IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS

• US 20170255461A1
• Filed: 07/28/2015
• Published: 09/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: SHIMOTANI, Takashi
• Granted Patent: US 10,331,433 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1433 during software upgrading
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4418 Suspend and resume; Hibernate and awake
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files

Abstract

An in-vehicle apparatus with a hybrid OS structure including a first OS for executing a native application pre-installed in the in-vehicle apparatus and a second OS for executing a distribution application acquired from an external apparatus is provided. The in-vehicle apparatus includes a storage device that stores the multiple OSs and the applications; an update unit that updates each software in the storage device; and a stop unit that makes a function of the second OS temporarily stop during an update operation of the update unit.

Claims

1. An in-vehicle apparatus comprising:

a hybrid operating system (OS) structure including a first OS for executing a native application pre-installed in the in-vehicle apparatus and a second OS for executing a distribution application acquired from an external apparatus;

a storage device that stores the plurality of OSs and the applications;

an update unit that updates each software in the storage device; and

a stop unit that makes a function of the second OS temporarily stop during an update operation of the update unit.

2. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

updating the software by the update unit includes

updating only the first OS, updating only the native application, and updating the second OS.

3. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

upon connecting a storage medium storing update software to the in-vehicle apparatus, the update unit performs the update operation.

4. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the second OS is Android (registered trademark).