VEHICLE GATEWAY DEVICE
First Claim
1. A vehicle gateway device that is provided in a vehicle and can software update information acquired by communication with outside of the vehicle, comprising:
- a first device including determining portion that determines whether the software update information acquired by communication with outside of the vehicle is information for a vehicle system, an information recording and management device that records the information and manages the update of the software update information when the determining portion determines that the software update information acquired by communication with outside of the vehicle is the information for the vehicle system; and
a transmitting device that transmits the software update information when the determining portion determines that the software update information acquired by communication with outside of the vehicle is not the information for the vehicle system; and
a second device including an information recording and management device that records the software update information transmitted by the transmitting device and manages the update of the software update information.
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Abstract
The invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems and an object of the invention is to provide a vehicle gateway device that updates information smoothly while preventing an increase in the memory capacity of a gateway. A vehicle gateway device according to the invention is provided in a vehicle and can update information acquired by communication with outside the vehicle. The vehicle gateway device determines whether the update information acquired by communication with outside the vehicle is information for a vehicle system related to vehicle control, records and manages the update information when it is determined that the update information is information for the vehicle system, and transmits the update information to an information processing unit when it is determined that the update information is not information for the vehicle system. In this way, a recording medium with low memory capacity can be used to update information and information update management can be simplified.
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1. A vehicle gateway device that is provided in a vehicle and can software update information acquired by communication with outside of the vehicle, comprising:
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a first device including determining portion that determines whether the software update information acquired by communication with outside of the vehicle is information for a vehicle system, an information recording and management device that records the information and manages the update of the software update information when the determining portion determines that the software update information acquired by communication with outside of the vehicle is the information for the vehicle system; and
a transmitting device that transmits the software update information when the determining portion determines that the software update information acquired by communication with outside of the vehicle is not the information for the vehicle system; anda second device including an information recording and management device that records the software update information transmitted by the transmitting device and manages the update of the software update information. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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