Wireless intra-vehicle communication and information provision by vehicles

• US 10,140,784 B1
• Filed: 05/24/2017
• Issued: 11/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2017
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations Incorporated (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: Philosof, Tal, Riess, Eilon, Buchbut, Yohay
• Primary Examiner(s): Ayotunde, Ayodeji
• Application Number:
  US15/603,753
• Publication Number:
  US 20180342114A1
• Time in Patent Office: 552 Days
• Field of Search: 455 661, 455 96, 455 99
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2205/02 using a vehicle scan tool
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/005 including pedestrian guidance indicator
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/163 involving continuous checking

Abstract

A vehicle-based system and a method of performing communication include one or more in-vehicle devices configured to obtain data. A controller obtains the data from the one or more in-vehicle devices. A first wireless communication unit associated with one or more of the one or more in-vehicle devices transmits data from the one or more of the one or more in-vehicle devices to the controller wirelessly.

Claims

1. A vehicle-based system, comprising:

one or more in-vehicle devices configured to obtain data;

a controller configured to obtain the data from the one or more in-vehicle devices; and

a first wireless communication unit associated with one or more of the one or more in-vehicle devices, the first wireless communication units configured to transmit data from the one or more of the one or more in-vehicle devices to the controller wirelessly, wherein the controller is further configured to receive information from one or more external devices that are external to a vehicle and transmit processed information to the one or more external devices, to generate the processed information from the information, and to forego transmission of duplicate information to the one or more external devices.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the one or more in-vehicle devices are sensors including a camera, a radar, or a lidar.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the one or more in-vehicle devices includes a braking system, a collision avoidance system, or an electronic control unit (ECU).

4. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a second wireless communication unit in the controller, wherein the second wireless communication unit is configured to receive the data from the one or more of the one or more in-vehicle devices.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the second wireless communication unit transmits commands to one or more of the first wireless communication units.

6. A method of performing communication by a vehicle, the method comprising:

configuring each of one or more in-vehicle devices to include a first wireless communication unit, wherein each of the first wireless communication units is configured to wirelessly transmit data obtained by the respective in-vehicle device; and

configuring a controller of the vehicle to include a second wireless communication unit, wherein the second wireless communication unit is configured to receive the data from the one or more in-vehicle devices via the respective first wireless communication units, to receive information from one or more external devices that are external to the vehicle, to generate commands to one or more of the one or more in-vehicle devices, and to transmit information to one or more of the one or more external devices and forego transmission of duplicate information to the one or more of the one or more external devices.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising configuring the controller to include processing circuitry to process the data from the one or more in-vehicle devices and the one or more external devices.