Terminal, vehicle, and method for controlling the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10324703-B2
Application number	US-201615092218-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 6, 2016
Priority date	Oct 29, 2015
Publication date	Jun 18, 2019
Grant date	Jun 18, 2019

Abstract

A terminal, a vehicle, and a method for controlling the same are disclosed, which can perform a remote service mode upon receiving a Firmware Over The Air (FOTA) update notification message during a standby mode, and at the same time can download only the update file needed for the update function, such that power consumption can be reduced in the standby mode. When the standby mode is switched to a normal mode, the embodiments can update the corresponding software using the downloaded file, such that the number of update non-execution times caused by non-reception of the update notification message can be minimized. The embodiments can automatically access the server at a predetermined time during a normal mode so as to confirm the presence or absence of software to be updated, and can update the confirmed software, such that the embodiments can also normally update another software package.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for controlling a vehicle configured to store software, comprising:
performing a standby mode when the vehicle stops driving;
upon receiving an update notification message during the standby mode, storing update notification message information contained in the received update notification message;
switching the standby mode to an OFF mode based on an amount of power in a rechargeable power-supply;
performing a normal node when the vehicle starts driving;
determining presence or absence of stored update notification message information during a normal mode;
downloading an update file from a server when the presence of the stored update notification message information is determined; and
updating the software using the downloaded update file,
wherein performing the standby mode comprises:
confirming a size of an update file upon receiving the update notification message information,
when the size of the update file is equal to or higher than a reference size, storing the update notification message information to minimize an amount of power consumed when communicating with the server, and
when the size of the update file is less than the reference size, downloading the update file from the server,

wherein the performing the normal mode comprises updating the software using the downloaded update file during the standby mode, and
wherein the reference size is a size of an update file that is received using a predetermined amount of power.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the performing the standby mode further comprises:
determining whether a remote service mode is selected;
upon receiving the update notification message when the remote service mode is selected, confirming a signal strength of a signal received by a communicator;
storing the update notification message information to minimize an amount of power consumed when communicating with the server when the confirmed signal strength is less than a reference signal strength; and
downloading the update file from the server when the confirmed signal strength is equal to or higher than the reference signal strength.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
determining whether a current time is a predetermined time when the vehicle starts driving;
downloading an undownloaded update file from the server when the current time is the predetermined time; and
updating the software using the downloaded update file.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the predetermined time includes any one of an automatic diagnostic time, a manual diagnostic time, and a regular inspection time.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
stopping downloading of the update file when a remote service mode is selected during downloading of the update file in the normal mode; and
re-downloading the update file when the remote service mode is released.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
determining whether the update file is being downloaded when a remote service mode is selected during the normal mode; and
displaying download information of the update file currently being downloaded.

7. A terminal comprising:
a rechargeable power-supply;
a memory storage configured to store at least one software;
a communicator configured to communicate with a server; and
a controller configured to update the at least one software stored in the memory storage using a downloaded update file when a current mode of the terminal is a normal mode,
wherein the controller is configured to switch from a standby mode to an OFF mode based on an amount of power charged in the power-supply during the standby mode, download the update file from the server or store update notification message information of the update file based on a size of the update file to minimize an amount of power consumed by communication with the server upon receiving an update notification message during the standby mode, to determine whether the update notification message information is stored when switching to the normal mode, and to download the update file from the server upon determination that the update notification message information is stored,
wherein, when the size of the update file is equal to or higher than a reference size, the controller stores the update notification message information, and when the size of the update file is less than the reference size, the controller downloads the update file from the server, and
wherein the reference size is a size of an update file that is received using a predetermined amount of power.

8. The terminal according to claim 7 , wherein:
the controller downloads the update file from the server upon receiving the update notification message during the normal mode, and updates the at least one software stored in the memory storage using the downloaded update file.

9. The terminal according to claim 7 , wherein:
the controller determines whether a current time is a predetermined time when OFF mode switches to the normal mode, and downloads an undownloaded update file from the server when the current time is the predetermined time.

10. A vehicle comprising:
a rechargeable power-supply;
a storage configured to store at least one software;
a communicator configured to communicate with a server; and
a controller configured to operate in a standby mode when the vehicle stops driving, to operate in a normal mode when the vehicle starts driving, to update the at least one software stored in the storage using a downloaded update file when a current mode of the controller is the normal mode, and to switch a standby mode to an OFF mode based on an amount of power charged in the power-supply when the current mode of the controller is the standby mode,
wherein the controller is configured to download the update file from the server or to store update notification message information of the update file based on a size of the update file to minimize an amount of power consumed by communication with the server upon receiving an update notification message during the standby mode, to determine whether the update notification message information is stored when switching to the normal mode, and to download the update file from the server upon determination that the update notification message information is stored,
wherein, when the size of the update file is equal to or higher than a reference size, the controller stores the update notification message information, and when the size of the update file is less than the reference size, the controller downloads the update file from the server, and
wherein the reference size is a size of an update file that is received using a predetermined amount of power.

11. The vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein:
the communicator wirelessly communicates with an external terminal at a remote site.

12. The vehicle according to claim 11 , further comprising:
an input configured to receive a selection command of a remote service mode.

13. The vehicle according to claim 11 , wherein the controller performs a remote service mode when switching to the standby mode.

14. The vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein:
the controller stops downloading of the update file when a remote service mode is selected during downloading of the update file in the normal mode, and re-downloads the update file when the remote service mode is released.

15. The vehicle according to claim 10 , further comprising:
wherein, when the controller is in the standby mode, the rechargeable power-supply is configured to provide power to the st

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Hyunwoo

Classifications

• G06F8/65 Primary

  Updates (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57) · CPC title

• G06F9/4418

  Suspend and resume; Hibernate and awake · CPC title

• Y02D10/44

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• Y02D10/42

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• H04L67/06 Primary

  specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP] · CPC title