Method for setting up and/or updating the programming of a control unit of a transportation device
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsMark Dräger, Luc Patemoster, Michael John
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Abstract
A method for setting up and/or updating the programming of a second control unit of a transportation device includes operating a first control unit of the transportation device in a first functional scope for setting up and/or updating the programming of a second control unit of the transportation device, setting up or updating the programming of the second control unit by the first control unit, and setting up the first control unit for a second functional scope. A system by which the method of the invention may be implements is also described.
Claims9
A method for setting up and/or updating a functional software programming of a second control unit of a transportation device, the method comprising:
- setting up a first control unit of the transportation device in a first functional scope for setting up and/or updating the functional software programming of a second control unit of the transportation device with the aid of an external data processing system or an external data memory;
- setting up or updating the functional software programming of the second control unit by the first control unit;
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- setting up the first control unit for a second functional scope.
A system for a transportation device, comprising:
- a control unit configured in a first functional scope for setting up or updating a functional software programming of at least one second control unit of the transportation device, and further configured for being set up for a second functional scope with the aid of alternative programming, wherein the first control unit has an interface for establishing a communications link to an external data processing system or an external data memory.
A transportation device, comprising:
- a control unit configured in a first functional scope for setting up or updating a functional software programming of at least one second control unit of the transportation device, and further configured for being set up for a second functional scope with the aid of alternative programming;
- wherein the first control unit is able to be connected to the second control unit via a communications bus and has an interface for establishing a communications link to an external data processing system or an external data memory, the interface having a higher possible data transmission rate than the communications bus;
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- wherein the control unit is a gateway control unit or an engine control unit, and/or the first control unit has a memory or is connected to an internal memory for storing data for setting up and/or updating a functional software programming of further control units transmitted to the first control unit from the external data processing system or the external data memory.
A system, comprising:
- a control unit of a transportation device configured in a first functional scope for setting up or updating a functional software programming of at least one second control unit of the transportation device, and further configured for being set up for a second functional scope with the aid of alternative programming, the control unit having an external data processing system or an external data memory;
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- a communications bus of the transportation device, the communications bus connecting the control unit and the external data processing system or the external data memory to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.