Method for vehicle data collection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10375147-B2
Application number	US-201816115429-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 28, 2018
Priority date	Jun 13, 2017
Publication date	Aug 6, 2019
Grant date	Aug 6, 2019

Abstract

A vehicle data collection method is disclosed. The method comprises receiving vehicle data, determining that an internet connection is not available, storing the vehicle data, determining that an internet connection has become available, and transmitting the vehicle data based at least in part on the determination that an internet connection has become available.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle data collection method, comprising:
receiving vehicle data at a first device on a vehicle during vehicle operation;
transmitting a prescribed subset of the vehicle data to a second device, while the vehicle is in operation;
determining that an internet connection has become available to the second device; and
transmitting the vehicle data stored on the second device based at least in part on the determination that the internet connection has become available.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second device comprises a tablet, phone, or other portable connected device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first device is installed on the vehicle.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first device comprises a vehicle data recording device installed on the vehicle.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining the prescribed subset of vehicle is data to be transmitted to the second device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein stored vehicle data comprises time series data.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein stored vehicle data comprises audio data, video data, or actuator parameters.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle data is transmitted to the second device over a Bluetooth connection, over a local area network, or in absence of an internet or cellular connection.

9. The method of claim 1 , comprising determining whether the internet connection is secured.

10. A vehicle data collection system, comprising:
a vehicle data recording device installed on a vehicle and configured to:
receive vehicle data during vehicle operation; and
transmit a prescribed subset of the vehicle data to a second device, while the vehicle is in operation;

wherein the second device is configured to determine that an internet connection has become available to the second device; and to transmit the vehicle data stored on the second device based at least in part on the determination that the internet connection has become available.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the second device comprises a tablet, phone, or other portable connected device.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the vehicle data recording device is further configured to determine the prescribed subset of vehicle data to be transmitted to the second device.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the second device is further configured to determine the prescribed subset of vehicle data to be transmitted to the second device.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein stored vehicle data comprises time series data.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein stored vehicle data comprises audio data, video data, or actuator parameters.

16. The system of claim 10 , wherein the vehicle data is transmitted to the second device over a Bluetooth connection, over a local area network, or in absence of an internet or cellular is connection.

17. The system of claim 10 , comprising determining whether the internet connection is secured.

18. A computer program product to collect vehicle data, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:
receiving vehicle data at a first device on a vehicle during vehicle operation;
transmitting a prescribed subset of the vehicle data to a second device, while the vehicle is in operation;
determining that an internet connection has become available to the second device; and
transmitting the vehicle data stored on the second device based at least in part on the determination that the internet connection has become available.

19. The computer program product of claim 18 , wherein the second device comprises a tablet, phone, or other portable connected device.

20. The computer program product of claim 18 , further comprising computer instructions to determine the prescribed subset of vehicle data to be transmitted to the second device.

Assignees

• Kitty Hawk Corp

Inventors

• Preissl Robert
• Hata Kosuke

Classifications

• H04L67/06 Primary

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• B64F5/60

  Testing or inspecting aircraft components or systems · CPC title

• B64D2045/0085

  Devices for aircraft health monitoring, e.g. monitoring flutter or vibration · CPC title

• H04L67/12

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title

• H04L65/40

  Support for services or applications · CPC title