INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, RELAY DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND SOFTWARE UPDATE METHOD

• US 20180039491A1
• Filed: 04/06/2016
• Published: 02/08/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Bamba, Syunsuke, Tsuchiya, Akitsugu
• Granted Patent: US 10,782,957 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/00 Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring error detection, correction or monitoring in information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer G11B20/18; monitoring, i.e. supervising the progress of recording or reproducing G11B27/36; in static stores G11C29/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/00 Interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output devices or central processing units interface circuits for specific input/output devices G06F3/00 ; multiprogram control therefor G06F9/46; multiprocessor systems G06F15/16
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/102 where the programme performs an interfacing function, e.g. device driver G06F13/105 takes precedence; scheduling within device drivers G06F9/52; contention policies within device drivers G06F9/4881
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management

Abstract

In a video image generation device connected to a peripheral device via a video image relay device, a version acquisition unit acquires from the video image relay device information related to version of firmware installed in the video image relay device. If the version of the firmware installed in the video image relay device is older than version of firmware requested by basic software installed in the video image generation device, an update request unit supplies the video image relay device with firmware for the relay device included in the basic software in order to update accordingly the firmware installed in the video image relay device.

Claims

1. An information processing device connected with a peripheral device via a relay device, the information processing device comprising:

an update request unit configured such that if version of firmware installed in the relay device is older than version of firmware requested by basic software installed in the information processing device, the update request unit supplies the relay device with firmware for the relay device included in the basic software in order to update accordingly the firmware installed in the relay device.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the update request unit prevents the firmware from being updated until the peripheral device is turned on.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a version acquisition unit configured to acquire from the relay device information related to the version of the firmware installed in the relay device; and

a version comparison unit configured to compare the version of the firmware installed in the relay device with the version of the firmware requested by the basic software installed in the information processing device.

4. The information processing device according to claim 3,

the version acquisition unit further acquiring from the relay device information related to version of the basic software requested by the firmware installed in the relay device,

the version comparison unit further comparing the version of the basic software requested by the firmware installed in the relay device with version of the basic software installed in the information processing device,

the information processing device further comprising an update unit configured such that if the version of the basic software installed in the information processing device is older than the version of the basic software requested by the firmware installed in the relay device, the update unit downloads the basic software of the latest version in order to update accordingly the basic software of the information processing device.

5. The information processing device according to claim 4, wherein the update unit does not update the basic software until the peripheral device is turned on.

6. A relay device connecting a peripheral device to an information processing device, the relay device comprising:

an update unit configured such that if version of firmware installed in the relay device is older than version of firmware requested by basic software installed in the information processing device, the update unit receives from the information processing device firmware for the relay device included in the basic software in order to update accordingly the firmware installed in the relay device.

7. The relay device according to claim 6, wherein the update unit does not update the firmware until the peripheral device is turned on.

8. The relay device according to claim 6, further comprising:

a version notification unit configured to acquire information related to the version of the firmware installed in the relay device and notify the information processing device of the information.

9. The relay device according to claim 8, wherein the version notification unit further notifies the information processing device of information related to version of the basic software requested by the firmware installed in the relay device.

10. The relay device according to claim 6, further comprising:

a distribution unit configured to convert and distribute as needed a video image generated by the information processing device,

wherein the distribution unit converts the video image for display on a display device mounted on the peripheral device and distributes the converted video image to the peripheral device.

11. An information processing system comprising:

an information processing device; and

a relay device connecting a peripheral device to the information processing device,

wherein the information processing device includes an update request unit configured such that if version of firmware installed in the relay device is older than version of firmware requested by basic software installed in the information processing device, the update request unit supplies the relay device with firmware for the relay device included in the basic software in order to update accordingly the firmware installed in the relay device, and

the relay device includes an update unit configured such that if the version of the firmware installed in the relay device is older than the version of the firmware requested by the basic software installed in the information processing device, the update unit receives from the information processing device the firmware for the relay device included in the basic software in order to update accordingly the firmware installed in the relay device.

12. The information processing system according to claim 11, wherein the information processing device includes

a version acquisition unit configured to acquire from the relay device information related to the version of the firmware installed in the relay device, and

a version comparison unit configured to compare the version of the firmware installed in the relay device with the version of the firmware requested by the basic software installed in the information processing device, and

the relay device includes a version notification unit configured to acquire information related to the version of the firmware installed in the relay device and notify the information processing device of the information.

13. The information processing system according to claim 12, wherein the version acquisition unit further acquires from the relay device information related to version of the basic software requested by the firmware installed in the relay device,

the version comparison unit further compares the version of the basic software requested by the firmware installed in the relay device with version of the basic software installed in the information processing device,

the information processing device further includes an update unit configured such that if the version of the basic software installed in the information processing device is older than the version of the basic software requested by the firmware installed in the relay device, the update unit downloads the basic software of the latest version in order to update accordingly the basic software of the information processing device, and

the version notification unit further notifies the information processing device of information related to the version of the basic software requested by the firmware installed in the relay device.

14. A software update method updating firmware of a relay device or basic software of an information processing device, the relay device and the information processing device being included in an information processing system, the relay device being used to connect a peripheral device to the information processing device, the software update method comprising:

if version of firmware installed in the relay device is older than version of firmware requested by the basic software installed in the information processing device, supplying the relay device with firmware for the relay device included in the basic software in order to update accordingly the firmware installed in the relay device.

15. The software update method according to claim 14, further comprising:

acquiring from the relay device information related to the version of the firmware installed in the relay device; and

comparing the version of the firmware installed in the relay device with the version of the firmware requested by the basic software installed in the information processing device.

16. The software update method according to claim 15,

acquiring information related to version of the basic software requested by the firmware installed in the relay device,

comparing the version of the basic software requested by the firmware installed in the relay device with version of the basic software installed in the information processing device,

the software update method further comprising, if the version of the basic software installed in the information processing device is older than the version of the basic software requested by the firmware installed in the relay device, downloading the basic software of the latest version in order to update accordingly the basic software of the information processing device.