Managing data protection settings for an electronic control unit
AssigneeRivian IP Holdings, LLC
InventorsJack Austin Doan, Michael Lamunion
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a plurality of electronic control units (ECUs), and determines whether any of the ECUs are read/write protected. The vehicle includes control circuitry that is configured to determine a data protection setting for at least one ECU, generate a diagnostic code indicator based on the data protection setting, and generate a visual indicator based on the diagnostic code indicator.
Claims19
A method for indicating control protections for a vehicle, the method comprising:
- causing, using control circuitry, instructions stored on at least one electronic control unit (ECU) to execute prior to operation of the vehicle;
- generating, using the control circuitry, a diagnostic code indicator if a data protection setting is disabled for the at least one ECU based on the instructions;
- causing a malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) to illuminate based on the diagnostic code indicator;
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- disabling booting of the at least one ECU from a communications interface based on the diagnostic code indicator.
A system comprising:
- control circuitry configured to:
- causing instructions stored on at least one electronic control unit (ECU) to execute prior to operation of a vehicle;
- and
- generate a diagnostic code indicator if a data protection setting is disabled for the at least one ECU based on the instructions;
- and
- disable booting of the at least one ECU from a communications interface based on the diagnostic code indicator;
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- a malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) configured to illuminate on a console of the vehicle based on the diagnostic code indicator.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions encoded thereon that when executed by control circuitry cause the control circuitry to:
- cause diagnostic instructions stored on at least one electronic control unit (ECU) to execute prior to operation of a vehicle;
- generate a diagnostic code indicator if a data protection setting is disabled for the at least one ECU based on the diagnostic instructions;
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- cause a malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) to illuminate based on the diagnostic code indicator;
- and
- disable booting of the at least one ECU from a communications interface based on the diagnostic code indicator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.