Patent ID: 11861347
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 1:
2. An update managing method executed by a computer provided with a processor, memory, and a non-transitory storage medium, the method comprising:
storing, in the non-transitory storage medium, prerequisite condition information including one or more prerequisite conditions to be satisfied by a vehicle when updating of software of an electronic control unit installed in the vehicle is executed;
acquiring, based on a request from a software updating device mounted in the vehicle, a piece of the prerequisite condition information corresponding to the software updating device from the prerequisite condition information;
transmitting the piece of the prerequisite condition information corresponding to the software updating device to the vehicle;
receiving, from the vehicle, error information including a prerequisite condition determined not to be satisfied by the vehicle, out of all the prerequisite conditions included in the prerequisite condition information; and
easing and setting the prerequisite condition determined not to be satisfied by the vehicle, based on the error information.