Patent ID: 11947945
Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A software update apparatus of a vehicle cluster, the apparatus comprising:
a universal serial bus (USB) terminal including a USB socket and a HUB integrated circuit (IC) for switching a data transmission path;
a cluster; and
a head unit configured to perform vehicle communication between the cluster and a preset protocol, to control the HUB IC of the USB terminal, to transmit cluster software update data stored in a memory connected through the USB socket to the cluster, and to update the cluster,
wherein the head unit and the cluster transmit and receive data through the USB terminal, and
wherein the head unit is configured to instruct the HUB IC to
change a data transmission path through a USB device to a data transmission path through the cluster when the head unit transmits the data to the cluster, or
change a data transmission path through the USB device to a data transmission path through the head unit when the cluster transmits the data to the head unit.