Patent ID: 11932182
Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 10:
11. A control device comprising:
an in-vehicle communication unit capable of communicating with an on-vehicle control device; and
a control unit configured to control the in-vehicle communication unit, wherein:
the control unit monitors a power storage amount of an on-vehicle battery during traveling, and executes a charge control for causing the in-vehicle communication unit to transmit an instruction of power generation to an on-vehicle generator that supplies power to the on-vehicle battery, when the power storage amount is reduced to reach a threshold value, the threshold value corresponding to a power amount greater than a necessary power amount required for an update process of a control program in the on-vehicle control device,
the control unit executes the charge control within a preparation range that starts by a predetermined amount, in distance or time, before a scheduled stop of a vehicle, and
the preparation range is a time range between a scheduled stop time and a time by a predetermined time before the scheduled stop time.