and a time needed to update the second moving object control unit, and select a moving object control unit to be updated among the first moving object control unit and the second moving object control unit such that the time needed to update the moving object control unit to be updated is less than or equal to an allowed time for which the update by the update control unit is allowed to be performed.