Method and system for validating states of components of vehicle

• US 10,325,423 B1
• Filed: 03/09/2018
• Issued: 06/18/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: ANI Technologies Private Limited
• Inventors: Mannan, Azimul, Jiwani, Moiaz
• Primary Examiner(s): Girma, Fekadeselassie
• Application Number:
  US15/916,553
• Publication Number:
  US 20190188928A1
• Time in Patent Office: 466 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/006 Indicating maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0808 Diagnosing performance data testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0816 Indicating performance data, e.g. occurrence of a malfunction
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0841 Registering performance data recording measured values G01D; information storage G11B

Abstract

A system and a method for validating states of one or more components of a vehicle are provided. The system includes circuitry that receives an event, determines associated priority level based on first mapping. The circuitry identifies the one or more components associated with the priority level based on a second mapping. The circuitry identifies one or more parameters associated with each of the one or more components, and generates a query message. The query message is a function of either the one or more components or the one or more parameters. The circuitry transmits the query message to the vehicle, and receives the values of the one or more parameters from the vehicle. The circuitry validates the state of one or more components by matching the values of the one or more parameters to corresponding stored values of the one or more parameters.

Claims

1. A method for validating states of one or more components of a vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving, by a server, an event over a first communication network, wherein a priority level of a set of priority levels is associated with the event, based on a first mapping between events and priority levels;

determining, by the server, the priority level corresponding to the event;

identifying, by the server, the one or more components associated with the priority level, wherein the one or more components are associated with the priority level based on a second mapping between priority levels and components;

identifying, by the server, one or more parameters associated with each of the one or more components;

generating, by the server, a query message, wherein the query message is a function of at least one of the one or more components or the one or more parameters;

transmitting to the vehicle, by the server, the query message over the first communication network;

receiving, by the server, values of the one or more parameters over the first communication network; and

validating, by the server, the state of one or more components by matching the values of the one or more parameters to corresponding stored values of the one or more parameters.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting, by the server, at least one of an action command or one or more parameter check commands when the values of the one or more parameters do not match the corresponding stored values of the one or more parameters.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the action command is associated with one or more actions, and wherein the one or more actions include immobilizing the vehicle, transmitting a notification to a driver of the vehicle, governing a speed of the vehicle, or changing states of the one or more parameters.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating, by the server, a first identification number based on the values of the one or more parameters.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising generating, by the server, a second identification number based on the stored values of the one or more parameters.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising comparing, by the server, the first identification number to the second identification number, wherein the states of one or more components of the vehicle are validated when the first identification number matches the second identification number, and wherein the server transmits at least one of an action command or one or more parameter check commands when the values of the one or more parameters do not match the corresponding stored values of the one or more parameters.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the priority level includes at least one of a critical, a high, a medium, or a low priority.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein each parameter of the one or more parameters corresponds to a physical parameter associated with a component of the vehicle.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the event corresponds to at least one of a modification in a state of the vehicle, an action performed by a driver of the vehicle, an action performed by a passenger of the vehicle, or exhaustion of a designated time period.

10. A method for validating states of one or more components of a vehicle, the method comprising:

identifying an event, by a device in communication with the one or more components of the vehicle;

transmitting, by the device to a remote server, the event over a first communication network, wherein a priority level of a set of priority levels is associated with the event based on a first mapping between events and priority levels, wherein the one or more components are associated with the priority level based on a second mapping between priority levels and components, and wherein one or more parameters are associated with each of the one or more components;

receiving, by the device from the remote server, a query message over the first communication network wherein the query message is a function of at least one of the one or more components or the one or more parameters;

determining, by the device, one or more identification units associated with the one or more parameters;

querying the one or more identification units for values of the one or more parameters based on the received query message, wherein values of the one or more parameters are determined and transmitted by the one or more identification units over a second communication network to the device; and

transmitting, by the device, the values of the one or more parameters over the first communication network, wherein the states of the one or more components are validated by the remote server by matching the values of the one or more parameters to stored values of the one or more parameters.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising receiving, by the device, at least one of an action command or one or more parameter check commands from the server when the one or more parameters do not match to the stored values of the one or more parameters, wherein the device executes an action associated with the action command.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising executing at least one of an action and validate states of one or more components based on the action command and the one or more parameter check commands, respectively.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the one or more identification units include one or more sensors for determining the one of more parameters.

14. A system of validating states of one or more components of a vehicle, the system comprising:

circuitry configured to;

receive an event over a first communication network, wherein a priority level of a set of priority levels is associated with the event based on a first mapping between events and priority levels;

determine the priority level corresponding to the event;

identify the one or more components associated with the priority level, wherein the one or more components are associated with the priority level based on a second mapping between priority levels and components;

identify one or more parameters associated with each of the one or more components;

generate a query message, wherein the query message is a function of at least one of the one or more components or the one or more parameters;

transmit to the vehicle the query message over the first communication network;

receive values of the one or more parameters over the first communication network; and

validate the state of one or more components by matching the values of the one or more parameters to corresponding stored values of the one or more parameters.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the circuitry is further configured to transmit at least one of an action command or one or more parameter check commands when the values of the one or more parameters do not match to the corresponding stored values of the one or more parameters.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the action command is associated with one or more actions, and wherein the one or more actions include immobilizing the vehicle, transmitting a notification to a driver of the vehicle, governing a speed of the vehicle, or changing states of the one or more parameters.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the circuitry is further configured to generate first and second identification numbers based on the values of the one or more parameters and the stored values of the one or more parameters, respectively.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

compare the first identification number to the second identification number for validation of the states of the one or more components, wherein the states of one or more components of the vehicle are validated when the first identification number matches the second identification number, and

transmit at least one of an action command or one or more parameter check commands when the values of the one or more parameters do not match the corresponding stored values of the one or more parameters.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the priority level includes at least one of a critical, a high, a medium, or a low priority.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein the event corresponds to at least one of a modification in a state of the vehicle, an action performed by a driver of the vehicle, an action performed by a passenger of the vehicle, or exhaustion of a designated time period.