Patent ID: 11960876
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A center that is configured to communicate with a control device, which is configured to control a software update of an electronic control unit installed in a vehicle, the center comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
wirelessly receive a notification indicating progress of software update processing of the electronic control unit from the control device,
wherein the control device is configured to:
wirelessly transmit, to the center, a download completion notification upon completion of downloading update software to which software of the electronic control unit is updated by the software update;
after transmitting the download completion notification, wirelessly transmit, to the center, a predetermined notification upon completion of a predetermined process, a combination of the predetermined process and the predetermined notification being at least one of:
i) a process of obtaining an acceptance of installation of the update software and an acceptance result of the installation;
ii) a process of the installation and an installation completion notification;
iii) a process of obtaining an acceptance of activation of the update software and an acceptance result of the activation; and
iv) a process of the activation and an activation completion notification; and

after transmitting the predetermined notification, wirelessly transmit, to the center, an update completion notification upon completion of the software update processing;

manage an update status indicating a processing state of the software update processing in the vehicle based on the notification indicating the progress of the software update processing and received by the one or more processors; and
even when the one or more processors receive the update completion notification following the download completion notification without receiving the predetermined notification, set the update status based on the update completion notification.