Patent ID: 11886859
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 15:
16. A control method comprising:
controlling reception, from an external apparatus, of a first update program for updating a first moving object control unit configured to control a moving object and a second update program for updating a second moving object control unit configured to control the moving object;
acquiring update information including an amount of electric power needed to update the first moving object control unit by the first update program and an amount of electric power needed to update the second moving object control unit by the second update program, the update information being sent from the external apparatus;
selecting, based on the update information, a moving object control unit to be updated among the first moving object control unit and the second moving object control unit; and
controlling an update of the selected moving object control unit, wherein the control method further comprises
acquiring importance information indicating importance of an update of each of the first moving object control unit and the second moving object control unit, and
causing user notification regarding auxiliary charge of the battery to be performed in a case where priority of an update of a moving object control unit, among the first moving object control unit and the second moving object control unit, that was not selected as a moving object control unit to be updated is higher than a predetermined value.