Patent attributes
A first control device includes a data processing controller that generates and transfers information indicating a current operating condition of the first control device and information indicating a current operating condition of a vehicle, and transfers a most recent version of a security program, to which the program is to be updated, to a second control device, while the second control device, having received the most recent version of the security program from the first control device, specifies the current operating condition of the vehicle on the basis of the information obtained from the first control device, and when the specified current operating condition matches a vehicle operating condition in which processing for updating the program to the most recent version of the security program is possible, executes processing for updating the program to the most recent version of the security program.