Surrogate vehicle OTA update through V2X
US11409513B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 16, 2020 |
| Grant date | Aug 9, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 23, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05D1/0276
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A first vehicle includes a wireless transceiver; and a processor programmed to responsive to encountering a second vehicle, establish a wireless connection to the second vehicle via the wireless transceiver and obtain a vehicle identification of the second vehicle, identify a software update for a controller of the second vehicle using the vehicle identification, wherein the software update is incompatible with the vehicle, responsive to connecting to a predefined wireless network, download the software update into a local storage, and responsive to reencountering the second vehicle, reconnect to the second vehicle via the wireless transceiver and transmit the software update to the second vehicle.
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