Abstract: A vehicle master device includes at least one processor that is configured to: download rewrite specification data, reprogramming data, and new configuration setting information from a center device upon determining that there is a campaign notification relating to a program update based on a notification from the center device; determine whether an application program is to be rewritten or configuration setting information is to be rewritten based on the rewrite specification data; instruct a rewrite target ECU to rewrite the application program upon determining that the application program is to be rewritten; and instruct the rewrite ECU to rewrite the configuration setting information upon determining that the configuration setting information is to be rewritten.

Abstract: A vehicle electronic control system includes a mode determination unit that is configured to determine whether a customization mode for a screen display related to an approval to a program update is set through a user's customization operation, and a screen display instruction unit that is configured to instruct the display terminal to display a progress screen of the program update according to a current update phase and a setting of the customization mode when the mode determination unit determines that the customization mode is set and instruct the display terminal to display the progress screen of the program update according to the current update phase and an initial setting when the mode determination unit determines that the customization mode is not set. The display terminal is configured to display the progress screen of the program update as instructed by the screen display instruction unit.

Abstract: A battery includes a power-generating element and an insulating layer. The power-generating element includes an electrode layer, a counter-electrode layer placed to face the electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer located between the electrode layer and the counter-electrode layer. The insulating layer includes a first insulating film that extends inward from ends of the power-generating element in a planar view of a principal surface of the power-generating element and a second insulating film that covers a side surface of the power-generating element and that is continuous with ends of the first insulating film. The second insulating film is thinner than the first insulating film.

Abstract: A vehicle master device includes a rewrite specification data acquisition unit that is configured to acquire rewrite specification data from outside, a rewrite specification data analysis unit that is configured to analyze the rewrite specification data acquired by the rewrite specification data acquisition unit, a group generation unit that is configured to divide the plurality of rewrite target ECUs to generate a plurality of groups based on the rewrite specification data analyzed by the rewrite specification data analysis unit, and an instruction execution unit that is configured to instruct the plurality of rewrite target ECUs for each group of the plurality of groups generated by the group generation unit to perform at least one of installation, rollback, and activation.

Abstract: An electronic control system for vehicle includes a center device that manages a program update of a vehicle, and a vehicular master device that is communicable with the center device. The center device, responsive to a user giving approval for program update by using a device not being a possession owned by the user, receives approval information of the user, and stores and manages the approval information in association with vehicle information of the user. The center device transmits the approval information to the user's vehicle side. When the vehicular master device receives the approval information, the vehicular master device performs rewriting of the program.

Abstract: A vehicular electronic control device installed in a vehicle capable of switching between a chargeable state and an unchargeable state performs activation acceptance for inquiring of a user whether to accept activation processing of activating updated software after completion of installation processing of writing update data in an update target node to generate the updated software, transmits during the chargeable state a switching instruction that executes the activation processing during the chargeable state to the update target node, and transmits during the chargeable state a switching setting instruction that executes the activation processing during the unchargeable state to the update target node.

Abstract: A display control device includes a cancellation detection unit that is configured to detect a cancellation regarding a program rewrite from first update data stored in the rewrite target ECU to second update data acquired from an external device, a write instruction unit that is configured to distribute the second update data to the rewrite target ECU and instruct the rewrite target ECU to write the second update data thereinto, and a notification instruction unit that is configured to give an instruction for notification of a progress regarding the program rewrite. The notification instruction unit is further configured to give the instruction to make the notification of the progress regarding the program rewrite in a first manner when the write instruction unit is distributing the second update data, and give the instruction to make the notification of the progress regarding the program rewrite in a second manner when the cancellation detection unit detects the cancellation.

Abstract: An electronic control unit includes a first process flag setting unit that is configured to set a first process flag indicative of a progress of a first process that is one of a series of processes related to a program rewrite, a second process flag setting unit that is configured to set a second process flag indicative of a progress of a second process that is an other of the series of processes related to the program rewrite, and a retry point specifying unit that is configured to specify, based on the first process flag and the second process flag, a retry point for resuming the program rewrite when the program rewrite is suspended. The retry point specifying unit is further configured to store an amount of the update data that has been written until the program rewrite was suspended and request the vehicle master device to transfer the update data based on the stored amount of the update data when resuming the program rewrite.

Abstract: A vehicle electronic control device includes a first execution instruction section that instructs a download processing execution section to execute the download processing, a second execution instruction section that instructs an update target node to execute installation processing and activation processing, and an execution request section that transmits an execution request to the first execution instruction section or the second execution instruction section in units of update methods, and requests execution of any of the download processing, the installation processing, and the activation processing in units of update methods.

Abstract: In a vehicle electronic control system, a center device includes an update data storage unit that stores update data for rewrite targets. Program rewriting to rewrite target electronic control units is one campaign. The center device includes a display control information storage unit that stores display control information necessary to display information related to the campaign on a vehicle side. The center device transmits the update data stored in the update data storage unit and the display control information stored in the display control information storage unit to a vehicle master device.

Abstract: In a vehicle electronic control system, a vehicle master device is configured to acquire data storage bank information including information for specifying which bank is an active bank and information for specifying software versions of an active bank and an inactive bank from a rewrite target ECU that has a non-volatile memory with a plurality of data storage banks and to transmit the data storage bank information acquired by the data storage bank information acquisition unit to a center device. The center device is configured to select update data compliant to the inactive bank on the basis of the software versions and the active bank specified by the data storage bank information received from the vehicle master device and to transmit a distribution package including the update data selected by the update data selection unit to the vehicle master device.

Abstract: A center device manages data to be written into electronic control units mounted on a vehicle and includes an update data storage storing update data for a target device being a target of data update among the electronic control units, a vehicle information storage storing, together with type of the vehicle, vehicle related information, and a device related information storage storing update data related information. Based on information stored in the device related information storage and the vehicle information storage, the center device generates specification data including device type, attribute, the update data related information of the target device, and information indicating rewrite environment related to the data update of the target device, and generates a distribution package including the update data and the specification data.

Abstract: In an ECU reprogram data DB of a center device, data of an update program for a target ECU for a program update among a plurality of EUCs mounted in a vehicle is stored. In a configuration information DB, an “ECU ID” corresponding to each ECU and vehicle-related information such as an “ECU SW ID” for each application program stored in the ECU are stored along with the vehicle type. An ECU metadata database stores update data-related information pertaining to update data and attributes of the rewrite target ECU. A specification data generation unit generates specification data, based on the information stored in the configuration information database and the information stored in the ECU metadata database, to be transmitted to the vehicle together with update data to be written in the target ECU such that the data includes information related to the type, attributes, and update data for the target ECU and information indicative of a rewrite environment related to the data update.

Abstract: A vehicle master device includes a decryption key storage unit that cannot be read from an outside and that stores a decryption key for generation of a security accesses key used to perform device authentication of a rewrite target electronic control unit. The vehicle master device acquires rewrite specification data from an outside, analyzes the rewrite specification data acquired, extracts a key derivation value corresponding to the rewrite target electronic control unit from an analysis result of the rewrite specification data, and by using the decryption key corresponding to the rewrite target electronic control unit stored in the decryption key storage unit, decrypts the key derivation value extracted, and generate a security accesses key.

Abstract: An electronic control unit includes an installation execution unit that operates at least one of an application program or parameter data stored in a first data storage bank serving as an active bank and rewrites a second data storage bank serving as an inactive bank by writing, to the second data storage bank, update data acquired from an external device, and an activation execution unit that switches the active bank from the first data storage bank to the second data storage bank. The installation execution unit rewrites the second data storage bank during a vehicle being travelable or parked. The activation execution unit switches the active bank from the first data storage bank to the second data storage bank during the vehicle being parked.

Abstract: A control device that controls a liquid crystal display device, the control device includes: an obtainer that obtains a first video signal; a determiner that determines a first backlight value as a reference luminance of a backlight of the liquid crystal display device, using a first luminance characteristic of the first video signal; a tone map processor that performs tone mapping on the first video signal based on the first backlight value and a peak luminance displayable by the liquid crystal display device, and outputs a second video signal obtained through the tone mapping; and a generator that generates a control signal for local dimming control on the liquid crystal display device based on the first backlight value and the second video signal, and outputs the control signal to the liquid crystal display device.

Abstract: A center device is provided that manages data to be written to electronic control units mounted on a vehicle. The center device includes an update data storage unit that stores update data for a data update target device among the electronic control units. The center device distributes the update data to the vehicle. The center device includes an individual vehicle configuration information storage unit that stores identification information of target vehicles targeted for update using the update data, and update status information regarding update completion status and update-in-progress status acquired as update status from target vehicles. The center device manages the update status information of the target vehicles in a statistically tabulatable manner on basis of the update status information.

Abstract: In a vehicle master device, a first device includes an update data acquisition unit that is configured to acquire update data, an update data distribution unit that is configured to distribute the update data acquired by the update data acquisition unit to a rewrite target ECU, a process execution request unit that is configured to request the second device to execute at least a part of a process related to verification of the update data before the update data distribution unit distributes the update data, a processing result acquisition unit that is configured to acquire a processing result from the second device, and a verification unit that is configured to verify the update data using the processing result acquired by the processing result acquisition unit.

Abstract: A novel compound suitable as an epoxy curing catalyst; an epoxy curing catalyst using the compound; and a method for producing the compound. A compound represented by formula (1) in which Xm+ represents an m valent counter cation, R1 represents an aromatic group which may have a substituent; R2 represents an alkylene group which may have a substituent; R3 represents a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a mercapto group, a sulfide group, a silyl group, a silanol group, a nitro group, a nitroso group, a sulfonic acid ester group, a phosphino group, a phosphinyl group, a phosphonic acid ester group or an organic group; m represents an integer of 1 or more; n represents an integer of 0-3; and R2 may bond with R1 to form a cyclic structure.

Abstract: A vehicle system includes: a reprogramming slave device that is an electronic control unit (hereinafter, referred to as ECU) to be a target of updating an update file of a program stored among a plurality of the ECUs; a reprogramming master device that transmits the update file to the reprogramming slave device in response to a request from a terminal operable by a vehicle user to control updating of the program stored in the reprogramming slave device; and a determination unit that determines traveling propriety of a vehicle when the update file is rewritten in the reprogramming slave device. The vehicle device functions as the reprogramming master device, and includes: an obtaining unit that obtains the traveling propriety determined by the determination unit; and a notification command unit that commands a notification medium to notify information of the traveling propriety obtained by the obtaining unit.