Method for loading software
First Claim
1. Method for loading software into a target appliance in a vehicle control system having a number of appliances, characterized by the following steps:
- subdivision of the loading process for one or more software modules (m1, m2) into task elements, namely at least one monitoring appliance task, one update appliance task and one receiving appliance task, and assignment for carrying out the task elements to the target appliance (10;
D1), to the appliances (20;
40, D2) and/or to a control appliance (30) outside the vehicle control system, wherein the monitoring appliance task includes processing and passing on the control commands for the loading of the software module (m1) from outside the vehicle control system, the update appliance task includes controlling the loading of the software module (m1) between the target appliance (10, D1), the appliances (20;
40, D2) and/or the control appliance (30), and the receiving appliance task includes provision of an interface for the software module (m1) which is to be loaded from outside the vehicle control system.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for loading software into a target appliance in a vehicle control system having a number of appliances.
The following steps are provided according to the invention: subdivision of the loading process for one or more software modules into task elements, namely at least one monitoring appliance task, one update appliance task and one receiving appliance task, and assignment for carrying out the task elements to the target appliance, to the appliances and/or to a control appliance outside the vehicle control system, wherein the monitoring appliance task includes processing and passing on the control commands for the loading of the software module from outside the vehicle control system, the update appliance task includes controlling the loading of the software module between the target appliance, the appliances and/or the control appliance, and the receiving appliance task includes provision of an interface for the software module which is to be loaded from outside the vehicle control system.
Use, for example, in control systems for motor vehicles.
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1. Method for loading software into a target appliance in a vehicle control system having a number of appliances, characterized by
the following steps: -
subdivision of the loading process for one or more software modules (m1, m2) into task elements, namely at least one monitoring appliance task, one update appliance task and one receiving appliance task, and assignment for carrying out the task elements to the target appliance (10;
D1), to the appliances (20;
40, D2) and/or to a control appliance (30) outside the vehicle control system, whereinthe monitoring appliance task includes processing and passing on the control commands for the loading of the software module (m1) from outside the vehicle control system, the update appliance task includes controlling the loading of the software module (m1) between the target appliance (10, D1), the appliances (20;
40, D2) and/or the control appliance (30), andthe receiving appliance task includes provision of an interface for the software module (m1) which is to be loaded from outside the vehicle control system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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