CN213303011U

CN213303011U - OTA-based vehicle ECU upgrading system

Info

Publication number: CN213303011U
Application number: CN202022612603.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王雄; 都丹; 陈宇; 王帅珂
Original assignee: Hangzhou Chuangxiang Zhilian Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Hangzhou Chuangxiang Zhilian Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-11-12
Filing date: 2020-11-12
Publication date: 2021-05-28
Anticipated expiration: 2030-11-12

Abstract

The utility model discloses a vehicle ECU upgrading system based on OTA, it includes MES system, TSP platform and on-vehicle system, and on-vehicle system includes TBOX module and vehicle ECU, TBOX module and vehicle ECU communication connection, and the OTA module is inlayed to the TSP platform; the MES system is in communication connection with the TSP platform, and when the vehicle is produced and goes off line, the MES system pushes the vehicle basic information containing the vehicle ECU version information of the vehicle into an OTA module of the TSP platform for storage; and a TBOX module of the vehicle-mounted system is in communication connection with a TSP platform, and the TSP platform realizes wireless remote upgrade of the vehicle ECU through information interaction with the TBOX module. The utility model discloses an interaction of OTA module in MES system and TSP platform can discern each vehicle ECU's software configuration well, carries out whole vehicle ECU's OTA upgrading better, improves OTA application scope and vehicle ECU upgrading efficiency.

Description

OTA-based vehicle ECU upgrading system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a ECU upgrades technical field on line, especially relates to a vehicle ECU upgrading system based on OTA.

Background

With the continuous upgrade of automobiles and the development of remote automobile Control technology, the degree of automobile electronization is higher and higher, modern automobiles integrate a large number of Electronic Control Units (ECUs), software defined automobiles are common knowledge in the industry, and each ECU software becomes the part which is most rapid in iteration and most easy to personalize in the automobile. Whether the vehicle suffers from software failure or software updating, if the vehicle needs to go to a 4S store every time, the efficiency is very low, the off-line after-sale operation load is heavy, the requirement of updating iteration of the intelligent vehicle is difficult to meet, and the user experience is very poor. OTA (Over-The-Air Technology) has come to be produced in order to reduce cost and improve user experience.

The traditional OTA technology cannot accurately identify the software configuration of each ECU after the vehicle is off-line, so that the selection of proper software for all vehicle ECUs is difficult to ensure, and therefore OTA upgrading of the whole vehicle ECU is difficult to achieve.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

To the defect among the prior art, the utility model aims at providing a vehicle ECU upgrading system based on OTA, through the interaction of OTA module in MES system and the TSP platform, can discern each vehicle ECU's software configuration well, carry out whole vehicle ECU's OTA upgrading better, improve OTA application scope and vehicle ECU upgrading efficiency.

In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a vehicle ECU upgrading system based on OTA, including MES system, TSP platform and the on-vehicle system of installing on the vehicle, on-vehicle system includes TBOX module and vehicle ECU, TBOX module with vehicle ECU communication connection, the OTA module is inlayed to the TSP platform; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the MES system is in communication connection with the TSP platform, and when the vehicle is produced and goes off line, the MES system pushes the vehicle basic information containing the vehicle ECU version information of the vehicle into an OTA module of the TSP platform for storage;

the TBOX module of the vehicle-mounted system is in communication connection with the TSP platform, and the TSP platform realizes wireless remote upgrading of the vehicle ECU through information interaction with the TBOX module.

Preferably, the OTA-based vehicle ECU upgrade system further comprises a mobile terminal communicatively coupled to the TSP platform.

Preferably, the mobile terminal is a smart phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer or an intelligent wearable device.

Preferably, the vehicle-mounted system further comprises a gateway module, the TBOX module and the vehicle ECU are respectively in communication connection with the gateway module, and the gateway module is used for realizing data interaction between the TBOX module and the vehicle ECU.

Preferably, the TBOX module and the gateway module, and the vehicle ECU and the gateway module are in communication connection through CAN buses.

Preferably, the TBOX module comprises a wireless communication unit and an OTA management unit, and the wireless communication unit is connected with the OTA management unit;

the TBOX module is in wireless communication connection with the TSP platform through the wireless communication unit, and the OTA management unit is used for downloading an upgrade package from the TSP platform to upgrade the vehicle ECU.

Preferably, the wireless communication unit is a 4G module.

Preferably, the MES system and the TSP platform are communicatively connected via an Internet network.

The utility model has the advantages that:

the utility model discloses on the basis of traditional OTA upgrading system, through establishing the contact with MES system and TSP system, and regard OTA module as an independent module to be embedded into the TSP system, when the vehicle production was off the production line, can save in the OTA module of TSP platform is pushed to the vehicle basic information that contains the vehicle ECU version information of this vehicle through the MES system, the TSP platform is through carrying out the wireless remote upgrading of information interaction realization vehicle ECU with the TBOX module, thereby make the TSP platform can discern each vehicle ECU's software configuration well, carry out the OTA upgrading of whole car ECU better, improve OTA application scope and vehicle ECU upgrading efficiency.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the embodiments or the technical solutions in the prior art will be briefly described below. Throughout the drawings, like elements or portions are generally identified by like reference numerals. In the drawings, elements or portions are not necessarily drawn to scale.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an OTA-based vehicle ECU upgrade system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following examples are only for illustrating the technical solutions of the present invention more clearly, and therefore are only examples, and the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereby.

It is to be noted that unless otherwise specified, technical or scientific terms used herein shall have the ordinary meaning as understood by those skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "center," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are therefore not to be considered limiting.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second", etc. are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

In this application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can include, for example, fixed connections, removable connections, or integral parts; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

In this application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may be directly contacting the first and second features or indirectly contacting the first and second features through intervening media. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

As shown in fig. 1, the present embodiment provides an OTA-based vehicle ECU upgrade System, which includes an MES (Manufacturing Execution System) System 1, a TSP (Telematics Service Provider) platform 2 and a vehicle-mounted System 3 installed on a vehicle, where the vehicle-mounted System 3 includes a TBOX (Telematics BOX vehicle-mounted telecommunication BOX) module 31 and a vehicle ECU32, the TBOX module 31 and the vehicle ECU32 are communicatively connected, and the TSP platform 2 is embedded with an OTA module 21; the MES system 1 is in communication connection with the TSP platform 2, and when the vehicle is produced and goes off line, the MES system 1 pushes the vehicle basic information containing the vehicle ECU32 version information of the vehicle into the OTA module 21 of the TSP platform 2 for storage; TBOX module 31 of on-vehicle system 3 is connected with TSP platform 2 communication, and TSP platform 2 carries out information interaction through TBOX module 31 and realizes vehicle ECU32 wireless remote upgrade. In particular, the vehicle ECU32 may be one or more vehicle ECU modules 321 on the vehicle.

The OTA-based vehicle ECU upgrading system of the embodiment is characterized in that on the basis of a traditional OTA upgrading system, the MES system 1 is connected with the TSP system, the OTA module 21 is embedded into the TSP system as an independent module, when a vehicle is off-line, vehicle basic information containing the vehicle ECU32 version information of the vehicle can be pushed into the OTA module 21 of the TSP platform 2 through the MES system 1 to be stored, the TSP platform 2 realizes wireless remote upgrading of the vehicle ECU32 through information interaction with the TBOX module 31, so that the TSP platform 2 can well identify the software configuration of each vehicle ECU32, the OTA upgrading of the whole vehicle ECU is better carried out, and the OTA application range and the vehicle ECU32 upgrading efficiency are improved.

In one embodiment, the OTA-based vehicle ECU upgrade system further comprises a mobile terminal 4, the mobile terminal 4 being communicatively coupled with the TSP platform 2. In the process that the OTA module 21 of the TSP platform 2 performs data interaction with the TBOX of the vehicle-mounted system 3 to upgrade the vehicle ECU32, the TSP platform 2 sends the upgrade related information (such as upgrade package version information, upgrade success or failure information, etc.) to the mobile terminal 4 in real time, so that the user can conveniently and quickly know the wireless remote upgrade condition of the vehicle ECU32 of the vehicle bound with the mobile terminal 4 through the mobile terminal 4. Specifically, the mobile terminal 4 may be a smart phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, or an intelligent wearable device. In this embodiment, the mobile terminal 4 is preferably a smartphone equipped with a corresponding APP.

In one embodiment, the onboard system 3 further includes a gateway module 33, and the TBOX module 31 and the vehicle ECU32 are communicatively coupled to the gateway module 33, respectively, and the gateway module 33 is configured to enable data interaction between the TBOX module 31 and the vehicle ECU 32. TBOX module 31 and vehicle ECU32 are communicatively coupled in-vehicle via gateway module 33.

In one embodiment, TBOX module 31 and gateway module 33, and vehicle ECU32 and gateway module 33 are communicatively coupled via CAN buses. The CAN (Controller Area Network) bus communication mode has the advantages of long communication distance, high communication speed, more nodes and flexible communication mode, new nodes CAN be added into the CAN bus under the condition of not modifying software and hardware, and the nodes on the Network between the vehicle ECU32 and the TBOX module 31 and the gateway module 33 CAN be increased and decreased conveniently.

In one embodiment, TBOX module 31 includes wireless communication unit 311 and OTA management unit 312, wireless communication unit 311 and OTA management unit 312 being connected; TBOX module 31 is connected to TSP platform 2 in wireless communication via wireless communication unit 311, and OTA management unit 312 is used to download an upgrade package from TSP platform 2 to upgrade vehicle ECU 32. Specifically, in one embodiment, the wireless communication unit is a 4G module. High-speed internet access and wireless data transmission functions are provided through the 4G module.

In one embodiment, MES system 1 and TSP platform 2 are communicatively coupled via an Internet network.

Specifically, the working principle of the OTA-based vehicle ECU upgrading system is as follows:

1. pushing ECU initial version information:

when the vehicle is off-line, the MES system 1 of the vehicle manufacturing enterprise pushes basic off-line data of the vehicle to the TSP platform 2, the basic off-line data contains initial version information of each ECU, and the OTA module 21 in the TSP platform 2 stores the corresponding information when receiving the initial version information of each ECU.

2. OTA upgrade of ECU:

after the automobile TBOX module 31 is on line, firstly, the automobile TBOX module and the TSP platform 2 are subjected to registration and login authentication operation, and after the authentication is passed, the TBOX module 31 can normally interact data with the TSP platform 2; the TBOX module 31 uploads the current version information of the vehicle ECU32 to the OTA module 21 of the TSP platform 2, the OTA module 21 compares and obtains the ECU modules needing to be upgraded in the vehicle ECU32, and then ECU upgrading instruction confirmation information is sent to the TBOX module 31;

TBOX module 31 receives ECU upgrade order, and confirms with OTA module 21, thus request upgrade information, OTA module 21 sends specific upgrade information (upgrade package address, upgrade package check label, upgrade package version, etc.) to TBOX module 31, OTA management unit 312 of TBOX module 31 downloads upgrade package, after downloading, select suitable opportunity to upgrade, if upgrade fail, will roll over the previous version, after upgrading, upload the upgrade result to OTA module 21 of TSP platform 2, OTA module 21 updates corresponding data, the whole upgrade is finished.

3. And (4) releasing a new version:

the administrator logs in the OTA module 21 of the TSP platform 2, uploads an ECU upgrading package, appoints an upgrading strategy (upgrading an appointed vehicle type or an appointed vehicle or other strategies), the OTA module 21 stores data, and after the verification is passed, an online upgrading instruction which accords with the upgrading strategy is issued according to the strategy to complete upgrading. And if the vehicle is not on line, issuing an upgrading task after the vehicle is on line next time.

In the specification of the present invention, a large number of specific details are explained. It is understood, however, that embodiments of the invention may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known methods, structures and techniques have not been shown in detail in order not to obscure an understanding of this description.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and not to limit the same; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; such modifications and substitutions do not substantially depart from the scope of the embodiments of the present invention, and are intended to be covered by the claims and the specification.

Claims

1. An OTA-based vehicle ECU upgrade system, which is characterized by comprising an MES system, a TSP platform and an on-board system installed on a vehicle, wherein the on-board system comprises a TBOX module and a vehicle ECU, the TBOX module is in communication connection with the vehicle ECU, and the TSP platform is embedded with an OTA module; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

2. The OTA-based vehicle ECU upgrade system according to claim 1, further comprising a mobile terminal communicatively coupled to the TSP platform.

3. The OTA-based vehicle ECU upgrade system according to claim 2, wherein the mobile terminal is a smartphone, a tablet, a laptop, or a smart wearable device.

4. The OTA-based vehicle ECU upgrade system according to claim 1, wherein the on-board system further comprises a gateway module, the TBOX module and the vehicle ECU are communicatively connected to the gateway module, respectively, and the gateway module is configured to enable data interaction between the TBOX module and the vehicle ECU.

5. The OTA-based vehicle ECU upgrade system according to claim 4, wherein the TBOX module and the gateway module, and the vehicle ECU and the gateway module are communicatively connected via CAN buses.

6. The OTA-based vehicle ECU upgrade system according to any one of claims 1-5, wherein the TBOX module comprises a wireless communication unit and an OTA management unit, the wireless communication unit and the OTA management unit being connected;

7. The OTA-based vehicle ECU upgrade system according to claim 6, wherein the wireless communication unit is a 4G module.

8. The OTA-based vehicle ECU upgrade system of claim 7, wherein the MES system and the TSP platform are communicatively connected via an Internet network.