Device for storing data in a motor vehicle

• US 10,300,923 B2
• Filed: 10/27/2015
• Issued: 05/28/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Luebben, Ralf, Schneider, Klaus, Zymeri, Gafur, Blaschke, Volker
• Primary Examiner(s): Park, Ilwoo
• Application Number:
  US14/923,628
• Publication Number:
  US 20160114810A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,309 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0075 Automatic parameter input, automatic initialising or calibrating means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0082 for initialising the control system
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/45 External transmission of data to or from the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/00 Details of control systems for road vehicle drive control not related to the control of a particular sub-unit , e.g. process diagnostic or vehicle driver interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

Abstract

In a method for storing data in a motor vehicle: an application software executed on a control device of the motor vehicle connects, via a communication network of the motor vehicle, to a data storage device of the motor vehicle; the application software logically connects the connected data storage device to the control device; the application software accesses the connected data storage device via the communication network, and the application software optionally releases the connected data storage device.

Claims

1. A method for storing data in a motor vehicle having communications networks, the method comprising:

connecting, via one of the communication networks within the motor vehicle, an application software executed on one of control devices within the motor vehicle to a data storage device within the motor vehicle;

logically connecting, by the application software, the connected data storage device to the one of the control devices;

after the connection of the data storage device, requesting, by the application software, a transmission software realized on a connectivity control unit within the motor vehicle to transmit data stored in a location external to the motor vehicle into the motor vehicle and to write the data to the data storage device;

in response to the requesting, (i) transmitting, by the connectivity control unit, the data from the location external to the motor vehicle into the motor vehicle via an over-the-air (OTA) interface, and (ii) writing, by the connectivity control unit, the transmitted data to the data storage device;

after the writing of the transmitted data, gaining read access to the data storage device by the application software; and

after the gaining of the read access, reading, by the application software, the transmitted data from the data storage device, and using, by the application software, the read data;

wherein the one of the control devices connects to the data storage device via a central gateway that is within the motor vehicle,

wherein the data storage device is connected to the central gateway via the Ethernet, and

wherein the connection of the application software to the data storage device takes place according to an Internet protocol implemented in the central gateway, and the logical connection of the connected data storage device to the control device takes place using Scalable service-Oriented MiddlewarE over IP (SOME/IP) in a service-oriented communication using the Internet protocol.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the communication network is one of the following field busses:

a Controller Area Network, a MOST bus, or a FlexRay bus.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the data storage device is distributed over a plurality of domain control devices of the motor vehicle, networked via the communication network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the one of the communication networks is:

(i) an Ethernet, or (ii) a Controller Area Network (CAN), or (iii) a media-oriented systems transport (MOST) bus, or (iv) a FlexRay bus, wherein the connectivity control unit is connected to the central gateway by the Ethernet, and wherein further devices are networked to the central gateway via one of the CAN, the Ethernet, or the FlexRay bus.

5. A device for storing data in a motor vehicle having communication networks, comprising:

a control unit, including a processor, configured to perform the following;

connecting, via one of the communication networks within the motor vehicle, an application software executed on the control unit to a data storage device within the motor vehicle, the control unit being within the motor vehicle;

logically connecting, by the application software, the connected data storage device to the control unit;

after the connection of the data storage device, requesting, by the application software, a transmission software realized on a connectivity control unit within the motor vehicle to transmit data stored in a location external to the motor vehicle into the motor vehicle and to write the transmitted data to the data storage device wherein the connectivity control unit, in response to the requesting;

(i) transmitting the data from the location external to the motor vehicle into the motor vehicle via an over-the-air (OTA) interface, and (ii) writing the transmitted data to the data storage device; and

after the writing of the transmitted data by the transmission software, gaining read access to the data storage device by the application software;

after the gaining of the read access, reading, by the application software, the transmitted data from the data storage device, and using, by the application software, the read data; and

after the reading, releasing the connected data storage device by the application software;

wherein the control unit connects to the data storage device via a central gateway that is within the motor vehicle,

wherein the data storage device is connected to the central gateway via the Ethernet, and

wherein the connection of the application software to the data storage device takes place according to an Internet protocol implemented in the central gateway, and the logical connection of the connected data storage device to the control device using Scalable service-Oriented MiddlewarE over IP (SOME/IP) in a service-oriented communication using the Internet protocol.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein the one of the communication networks is:

(i) an Ethernet, or (ii) a Controller Area Network (CAN), or (iii) a media-oriented systems transport (MOST) bus, or (iv) a FlexRay bus, wherein the connectivity control unit is connected to the central gateway by the Ethernet and wherein further devices are networked to the central gateway via one of the CAN, the Ethernet, or the FlexRay bus.

7. A non-transitory, computer-readable data storage medium storing a computer program, which is executable on a processor, comprising:

a program code arrangement having program code for storing data in a motor vehicle having communication networks, by performing the following;

connecting, via one of the communication networks within the motor vehicle, an application software executed on a control device within the motor vehicle to a data storage device within the motor vehicle;

logically connecting, by the application software, the connected data storage device to the control device; and

after the connection of the data storage device, requesting, by the application software, a transmission software realized on a connectivity control unit within the motor vehicle to transmit data stored in a location external to the motor vehicle into the motor vehicle and to write the data to the data storage device, wherein the connectivity control unit, in response to the requesting;

(i) transmitting the data from the location external to the motor vehicle into the motor vehicle via an over-the-air (OTA) interface, and (ii) writing the transmitted data to the data storage device;

after the writing of the data by the transmission software, gaining read access to the data storage device by the application software; and

after the gaining of the read access, reading, by the application software, the transmitted data from the data storage device, and using, by the application software, the read data;

wherein the control device connects to the data storage device via a central gateway that is within the motor vehicle,

wherein the data storage device is connected to the central gateway via the Ethernet, and

wherein the connection of the application software to the data storage device takes place according to an Internet protocol implemented in the central gateway, and the logical connection of the connected data storage device to the control device using Scalable service-Oriented MiddlewarE over IP (SOME/IP) in a service-oriented communication using the Internet protocol.

8. The data storage medium of claim 7, wherein the one of the communication networks is:

(i) an Ethernet, or (ii) a Controller Area Network (CAN), or (iii) a media-oriented systems transport (MOST) bus, or (iv) a FlexRay bus, wherein the connectivity control unit is connected to the central gateway by the Ethernet and wherein further devices are networked to the central gateway via one of the CAN, the Ethernet, or the FlexRay bus.