Method and arrangement for reloading processor control programs

Claim 3

The method according to claim 1, wherein the reloading station offers available programs or program versions for reloading by cyclical transmission of an information block to said mobile apparatus.

Claim 4

The method according to claim 1, wherein the data transmission ensues by infrared light.

Claim 5

The method according to claim 1, wherein said processor-controlled apparatus is a vehicle and wherein said method is employed in a predetermined traffic routing and information system having transmission beacons, said vehicle being informed of the presence of a reloading control program via said transmission beacons of said system.

Claim 6

An arrangement for reloading a processor control program into a read only memory protected against erasing in processor-controlled apparatus of a vehicle, comprising: a fixed reloading station having a computer connected to a wireless data transmission interface and having a display; processor-controlled apparatus of the vehicle having an on-board computer with a read only memory and having a wireless data transmission interface; and said data transmission interfaces of said fixed reloading station and said vehicle being coupled by a communication link, the on-board computer of the vehicle controlling communication of the data transmission interface of the vehicle, as well as the erasing and reprogramming of the read only memory; wherein the reloading station informs the vehicle of the presence of a processor control program to be reloaded or program parts thereof, wherein the processor control program to be reloaded or program parts thereof are requested in blocks by the on-board computer from the reloading station and are loaded into the read only memory via the communication link, wherein individual program blocks are protected by check sums during block-by-block transmission, and wherein after an end of the reprogramming, the reloaded processor control program or program parts thereof is checked by length comparison and check sum comparison to ensure that data transmission of the processor-controlled program or program parts thereof occurred error-free.

Claim 7

An arrangement for reloading a processor control program into a read only memory protected against erasing in processor-controlled apparatus of a vehicle, comprising: a fixed reloading station having a computer connected to a wireless data transmission interface and having a display; processor-controlled apparatus of the vehicle having an on-board computer with a read only memory and having a wireless data transmission interface; and said data transmission interfaces of said fixed reloading station and said vehicle being coupled by a communication link, the on-board computer of the vehicle controlling communication of the data transmission interface of the vehicle, as well as the erasing and reprogramming of the read only memory; wherein the reloading station informs the vehicle of the presence of a processor control program to be reloaded or program parts thereof, wherein the processor control program to be reloaded or program parts thereof are requested in blocks by the on-board computer from the reloading station and are loaded into the read only memory via the communication link, wherein individual program blocks are protected by check sums during block-by-block transmission, and wherein after an end of the reprogramming, the reloaded processor control program or program parts thereof is checked by length comparison and check sum comparison to ensure that data transmission of the processor-controlled program or program parts thereof occurred error-free.

Claim 8

The arrangement according to claim 5, wherein the reloading station comprises at least a one-lane drive-through configuration.

Claim 9

The arrangement according to claim 5, wherein the reloading station is a gasoline station.

Claim 10

The arrangement according to claim 5, wherein the data transmission interface of the vehicle is an infrared transmission interface already present therein and the data transmission interface of the reloading station is an infrared transmission interface of a predetermined traffic routing and information system having infrared beacons.

Claim 11

The arrangement according to claim 5, wherein the display means of the reloading station indicates a reloading event.

Claim 12

The arrangement according to claim 5, wherein the infrared beacons of the traffic routing and information system are provided instead of the reloading station, whereby the processor control program to be loaded is transmitted into a moving vehicle in sections from beacon to beacon.

Claim 13

The arrangement according to claim 5, wherein the vehicle has a display means for indicating a reloading event.

Claim 14

An arrangement for reloading a processor control program into a read only memory protected against erasing in processor-controlled apparatus of a vehicle, comprising: a fixed reloading station having a computer connected to an infrared data transmission interface and having a display; processor-controlled apparatus of the vehicle having an on-board computer with a read only memory, having an infrared data transmission interface, and having a display means; said data transmission interfaces of said fixed reloading station and said vehicle being coupled by a communication link, the on-board computer of the vehicle controlling communication of the data transmission interface of the vehicle, as well as the erasing and reprogramming of the read only memory; the data transmission interface of the vehicle and the data transmission interface of the reloading station also being components of a predetermined traffic routing and information system having infrared beacons; the display means of the reloading station as well as the display means of the vehicle indicating a reloading event; means for informing, via the wireless data transmission interface in the reloading stations, the mobile apparatus of the presence of a processor control program or parts thereof; means for requesting by the on-board computer that the processor control program be reloaded or program parts thereof in blocks from the reloading station; and wherein the processor control program to be reloaded on parts thereof are loaded into the read only memory via the communication link, wherein individual program blocks are protected by check sums during block-by-block transmission, and wherein after an end of the reprogramming, the reloaded processor control program or program parts thereof is checked by length comparison and check sum comparison to ensure that data transmission of the processor-controlled program or program parts thereof occurred error-free.

Claim 15

An arrangement for reloading a processor control program into a read only memory protected against erasing in processor-controlled apparatus of a vehicle, comprising: a fixed reloading station having a computer connected to an infrared data transmission interface and having a display; processor-controlled apparatus of the vehicle having an on-board computer with a read only memory, having an infrared data transmission interface, and having a display means; said data transmission interfaces of said fixed reloading station and said vehicle being coupled by a communication link, the on-board computer of the vehicle controlling communication of the data transmission interface of the vehicle, as well as the erasing and reprogramming of the read only memory; the data transmission interface of the vehicle and the data transmission interface of the reloading station also being components of a predetermined traffic routing and information system having infrared beacons; the display means of the reloading station as well as the display means of the vehicle indicating a reloading event; means for informing, via the wireless data transmission interface in the reloading stations, the mobile apparatus of the presence of a processor control program or parts thereof; means for requesting by the on-board computer that the processor control program be reloaded or program parts thereof in blocks from the reloading station; and wherein the processor control program to be reloaded on parts thereof are loaded into the read only memory via the communication link, wherein individual program blocks are protected by check sums during block-by-block transmission, and wherein after an end of the reprogramming, the reloaded processor control program or program parts thereof is checked by length comparison and check sum comparison to ensure that data transmission of the processor-controlled program or program parts thereof occurred error-free.

Claim 16

The arrangement according to claim 12, wherein the reloading station comprises at least a one-lane drive-through configuration.

Claim 17

The arrangement according to claim 12, wherein the reloading station is a gasoline station.

Claim 18

The arrangement according to claim 12, wherein the infrared beacons of the traffic routing and information system are provided instead of the reloading station, whereby the processor control program to be loaded is transmitted into a moving vehicle in sections from beacon to beacon.