System, method, and apparatus for managing vehicle data collection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12230071-B2
Application number	US-202318123193-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 17, 2023
Priority date	Sep 20, 2019
Publication date	Feb 18, 2025
Grant date	Feb 18, 2025

Abstract

An apparatus that includes a parameter acquisition circuit, a property translation circuit, and a parameter conditioning circuit. The parameter acquisition circuit interprets a vehicle parameter value. The property translation circuit interprets a property request value, the property request value defining, at least in part, a requested vehicle property. The parameter conditioning circuit generates, in response to the property request value, modified vehicle parameter data from the vehicle parameter value, the modified vehicle parameter data corresponding to the requested vehicle property.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising:
a parameter acquisition circuit structured to interpret a vehicle parameter value at a first sampling rate;
a property translation circuit structured to interpret a property request value, the property request value defining, at least in part, a requested vehicle property;
a parameter conditioning circuit structured to generate, in response to the property request value, modified vehicle parameter data from the vehicle parameter value, the modified vehicle parameter data corresponding to the requested vehicle property, wherein the parameter conditioning circuit comprises:
a sampling circuit structured to up-sample the vehicle parameter value to a desired second sampling rate that is faster than the first sampling rate, wherein the modified vehicle parameter data has the desired second sampling rate; and

a modified data provisioning circuit structured to transmit the modified vehicle parameter data at the desired second sampling rate.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the modified vehicle parameter data includes a virtual vehicle property value.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the virtual vehicle property value is based at least in part on two or more vehicle parameter values.

4. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the virtual vehicle property value is based at least in part on one or more vehicle parameter values.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the parameter conditioning circuit comprises: a formatting circuit structured to format the vehicle parameter value to a desired format of the requested vehicle property such that the modified vehicle parameter data has the desired format.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the desired format comprises converting to desired units for the vehicle parameter value.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the desired format is based at least in part on a network protocol.

8. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the desired format is based at least in part on storage of the vehicle parameter value in a non-transitory computer readable medium.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the desired format is based at least in part on a compression standard.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the desired format is based at least in part on an encryption scheme.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the parameter conditioning circuit comprises:
a unit conversion circuit structured to convert one or more units of the vehicle parameter value to one or more desired units of the requested vehicle property such that the modified vehicle parameter data has the desired one or more units.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sampling circuit is further structured to down-sample the vehicle parameter value.

13. A method comprising:
interpreting a vehicle parameter value at a first sampling rate;
interpreting a property request value, the property request value defining, at least in part, a requested vehicle property;
generating, in response to the property request value, modified vehicle parameter data from the vehicle parameter value, the modified vehicle parameter data corresponding to the requested vehicle property;
up-sampling the vehicle parameter value to a desired second sampling rate that is faster than the first sampling rate, wherein the modified vehicle parameter data has the desired second sampling rate; and
transmitting the modified vehicle parameter data at the desired second sampling rate.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein generating the modified vehicle parameter data comprises:
generating a virtual vehicle property value;
wherein the modified vehicle parameter data includes the virtual vehicle property value.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the virtual vehicle property value is based at least in part on two or more vehicle parameter values.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the virtual vehicle property value is based at least in part on one or more vehicle parameter values.

17. The method of claim 13 further comprising:
formatting the vehicle parameter value to a desired format of the requested vehicle property such that the modified vehicle parameter data has the desired format.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein formatting the vehicle parameter value comprises:
generating a network protocol packet structured to transport the vehicle parameter value.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein formatting the vehicle parameter value comprises:
modifying the vehicle parameter value for storage in a non-transitory computer readable medium.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein modifying the vehicle parameter value comprises at least one of:
compressing the vehicle parameter value; or
encrypting the vehicle parameter value.

21. The method of claim 13 further comprising:
converting one or more units of the vehicle parameter value to one or more desired units of the requested vehicle property such that the modified vehicle parameter data has the desired one or more units.

22. The method of claim 13 further comprising:
down-sampling the vehicle parameter value.

Assignees

• Sonatus Inc

Inventors

• Fang Yu
• Chen Yixiang
• Reed Robin
• Zhu Thurston

Classifications

• H04L67/125

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

• G07C5/0808

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

• G07C5/0816

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

• G07C5/008 Primary

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