System and method for device configuration

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12294493-B2
Application number	US-202217975787-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2022
Priority date	Oct 28, 2022
Publication date	May 6, 2025
Grant date	May 6, 2025

Abstract

A device configuration method for a vehicle in a fleet of vehicles comprises, at a computing device communicatively coupled to electronic devices provided in the vehicle, obtaining at least one template configuration file assigned to the computing device based on a user selection, the at least one template configuration file specific to the fleet of vehicles and comprising first configuration data indicative of a manner in which the computing device is to interface with the electronic devices, and second configuration data indicative of a desired setting for at least one configuration parameter of one or more electronic devices, automatically self-configuring for operation based on the first configuration data, and transmitting, at least in part, the second configuration data to the one or more electronic devices to cause the one or more electronic devices to adjust the at least one configuration parameter to the desired setting.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device configuration method for a vehicle in a fleet of vehicles, the method comprising:
at an edge computing device configured to connect a plurality of electronic devices with a server, the plurality of electronic devices provided in the vehicle at an edge of a network, and the server remote from the vehicle and communicatively coupled to the edge computing device,
obtaining at least one template configuration file assigned to the edge computing device based on a user selection, the at least one template configuration file specific to the fleet of vehicles and comprising first configuration data and second configuration data, the first configuration data indicative of a manner in which the edge computing device is to interface with the plurality of electronic devices, and the second configuration data indicative of a desired setting for at least one configuration parameter of at least one of the plurality of electronic devices;
automatically self-configuring for operation based on the first configuration data, comprising:
identifying, based on the first configuration data, one or more electronic devices among the plurality of electronic devices; and
connecting, based on the first configuration data, to the one or more electronic devices for transmitting thereto and receiving therefrom data; and

transmitting the second configuration data to at least some of the one or more electronic devices to cause the at least some of the one or more electronic devices to adjust the at least one configuration parameter to the desired setting.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user selection is received at the server, further wherein the at least one template configuration file is associated, at the server and based on the user selection, with an identifier of the edge computing device.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein obtaining the at least one template configuration file comprises retrieving the at least one template configuration file from the server.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the at least one template configuration file comprises receiving the at least one template configuration file in response to a user-initiated command.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the server is a cloud server, further wherein the obtaining the at least one template configuration file occurs in response to the edge computing device powering on and connecting to the cloud server.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising periodically communicating with the server to monitor configuration changes for at least one of the edge computing device and the plurality of electronic devices, wherein the obtaining the at least one template configuration file occurs subsequent to detecting the configuration changes.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second configuration data is transmitted to the at least some of the one or more electronic devices comprising one or more video cameras, the second configuration data transmitted to the one or more video cameras to cause the one or more video cameras to adjust the at least one configuration parameter comprising at least one of a frame rate, an image quality, an image resolution, at least one network setting, a location update frequency, and login credentials associated with the one or more video cameras.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, subsequent to the self-configuring, device data from the at least some of the one or more electronic devices and temporarily storing, for a given period of time, the device data in a local storage media accessible to the edge computing device.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first configuration data is further indicative of a manner in which the edge computing device is to interface with the server.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising uploading the device data to the server after the given period of time has elapsed.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the given period of time corresponds to a period of time during which a connection between the edge computing device and the server is lost, further wherein the device data is uploaded to the server after the connection is restored.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein receiving the device data from the plurality of devices comprises receiving video data from a plurality of video cameras installed in the vehicle.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein receiving the device data from the at least some of the one or more devices comprises receiving sensor data from a plurality of sensors installed in the vehicle.

14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising deriving, from the second configuration data, different configurations for different ones of the plurality of electronic devices, and transmitting the different configurations to the different ones of the plurality of electronic devices.

15. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, subsequent to the self-configuring, device data from the at least some of the one or more electronic devices and transmitting the device data to the server.

16. A device configuration method for a vehicle in a fleet of vehicles, the method comprising:
at a mobile device separate from the vehicle,
obtaining an identifier associated with an edge computing device configured to connect a plurality of electronic devices with a server, the plurality of electronic devices provided in the vehicle at an edge of a network, and the server remote from the vehicle and communicatively coupled to the edge computing device;
obtaining a list of template configuration files for the edge computing device;
rendering the list of template configuration files on an output device associated with the mobile device;
receiving, in response to the rendering, a user selection of at least one template configuration file among the list of template configuration files, the at least one template configuration file specific to the fleet of vehicles and comprising first configuration data and second configuration data, the first configuration data indicative of a manner in which the edge computing device is to interface with the plurality of electronic devices, and the second configuration data indicative of a desired setting for at least one configuration parameter of at least one of the plurality of electronic devices; and
transmitting the user selection of the at least one template configuration file to the server to cause the edge computing device to:
obtain the at least one template configuration file from the server,
automatically self-configure for operation based on the first configuration data, comprising identifying, based on the first configuration data, one or more electronic devices among the plurality of electronic devices, and connecting, based on the first configuration data, to the one or more electronic devices for transmitting thereto and receiving therefrom data, and
transmit the second configuration data to at least some of the one or more electronic devices to cause the at least some of the one or more of electronic devices to adjust the at least one configuration parameter to the desired setting.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein obtaining the identifier comprises reading computer-readable indicia associated with the edge computing device to acquire the identifier encoded in the computer-readable indicia.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein reading the computer-readable indicia comprises scanning one of a barcode, a matrix code, and a quick response (QR) code.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein reading the computer-r

Assignees

• Genetec Inc

Inventors

• Chenard-Lemire Christian
• Melby Scott
• Desjardins Charles
• Doyle Richard
• Hubin Mortimer

Classifications

• H04L41/0886

  Fully automatic configuration · CPC title

• G06K7/1417 Primary

  2D bar codes · CPC title

• H04L41/0883

  Semiautomatic configuration, e.g. proposals from system · CPC title

• H04L41/0889

  Techniques to speed-up the configuration process · CPC title

• H04L41/0843

  based on generic templates · CPC title