Mobile phone enabled data processing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9418492-B2
Application number	US-201414534310-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 6, 2014
Priority date	Nov 6, 2014
Publication date	Aug 16, 2016
Grant date	Aug 16, 2016

Abstract

A system monitors and controls pressure of vehicle parts. The system consists of: a fleet of vehicles, each vehicle of the fleet having a cab and a trailer; a controller maintaining a wireless server and database for the fleet of vehicles; a first cellular device transmitting data to and from an electronic control unit of the cab of each vehicle and the controller; and a second cellular device transmitting data to and from an electronic control unit of the trailer of each vehicle and the controller. The first cellular device and the second cellular device each utilize a publicly accessible cellular network for communication with the controller.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A system for monitoring and controlling pressure of vehicle parts, the system consisting of:
a fleet of vehicles, each vehicle of the fleet having a cab and a trailer;
a controller maintaining a wireless server and database for the fleet of vehicles;
a first cellular device transmitting data to and from an electronic control unit of the cab of each vehicle and the controller; and
a second cellular device transmitting data to and from an electronic control unit of the trailer of each vehicle and the controller,
the first cellular device and the second cellular device each utilizing a publicly accessible cellular network for communication with the controller.

2. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the controller is a tire provider for the fleet of vehicles.

3. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the electronic control unit of each trailer of each vehicle only transmits data to and from the controller.

4. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the controller receives GPS data from each cab and each trailer.

5. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the controller receives tire pressure and GPS data from each cab and trailer and sends control instructions to the electronic control unit of each cab and trailer.

6. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein each cab and each corresponding first cellular device are located at a single location.

7. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the electronic control unit of each trailer sends only tire pressure data to the controller.

8. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the first cellular device is a smartphone.

9. A method for monitoring and controlling pressure of vehicle parts, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a fleet of vehicles, each vehicle of the fleet having a cab and a trailer;
maintaining a wireless server and database for the fleet of vehicles;
transmitting data to and from a first electronic control unit of the cab of each vehicle and a controller; and
transmitting data to/from a second electronic control unit of the trailer of each vehicle and the controller.

10. The method as set forth in claim 9 further including the step of utilizing a cellular device and a publicly accessible cellular network for transmitting data to and from the first and second electronic control units of each vehicle and the controller.

11. The method as set forth in claim 9 wherein the controller is a tire provider for the fleet of vehicles.

12. The method as set forth in claim 9 further including the step of receiving GPS data from each cab and each trailer by the controller.

13. The method as set forth in claim 9 further including the step of receiving tire pressure and GPS data from each cab and each trailer and sending control instructions to the first and second electronic control units of each vehicle.

14. The method as set forth in claim 9 further including the step of receiving GPS data from the first and second electronic control units of each vehicle.

15. The method as set forth in claim 9 further including the step of locating each cab and each first electronic control unit at a single location.

16. The method as set forth in claim 9 further including the step of sending only tire pressure data by the second electronic control unit to the controller.

17. The method as set forth in claim 9 further including the step of utilizing a cell phone for control of the controller and the first and second electronic control units.

Assignees

• Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Inventors

• Sinner Yves Henri
• Engel Marc
• Manfreda Anze
• Ganguly Abhijit

Classifications

• B60C2200/00

  Tyres specially adapted for particular applications · CPC title

• B60C23/0408

  transmitting the signals by non-mechanical means from the wheel or tyre to a vehicle body mounted receiver · CPC title

• B60C23/04 Primary

  mounted on the wheel or tyre · CPC title

• B60C23/0479

  Communicating with external units being not part of the vehicle, e.g. tools for diagnostic, mobile phones, electronic keys or service stations · CPC title

• B60C1/00

  Tyres characterised by the chemical composition or the physical arrangement or mixture of the composition · CPC title