Systems and methods for querying fleet information stored in a distributed data center

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12100249-B2
Application number	US-202318446715-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 9, 2023
Priority date	Aug 8, 2018
Publication date	Sep 24, 2024
Grant date	Sep 24, 2024

Abstract

This disclosure relates to a distributed data center that includes resources carried by a fleet of vehicles. Individual vehicles carry sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to the vehicles and/or the surroundings of the vehicles. The system includes a remote computing server configured to obtain executable code from a user, and subsequently transmit the executable code to individual vehicles in the fleet. Individual vehicles locally execute the executable code to produce local results, and subsequently transfer the results to the remote computing server for presentation to the user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system configured to query vehicle event information for a fleet of vehicles, the system configured to couple with the fleet of vehicles, wherein the fleet of vehicles includes a first vehicle, the system comprising:
a remote storage server including one or more particular processors, wherein the remote storage server is separate and discrete from the fleet of vehicles, wherein the remote storage server is configured to electronically store information, wherein the information includes vehicle-specific information received from the fleet of vehicles; and
a remote computing server including one or more processors, wherein the remote computing server is separate and discrete from the fleet of vehicles, and wherein the one or more processors are configured via machine-readable instructions to:
obtain, at the remote computing server, executable code from a user, wherein the executable code includes one or more function calls to a standardized Application Program Interface (API), wherein the one or more function calls operate on the vehicle-specific information that has previously been stored at the remote storage server, and wherein the executable code includes a definition of one or more of (i) a particular vehicle event, (ii) a particular maneuver of a vehicle, (iii) a particular condition of a vehicle operator of a vehicle, and/or (iv) a particular environmental condition pertaining to an environment outside of a vehicle; and
transmit the executable code to the remote storage server for execution;

wherein the one or more particular processors of the remote storage server are further configured to:
subsequent to receipt of the executable code from the remote computing server, execute the executable code to produce a first result, wherein the first result is based on the vehicle-specific information;
transfer information based on the first result to the remote computing server; and

wherein the one or more processors of the remote computing server are further configured to:
obtain the first result; and
facilitate a presentation based on the first result to the user.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the particular environmental condition pertains to weather conditions.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the particular environmental condition pertains to traffic conditions.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the particular environmental condition pertains to visibility.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the particular environmental condition pertains to road surface conditions.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the particular environmental condition pertains to certain objects in proximity to the first vehicle.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to enable an operator of the remote computing server to control access by the executable code to the standardized Application Program Interface (API) such that a first subset of the standardized API is not accessible to the executable code and a second subset of the standardized API is accessible to the executable code, and wherein control of the access by the executable code to the standardized Application Program Interface (API) includes an ability to modify elements of the first and/or second subset of the standardized API.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first result is based on the definition included in the executable code.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first result includes video information based on image information captured by a vehicle-specific image sensor.

10. A method for querying vehicle event information for a fleet of vehicles, wherein the distributed data center includes a remote computing server and a remote storage server, wherein the fleet of vehicles includes a first vehicle, the method comprising:
electronically storing information, by the remote storage server that is separate and discrete from the fleet of vehicles, wherein the information includes vehicle-specific information received from the fleet of vehicles;
obtaining, by the remote computing server, executable code from a user, wherein the executable code includes one or more function calls to a standardized Application Program Interface (API), wherein the one or more function calls operate on the vehicle-specific information that has previously been stored at the remote storage server, and wherein the executable code includes a definition of one or more of (i) a particular vehicle event, (ii) a particular maneuver of a vehicle, (iii) a particular condition of a vehicle operator of a vehicle, and/or (iv) a particular environmental condition pertaining to an environment outside of a vehicle;
transmitting, by the remote computing server, the executable code to the remote storage server for execution;
executing, by the remote storage server, the executable code to produce a first result, wherein the first result is based on the vehicle-specific information;
transferring, by the remote storage server, information based on the first result to the remote computing server;
obtaining, by the remote computing server, the first result; and
facilitating a presentation based on the first result to the user.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the particular environmental condition pertains to weather conditions.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the particular environmental condition pertains to traffic conditions.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the particular environmental condition pertains to visibility.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the particular environmental condition pertains to road surface conditions.

15. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
enabling an operator of the remote computing server to control access by the executable code to the standardized Application Program Interface (API) such that a first subset of the standardized API is not accessible to the executable code and a second subset of the standardized API is accessible to the executable code, and wherein control of the access by the executable code to the standardized Application Program Interface (API) includes an ability to modify elements of the first and/or second subset of the standardized API.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first result is based on the definition included in the executable code.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the first result includes video information based on captured image information captured by a vehicle-specific image sensor.

Assignees

• Smartdrive Systems Inc

Inventors

• Ghanbari Reza
• Deninger Daniel Andrew
• Freitas Mark
• Brookins Nicholas Shayne
• Sljivar Slaven
• Palmer Jason
• Griswold Jeffrey
• Forney David

Classifications

• G07C5/008 Primary

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

• G07C5/0866 Primary

  the electronic data carrier being a digital video recorder in combination with video camera · CPC title

• H04L67/01

  Protocols · CPC title

• G07C5/0816

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

• H04L67/125

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