ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,229,546, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to PSA AUTOMOBILES SA (Poissy, France).

"Method and device for updating software of an onboard computer in a vehicle, comprising a runtime memory, a backup memory and a control memory" was invented by Thierry Lopez (Conflans Ste Honorine, France), Francois Rochette (Suresnes, France), Pierre Schmidt (Cormeilles en Parisis, France) and Emmanuel Georges (Poissy, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for updating software in a vehicle, comprising an executing memory (ME), a backup memory (MS) and a checking memory (MC), said method involving the steps of: issuing a r...