Patent ID: 11868760
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  B | IPC B  G  H

Claim 11:
12. A non-transitory storage medium that stores a control program to control a driving of a vehicle based on information acquired by a sensor, the control program causing a processor to perform steps comprising:
acquiring an updated control program from data transmitted by a device different from the vehicle;
storing the updated control program in a second program storage area regardless of whether the control program is executing, wherein a memory is configured to store a first program storage area that stores the control program to control the driving of the vehicle based on information acquired by the sensor and the second program storage area that stores the updated control program that is an updated version of the control program; and
executing the updated control program when an ignition switch of the vehicle is turned on after a predetermined verification of the updated control program is established to verify whether or not the update control program operates properly before the ignition switch of the vehicle is turned on.