System, method, and apparatus for managing vehicle data collection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11538287-B2
Application number	US-202117195589-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 8, 2021
Priority date	Sep 20, 2019
Publication date	Dec 27, 2022
Grant date	Dec 27, 2022

Abstract

An apparatus for managing vehicle data collection including a remote access execution circuit, a property translation circuit, a parameter acquisition circuit, a remote operation circuit, and a parameter conditioning circuit. The remote access execution circuit interprets a remote access request value including a requested vehicle property and/or a vehicle function value. The property translation circuit determines: a property request value responsive to the requested vehicle property; and/or an actuator command value responsive to the vehicle function value. The parameter acquisition circuit interprets vehicle parameter values responsive to the property request value. The remote operation circuit provides the actuator command value to a vehicle network zone endpoint. The parameter conditioning circuit generates, responsive to the property request value, vehicle property data from the vehicle parameter values. The vehicle property data corresponds to the requested vehicle property. The remote access execution circuit transmits the vehicle property data to the requesting device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising:
a remote access execution circuit structured to interpret a remote access request value from a requesting device, the remote access request value comprising at least one of a requested vehicle property or a vehicle function value;
a property translation circuit structured to determine at least one of:
a property request value in response to the requested vehicle property, or
an actuator command value in response to the vehicle function value;

a parameter acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of vehicle parameter values in response to the property request value;
a remote operation circuit structured to provide the actuator command value to an endpoint of a network zone of a vehicle; and
a parameter conditioning circuit structured to generate, in response to the property request value, a virtual vehicle property value from the plurality of vehicle parameter values, the virtual vehicle property value corresponding to the requested vehicle property and including at least one of: a vehicle speed value, a motive power efficiency value, an event occurrence value, a listing of previous vehicle locations, a listing of one or more user activated features, an average vehicle runtime value, or an estimated vehicle operating cost value;
wherein the remote access execution circuit is further structured to transmit the virtual vehicle property value to the requesting device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a converged network device (CND) structured to regulate communications between a first network zone having a first network endpoint and a second network zone having a second network endpoint, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of vehicle parameter values are generated by each of the first network endpoint and the second network endpoint.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a converged network device (CND) structured to regulate communications between a first network zone having a first network endpoint and a second network zone having a second network endpoint and comprising the network zone of the vehicle;
wherein the first network endpoint provides at least a portion of the plurality of vehicle parameter values; and
wherein the second network endpoint comprises an actuator responsive to the actuator command value.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the property translation circuit is further structured to determine the actuator command value by performing at least one operation selected from the operations consisting of:
determining the actuator command value as a sequence of actuator commands corresponding to a diagnostic test operation;
determining the actuator command value as a sequence of actuator commands corresponding to a remote control operation; or
determining the actuator command value as at least one actuator command responsive to the vehicle function value.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the property request value includes at least one of:
a vehicle speed value;
a prime mover speed value;
a prime mover torque value;
a user actuated vehicle feature value; or
a vehicle location value.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the property request value includes at least one of:
a network utilization value for a network zone of the vehicle;
a raw network message from a network zone of the vehicle;
a network address for an endpoint on a network zone of the vehicle;
a memory storage description of a controller of the vehicle;
a value from an end point on a controller area network (CAN);
a value from an end point on a local interconnect network (LIN); or
an intermediate control value.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
an automated operation circuit structured to interpret an automated operation value comprising an automated operation description for the vehicle;
an automation manager circuit structured to determine a trigger description value in response to the automated operation value, the trigger description value comprising a trigger condition value and a trigger response value;
a trigger evaluation circuit structured to determine a trigger event occurrence in response to the trigger condition value and at least one vehicle data value; and
a trigger execution circuit structured to execute a trigger response in response to the trigger event occurrence.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the property request value includes at least one of:
a fault condition value;
a fault count value;
a diagnostic parameter value;
a fault confirmation value;
a diagnostic confirmation value;
a fault intermediate value; or
a diagnostic intermediate value.

9. A method comprising:
interpreting, via a remote access execution circuit, a remote access request value from a requesting device, the remote access request value comprising at least one of a requested vehicle property or a vehicle function value;
determining, via a property translation circuit, at least one of:
a property request value in response to the requested vehicle property; or
an actuator command value in response to the vehicle function value;
interpreting, via a parameter acquisition circuit, a plurality of vehicle parameter values in response to the property request value;
providing, via a remote operation circuit, the actuator command value to an endpoint of a network zone of a vehicle; and
generating, via a parameter conditioning circuit and in response to the property request value, a virtual vehicle property value from the plurality of vehicle parameter values, the virtual vehicle property value corresponding to the requested vehicle property and including at least one of: a vehicle speed value, a motive power efficiency value, an event occurrence value, a listing of previous vehicle locations, a listing of one or more user activated features, an average vehicle runtime value, or an estimated vehicle operating cost value;
wherein the remote access execution circuit is further structured to transmit the virtual vehicle property value to the requesting device.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising:
regulating, via a converged network device (CND), communications between a first network zone having a first network endpoint and a second network zone having a second network endpoint, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of vehicle parameter values are generated by each of the first network endpoint and the second network endpoint.

11. The method of claim 9 further comprising:
regulating, via a converged network device (CND), communications between a first network zone having a first network endpoint and a second network zone having a second network endpoint and comprising the network zone of the vehicle;
wherein the first network endpoint provides at least a portion of the plurality of vehicle parameter values; and
wherein the second network endpoint comprises an actuator responsive to the actuator command value.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein determining, via the property translation circuit, comprises:
determining, via the property translation circuit, the actuator command value by performing at least one operation selected from the operations consisting of:
determining the actuator command value as a sequence of actuator commands corresponding to a diagnostic test operation;
determining the actuator command value as a sequence of actuator commands corresponding to a remote control operation; or
determining the actuator command value as at least one actuator command responsive to the vehicle function value.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the property request value includes

Assignees

• Sonatus Inc

Inventors

• Fang Yu
• Chen Yixiang
• Zong Xuanran
• Reed Robin
• Trenchard Troy Michael
• Zhu Thurston
• Dhankhar Sudhir Ramphal
• Chou Jeffrey
• Valenzuela Felipe Andres Valdes

Classifications

• G07C5/008 Primary

  communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C) · CPC title

• G07C5/0808

  Diagnosing performance data (testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005) · CPC title

• H04L67/125

  involving control of end-device applications over a network · CPC title

• G07C5/0816

  Indicating performance data, e.g. occurrence of a malfunction · CPC title