Method for developing a remote command data package for a motor vehicle by a central electronic computing device, as well as a central electronic computing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12195027-B2
Application number	US-202017627180-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 14, 2020
Priority date	Jul 16, 2019
Publication date	Jan 14, 2025
Grant date	Jan 14, 2025

Abstract

A method for developing a remote command data package for a motor vehicle by a central electronic computing device involves the central electronic computing device providing a plurality of templates in a user interface of the central electronic computing device. A single template defines at least one generalized vehicle command. A developer of the remote command data package provides a workflow defining logic for the remote command data package using the user interface. The developer provides the workflow using at least one template of the plurality of templates and the central electronic computing device transforms the workflow into the vehicle command depending on the used template.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for developing a remote command data package for a motor vehicle by a central electronic computing device, the method comprising:
providing, by the central electronic computing device, a plurality of templates in a user interface of the central electronic computing device, wherein a single template defines at least one abstract vehicle command;
providing, by a developer of the remote command data package using the user interface, a workflow defining logic for the remote command data package, wherein the developer provides the workflow by using at least one template of the plurality of templates;
transforming, by the central electronic computing device, the workflow into a vehicle-specific command for the motor vehicle depending on the at least one template used by the developer by mapping the at least one abstract vehicle command into the vehicle-specific command; and
transmitting, by the central electronic computing device, the vehicle-specific command in a remote command package to the motor vehicle,
wherein the central electronic computing device is external to the motor vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the developer uses the user interface to develop the at least one template.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the central electronic computing device is a serverless cloud computing platform.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the central electronic computing device comprises a communication device configured to communicate with the motor vehicle, and wherein the remote command data package is transmitted via the communication device to the motor vehicle.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the workflow provided by the developer or a developed template is tested by a testing unit of the central electronic computing device prior to the transmission of the vehicle command in the remote command package to the motor vehicle.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the central electronic computing device provides the at least one template depending on a characterizing parameter of the motor vehicle.

7. A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions for developing a remote command data package for a motor vehicle by a central electronic computing device, which when executed by the central electronic computing device, causes the central electronic computing device to:
provide a plurality of templates in a user interface of the central electronic computing device, wherein a single template defines at least one abstract vehicle command;
receive, from a developer of the remote command data package using the user interface, a workflow defining logic for the remote command data package, wherein the developer provides the workflow by using at least one template of the plurality of templates;
transform the workflow into a vehicle-specific command for the motor vehicle depending on the at least one template used by the developer by mapping the at least one abstract vehicle command into the vehicle-specific command; and
transmit the vehicle-specific command in a remote command package to the motor vehicle,
wherein the central electronic computing device is external to the motor vehicle.

8. A central electronic computing device, comprising:
at least one user interface; and
at least one computer-readable storage medium for developing a remote command data package for a motor vehicle by a central electronic computing device, which when executed by the central electronic computing device, causes the central electronic computing device to
provide a plurality of templates in the at least one user interface of the central electronic computing device, wherein a single template defines at least one generalized vehicle command;
receive, from a developer of the remote command data package using the at least one user interface, a workflow defining logic for the remote command data package, wherein the developer provides the workflow by using at least one template of the plurality of templates; and
transform the workflow into a vehicle-specific command for the motor-vehicle depending on the at least one template used by the developer by mapping the at least one abstract vehicle command into the vehicle-specific command; and
transmit the vehicle-specific command in a remote command package to the motor vehicle,
wherein the central electronic computing device is external to the motor vehicle.

Assignees

• Mercedes Benz Group Ag

Inventors

• Vis Marc
• Hartmann Fabian
• Clark Matthew
• Borella Alexandre

Classifications

• G07C5/008

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

• B60W2050/146

  Display means · CPC title

• G06F11/3698

  Environments for analysis, debugging or testing of software · CPC title

• G06F8/36

  Software reuse · CPC title

• G06F11/3668

  Testing of software · CPC title