System and method for wirelessly performing software-based tasks on vehicles

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12423136-B2
Application number	US-202217869250-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 20, 2022
Priority date	Jul 20, 2022
Publication date	Sep 23, 2025
Grant date	Sep 23, 2025

Abstract

A system for testing-configuring one or more vehicles includes a task communication module obtaining a task data packet having a selected software-based task to be performed on a selected vehicle, where a task command identifier identifying the task, a command matching module selecting a predefined task command from among a set of stored task commands based on the task command identifier where the predefined task command executes either a selected standardized protocol (i.e., a set of locally stored instructions) or a selected customized protocol to perform the task (i.e., a set of bypass instructions to retrieve a selected script file having a set of customizable instructions), and a command execution module executing the selected standard protocol in response to the predefined task command being the selected standard protocol, and executing the selected customized protocol employing the selected script file based on the predefined task command being the selected customized protocol.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for testing-configuring one or more vehicles, the system comprising:
one or more processors and one or more nontransitory computer-readable mediums storing instructions that are executable by the one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors operate as:
a vehicle communication module configured to establish a communication link with a selected vehicle from among the one or more vehicles;
a task communication module configured to obtain a task data packet, wherein the task data packet includes data indicative of a selected software-based task to be performed on the selected vehicle, wherein the data includes a task command identifier identifying the selected software-based task;
a validation module configured to validate the task data packet using a file configuration validation process;
a command matching module configured to:
select a predefined task command from among a set of stored task commands based on the task command identifier in response to the task data packet being validated, wherein the selected predefined task command is configured to execute either a selected standardized protocol or a selected customized protocol to perform the selected software-based task, wherein the selected standardized protocol defines a set of locally stored instructions to perform the selected software-based task, wherein the selected customized protocol defines a set of bypass instructions to retrieve a selected script file having a set of customizable instructions to perform the selected software-based task; and

a command execution module configured to:
execute the selected standard protocol to perform the selected software-based task in response to the selected predefined task command being the selected standard protocol; and
execute the selected customized protocol employing the selected script file to perform the selected software-based task based on the selected predefined task command and a task execution instruction in response to the selected predefined task command being the selected customized protocol, wherein the task data packet includes data indicative of the task execution instruction when the selected software-based task is a customizable command.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the selected software-based task further includes manufacturing stage data indicative of a manufacturing stage at which to perform the selected software-based task, wherein the manufacturing stage data includes an identified phase of a manufacturing process, a workstation identification, or a combination thereof.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the selected software-based task includes a first selected software-based task and a second selected software-based task to be performed on the selected vehicle, wherein the data further includes a first task command identifier identifying the first selected software-based task and a second task command identifier identifying the second selected software-based task.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein:
the command matching module is further configured to:
select a first predefined task command and a second predefined task command from among the set of stored task commands based on the first task command identifier and the second task command identifier, respectively, in response to the task data packet being validated, wherein the first predefined task command is configured to execute a respective selected standardized protocol to perform the first selected software-based task and the second predefined task command is configured to execute a respective selected customized protocol to perform the second selected software-based task, wherein the respective selected standardized protocol defines a respective set of locally stored instructions to perform the first selected software-based task, wherein the respective selected customized protocol defines the set of bypass instructions to retrieve a respective selected script file having a respective set of customizable instructions to perform the second selected software-based task;

the command execution module further configured to:
execute the respective selected standard protocol to perform the first selected software-based task; and
execute the respective selected customized protocol employing the respective selected script file to perform the second selected software-based task based on the second predefined task command and the task execution instruction.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the task execution instruction includes a script file name and a file path to obtain the selected script file.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the file path includes data identifying an external file directory storing the selected script file.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the selected script file includes at least one of an extensible markup language-type file, a hypertext markup language-type file, Lua script-type file, or a HostMonitor-type file.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the task data packet is a hypertext markup language file.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the validation module is further configured to:
validate the predefined task command using a task command validation process in response to the task data packet being valid;
validate each parameter of the predefined task command using a parameter validation process in response the predefined task command being selected from among the set of stored task commands; and
issue a notification in response to the predefined task command or a parameter being not valid.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors further operate as a report module configured to generate one or more status reports based on a progress of at least one of a status of a validation of the file configuration validation process, the status of a task command validation process, a status of the parameter validation process, or a combination thereof.

11. A method for testing-configuring one or more vehicles, the method comprising:
establishing a communication link with a selected vehicle from among the one or more vehicles;
obtaining a task data packet, wherein the task data packet includes data indicative of a selected software-based task to be performed on the selected vehicle, wherein the data includes a task command identifier identifying the selected software-based task;
validating the task data packet using a file configuration validation process;
selecting a predefined task command from among a set of stored task commands based on the task command identifier in response to the task data packet being validated, wherein the selected predefined task command is configured to execute either a selected standardized protocol or a selected customized protocol to perform the selected software-based task, wherein the selected standardized protocol defines a set of locally stored instructions to perform the selected software-based task, wherein the selected customized protocol defines a set of bypass instructions to retrieve a selected script file having a set of customizable instructions to perform the selected software-based task;
executing the selected standard protocol to perform the selected software-based task in response to the selected predefined task command being the selected standard protocol; and
executing the selected customized protocol employing the selected script file to perform the selected software-based task based on the selected predefined task command and a task execution instruction in response to the selected predefined task command being the selected customized protocol, wherein the task data packet includes data indicative of the task execution instruction when the selected software-based ta

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Alezzani Jamal
• Miller Jason Michael
• Shah Priyank
• Tonshal Basavaraj

Classifications

• G07C5/08

  Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle or waiting time · CPC title

• G06F8/60

  Software deployment · CPC title

• G06F11/3698

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

• G06F11/3688

  for test execution, e.g. scheduling of test suites · CPC title

• G06F11/368

  for test version control, e.g. updating test cases to a new software version · CPC title