CN114721691A - Method for updating vehicle end preinstalled application - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a method for updating a vehicle end preinstalled application, which comprises the following steps: the vehicle-mounted application shop downloads and pulls the corresponding pre-installed application package after the parameters related to the application configured by the operation management platform, the current system version number and the lowest version number configured by the cloud are compared; and if the version number of the current vehicle-mounted machine system does not meet the requirement of the lowest version of the system, the pre-installed application package cannot be obtained. The invention realizes the update of the application version at any time and releases the application version at any time through the update mode of the application store, thereby improving the satisfaction degree of the user and further improving the viscosity of the user; the recognition degree and the brand influence capability of the whole brand are finally improved, the method is applied to updating and upgrading the application of the intelligent networked automobile, the on-board pre-installed application is iterated more quickly, the customer demand is responded quickly, more personalized services are provided for the user, and a new business model is provided for an enterprise.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of intelligent networked automobiles, in particular to a method for updating vehicle-mounted end preinstalled application.
Background
With the arrival of the era of electric vehicles, the electric, intelligent, networking, sharing and electronization degrees of the vehicles are obviously improved, the proportion of the electronic cost of the vehicles to the cost of the whole vehicle is also greatly improved, and the proportion of the new energy vehicles to the improvement is especially obvious; software definition of automobiles becomes a great trend, the difficulty and complexity of automobile software are improved, the repair of software problems and the update iteration of personalized requirements are difficult to bring better experience to users only through 4S shop upgrading.
The demand of consumers for automobile intellectualization is more diversified, and the functions of the consumers for automobile intellectualization are more personalized, so that more and better functions and applications are required to meet the user experience of the consumers. Although part of functions can be upgraded through the OTA, the iteration rhythm of the OTA is slow, and multiple iterations and upgrades can be carried out in the life cycle of the automobile, so that the requirement of applying quick iteration and quick edition sending can not be met, and the function requirement of a client can not be quickly responded.
For example,CN201810746224.5the method and the system realize the online upgrade function of ECU software such as UDS and the like, realize the update of the vehicle software based on a UART interface, and convert UART protocol data into CAN bus protocol data by a protocol converter; and the control protocol converter is used for sending the data subjected to the data format conversion to the vehicle-mounted device so that the vehicle-mounted device updates the corresponding vehicle-mounted software according to the target file. For another example, CN202110602985.5 discloses an upgrade method based on dual system upgrade package sharing, in which a disk storage partition is partitioned in a storage device as a sharable preset storage partition, and is mounted by a host side and a client side at the same time; before a new version is updated and detected, the preset storage partitions are sequentially mounted in an upgrading shared area and a target storage area of a host machine end, when the client machine end detects that the new version is pushed, the upgrading data package is automatically downloaded and stored in the target storage area, the upgrading data package does not need to be downloaded to the storage of the host machine end, the host machine end can directly read the upgrading data package from the upgrading shared area, the disk space of the host machine for storage is saved, and the upgrading efficiency of a dual system (such as a QNX operating system and an Android operating system) is improved. However, in the above prior art, only the ECU system software (a section of code or an operating system in the vehicle ECU module) can be upgraded, and the shared area is marked out in the storage device to realize the update of the system, so that the efficiency of upgrading the system is improved; can not realizeAnd quickly updating the pre-installed application of the vehicle machine.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects in the prior art, the invention aims to provide a method for updating a vehicle-mounted end preinstalled application, which solves the problems that the prior art is low in application updating iteration efficiency and cannot quickly respond to the requirements of users on ecological application.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
a method for updating a vehicle-mounted end preinstalled application is characterized by comprising the following steps:
A. the vehicle machine system is divided into a plurality of areas; the area at least comprises a system _ a area and a system _ b area, and the system _ b area is used for storing updated pre-installed application data;
B. an operator configures application-related parameters including a vehicle type range on an operation management platform, selects a minimum version number requirement of the application on a vehicle terminal system corresponding to each vehicle system, and submits the application to the shelf after completing related information;
C. the vehicle-mounted application store acquires the version number of a current vehicle system configured by the operation management platform, and uploads the version number of the current system to the cloud end to be compared with the lowest version number configured by the cloud end;
D. if the current system version number meets the requirement of the lowest version number configured at the cloud end, the vehicle-mounted application store can download and pull the corresponding pre-installed application package; if the version number of the current vehicle-mounted machine system does not meet the requirement of the lowest version of the system, the pre-installed application package cannot be obtained;
E. after the vehicle end obtains the vehicle-mounted machine preinstalled application which can be upgraded, a vehicle-mounted user clicks 'update', and then the system writes the upgrade package of the new application version and the related data file of the new application version into the system _ b partition, so that the update of the related data file of the old application version is completed.
Further, the application management platform is configured to be basic information of the vehicle machine, including application description, developer, version, update description and application package file.
Further, the vehicle-mounted application store can display an application list which can be updated in the application store after acquiring the application which can be updated, the system updates the data file related to the old version of the pre-installed application after the user selects and updates the pre-installed application, and the system writes the application upgrade package of the latest version and the file and data related to the application in the new version into a specified system area.
Further, the vehicle which corresponds to the vehicle type and meets the system version requirement after the application is put on the cloud is checked to see the updated pre-installed application in the vehicle-mounted application store.
Further, if the upgrading fails, the application data is returned to the last version and is switched back to the original region for operation.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
1. the invention can realize the update of the application version and release at any time through the update mode of the application store, and improves the satisfaction degree of the user, thereby improving the viscosity of the user; and finally, the recognition degree and brand influence capability of the whole brand are improved.
2. The invention separates the updating and upgrading of the vehicle-mounted computer system and the application, ensures that the size of the system is reduced when the system is upgraded, reduces the occupancy rate of the broadband and the vehicle-mounted computer memory, improves the efficiency of application updating iteration, and can bring better vehicle-mounted computer application use experience for users.
3. The method is applied to updating and upgrading the application of the intelligent networked automobile, more quickly iterates the pre-installed application of the automobile, quickly responds to the customer requirements, provides more personalized services for users and simultaneously provides a new business mode for enterprises.
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In order to make those skilled in the art better understand the technical solution of the present invention, the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto.
The core idea of the invention is that software or service is deployed on a server, a user can update pre-installed application on a vehicle machine in a vehicle machine application store by himself, a vehicle machine end obtains a pre-installed application package which can be upgraded by a current vehicle through a resource obtaining interface, after the user opens an application store APP on the vehicle machine, the user can select the pre-installed application which needs to be updated, click the update application, the system writes pre-installed application data into a B area of the system, and the user can use the latest service or new function of the application after the update is completed.
In order to realize the idea, the invention defines a function configuration interface, an application acquisition interface and a version check interface, and issues the interfaces to be called by each service module, and the service interfaces which can be directly used are provided, and a service party realizes the update and upgrade of the pre-installed application through service calling.
Referring to fig. 1, a method for updating a pre-installed application system of a vehicle machine includes the following steps:
101-102, an operator (personnel) configures basic information of an application on an application management platform, wherein the basic information comprises application description, a developer and version related information, meanwhile, the lowest system version requirement of a vehicle type terminal corresponding to each application needs to be configured, the application is uploaded to the cloud after the configuration is completed, and vehicles which correspond to vehicle types and meet the system version requirement after the application is uploaded can check the pre-installed application which can be updated in a vehicle-mounted application store.
And 103, the user side can acquire the system OS version number of the current vehicle through the vehicle-mounted application store, the system version number of the vehicle is acquired and then uploaded to the cloud server, the server side compares the system version number of the vehicle with the system version number schedule configured by the management platform after acquiring the system version number of the vehicle, and whether the system version number of the current vehicle meets the requirement of the management platform on the lowest version number of the vehicle type is determined.
104, if the OS version number of the current vehicle meets the requirement of cloud configuration on the lowest version number of the current vehicle type, the vehicle-mounted application store can acquire information of pre-installed applications corresponding to the configuration; and if the OS version number of the current vehicle is lower than the requirement of the lowest version in the system configuration, the vehicle-mounted application store cannot download the information of the corresponding pre-installed application, and the current business process is ended.
Step 105, updating application: after the vehicle-mounted application store obtains the application which can be updated, an application list which can be updated is displayed in the application store, the system updates the data files related to the old version of the pre-installed application after the user selects to update the pre-installed application, and the system writes the application upgrade package of the latest version and the files and data related to the application in the new version into a designated system area.
The in-vehicle machine system is required to be partitioned firstly, and an application storage area of the in-vehicle machine system is divided into a plurality of areas, wherein the areas comprise 2 areas, one area is system _ a (A), and the other area is system _ b (B), so that storage positions of application data are distributed in different areas in the system. After the pre-installed application system is upgraded, the data is uniformly stored in the divided areas of the system. The storage of the system application data of the car machine is divided into 2 areas, when a user updates, the system writes the data file of the new version application into a system _ b (B) partition, and after the update is successful, the running area of the application is also switched to the system _ b (B) partition. The invention separates the update and upgrade of the vehicle system and the application, ensures that the size of the system is reduced and the occupancy rate of the broadband and the vehicle memory is reduced when the system is upgraded, improves the efficiency of application update iteration, and can bring better vehicle application use experience for users.
And step 106, if the upgrading fails, the application data is rolled back to the previous version and is switched back to the original area for operation.
Referring to fig. 2, an operator configures an application and parameters related to an OS version on an operation management platform, configures basic information of a pre-installed application system, configures a minimum version number of an OS system of a vehicle type within each application issuing range, submits the application to the shelf after the basic information is complete, and a cloud distributes the application information to configured vehicle type terminals of various vehicle types. After the configuration is completed, the application is put on shelf, and the vehicle which corresponds to the vehicle type and meets the system version requirement after the application is put on shelf can check the pre-installed application which can be updated in the vehicle-mounted application store.
Referring to fig. 3, the vehicle-mounted application store may obtain a version number of a current vehicle system, and upload the version number to the cloud after obtaining the system version number to compare the version number with a lowest version number configured in the cloud;
if the current system version number meets the requirement of the lowest version number configured at the cloud end, the vehicle application store can download the corresponding pre-installed application package; if the version number of the current vehicle-mounted machine system does not meet the requirement of the lowest version of the system, the pre-installed application cannot be obtained, and if the upgrade fails, the application data is rolled back to the previous version to be switched back to the original region to run.
Therefore, the method and the device can be used for updating and upgrading the pre-installed application of the vehicle-mounted application in the vehicle-mounted application store by a user, so as to provide new functions or services for the user.
The method is applied to updating and upgrading the application of the intelligent networked automobile, can more quickly iterate the pre-installed application of the automobile, quickly responds to the customer requirements, provides more personalized services for users and simultaneously provides a new business model for enterprises.
Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present invention and not for limiting the technical solutions, and those skilled in the art should understand that modifications or equivalent substitutions can be made on the technical solutions of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions, and all that should be covered by the claims of the present invention.
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1. A method for updating a vehicle-mounted end preinstalled application is characterized by comprising the following steps:
A. the vehicle machine system is divided into a plurality of areas; the area at least comprises a system _ a area and a system _ b area, and the system _ b area is used for storing updated pre-installed application data;
B. an operator configures application-related parameters including a vehicle type range on an operation management platform, selects a minimum version number requirement of the application on a vehicle terminal system corresponding to each vehicle system, and submits the application to the shelf after completing related information;
C. the vehicle-mounted application store acquires the version number of a current vehicle system configured by the operation management platform, and uploads the version number of the current system to the cloud end to be compared with the lowest version number configured by the cloud end;
D. if the current system version number meets the requirement of the lowest version number configured at the cloud end, the vehicle-mounted application store can download and pull the corresponding pre-installed application package; if the version number of the current vehicle-mounted machine system does not meet the requirement of the lowest version of the system, the pre-installed application package cannot be obtained;
E. after the vehicle end obtains the vehicle-mounted machine preinstalled application which can be upgraded, a vehicle-mounted user clicks 'update', and then the system writes the upgrade package of the new application version and the related data file of the new application version into the system _ b partition, so that the update of the related data file of the old application version is completed.
2. The method for updating the pre-installed applications at the vehicle terminal according to claim 1, wherein the application management platform is configured to be basic information of the vehicle terminal, including application description, developer, version, update description and application package file.
3. The method for updating the pre-installed application at the vehicle end according to claim 1, further comprising displaying an application list which can be updated in an application store after the vehicle-mounted application store obtains the application which can be updated, updating the data file related to the old version of the pre-installed application by the system after the user selects the pre-installed application, and writing and storing the file and the data related to the application in the application upgrade package and the new version of the latest version into a designated system area by the system.
4. The method for updating the pre-installed applications at the vehicle end according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle which corresponds to the vehicle type and meets the system version requirement after the application is loaded on the rack is used for viewing the updated pre-installed applications in a vehicle-mounted application store.
5. The method for updating the pre-installed application at the vehicle end according to claim 1, wherein if the upgrade fails, the application data is returned to the previous version and switched back to the original region for operation.
6. The method for updating the vehicle-mounted-end pre-installed application according to claim 1, wherein an operator configures the application and parameters related to the OS version on an operation management platform, configures basic information of a pre-installed application system, configures the lowest version number of the vehicle-mounted OS system in each application issuing range, submits the application to a rack after the basic information is completed, and the cloud distributes the application information to each configured vehicle-mounted terminal.
7. The method for updating the pre-installed applications at the vehicle end according to claim 6, wherein the applications are installed on shelves after the configuration is completed, and the vehicles which correspond to the vehicle types and meet the system version requirements after the applications are installed on shelves can be checked to see the pre-installed applications which can be updated in the vehicle-mounted application stores.
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