Patent ID: 11900095
Assignee: KIA CORPORATION
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A vehicle comprising:
an alternator configured to generate electric power; a battery configured to store the electric power; and
a controller configured to determine a power supply status of the vehicle, determine whether to enable supply of an electric power higher than a value required to perform an over-the-air (OTA) software update of the vehicle based on the power supply status of the vehicle, and perform the OTA software update of the vehicle upon determining that the supply of the electric power higher than the value required to perform the OTA software update of the vehicle is possible,
wherein the OTA software update of the vehicle is performed by allowing the OTA software update of the vehicle only when forced execution of the OTA software update is selected upon determining that the electric power required to perform the OTA software update of the vehicle is obtained but supply of an additional electric power higher by a predetermined level is impossible.