Vehicular download control device and download control method

A vehicular download control device that is mounted on a vehicle having a function of acquiring a current position and a function of acquiring a travel route to a set destination, and controls an operation of download of data from an outside of the vehicle, the vehicular download control device comprising:

• a travel route acquiring unit that acquires the travel route of the vehicle;
• a travel route dividing unit that divides the travel route into an unsuitable section unsuitable for the download and a suitable section suitable for the download based on an attribute of a point where the travel route passes;
• a required time acquiring unit that acquires a required time required for the download of the data;
• a starting point setting unit that detects a suitable section having a length sufficient to complete the download within a single suitable section based on the required time of the download, and sets a starting point of the download of the data on the travel route within the single suitable section;
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• a download starting unit that detects an arrival of the vehicle at the starting point and starts the download of the data.