METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING SOFTWARE MODULES

• US 20090228118A1
• Filed: 11/28/2006
• Published: 09/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Von Schwertfuehrer, Gerit, Greskamp, Siegfried, Dubs, Alexander, Niemann, Holger, Hagman, Per
• Application Number:
  US12/097,562
• Publication Number:
  US 20090228118A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/21
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0234 related to maintenance or repairing of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/00 Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles locks for vehicles E05B77/00-E05B85/00

Abstract

A method for distributing software modules to control units, the software modules being assigned to the control units while taking safety-relevant classification features into consideration.

Claims

1-12. -12. (canceled)

13. A method for distributing software modules having different safety requirements to control units which differ regarding fulfillment of the safety requirements, the method comprising:

assigning the software modules to the control units taking safety-relevant classification features into consideration.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the software modules are classified and are subdivided on the basis of the classification features.

15. The method according to claim 13, wherein the control units are classified and are subdivided on the basis of the classification features.

16. The method according to claim 13, further comprising performing a check to determine which classification features are met by each control unit so that at least one software module is assigned to this control unit as a function of the classification features met.

17. The method according to claim 13, wherein safety integrity levels are used as the classification features.

18. The method according to claim 13, wherein the method is performed for control units of a vehicle, wherein the control units with the aid of the software modules implement functions of the vehicle, including a control of a fan or a calculation of a torque intended by a driver from an accelerator pedal position.

19. A device for distributing software modules to control units, comprising:

an arrangement for assigning the software modules to the control units taking safety-relevant classification features into consideration.

20. The device according to claim 19, further comprising an arrangement for classifying software modules and subdividing them on the basis of the classification features.

21. The device according to claim 19, further comprising an arrangement for classifying the control units and subdividing them on the basic of the classification features.

22. The device according to claim 19, further comprising an arrangement for checking which classification features are met by a control unit and for assigning at least one software module to the control unit as a function of the classification features met.

23. A computer-readable medium containing a computer program which when executed by a processor performs the following method for distributing software modules having different safety requirements to control units which differ regarding fulfillment of the safety requirements:

assigning the software modules to the control units taking safety-relevant classification features into consideration.