Vehicle control device, vehicle system and update system

A vehicle control device that controls an operation of a vehicle, the vehicle control device comprising:

• a program storage unit that stores a program having a function provided by the vehicle control device;
• an operation unit that executes the program;
• and
• a configuration data storage unit that stores configuration data indicating an update state of the program,
• wherein the program storage unit stores, as the program,
• an operation program having an operation function provided by the vehicle control device, and
• a collecting program having processing for collecting second program update state data from a second vehicle control device mounted on the vehicle, the second program update state data including an update state of a second program installed on the second vehicle control device and a memory state indicating an amount of available memory associated with the second vehicle control device, and
• wherein the operation unit aggregates and transmits the configuration data associated with the vehicle control device of the vehicle and the second program update state data associated with the second vehicle control device of the vehicle to a server that distributes an update version of the program,
• receives the update version of the program corresponding to the configuration data from the server, and
• updates the program stored in the program storage unit in accordance with the update version of the program received from the server.