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METHOD FOR OTA UPDATING VEHICLE ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT

  • US 20160364232A1
  • Filed: 06/15/2015
  • Published: 12/15/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for updating an electronic control unit (ECU) in a vehicle, said ECU comprising flash memory storing a digital content image, a random access memory (RAM), and a boot loader the method comprising:

  • generating a differential update package (DUP) for said ECU to update said digital content image to an updated digital content image, said DUP comprising instructions to perform one or more of copying bytes from said flash memory, and applying a set of modifications to said copied bytes;

    transmitting said DUP over a wireless carrier system to a telematics device of said vehicle;

    storing an original block of said flash memory into said RAM;

    modifying said original block in accordance with said DUP to produce a modified block;

    erasing said original block from said flash memory; and

    writing said modified block into said flash memory in place of said block.

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