Updating electronic controller through telematics

• US 10,353,691 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2016
• Issued: 07/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cummins Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Cummins Incorporated
• Inventors: Richter, Scott David, Eftimovski, Gorance V., Srinivasan, Prasanna, Mattern, Michael F., Kivett, William A., Tarkas, Ankit R, Lauterio, Tomas Lopez, Milvert, Thomas J., Hamilton, Troy D., Wall, John C., Namuduri, Srikanth
• Primary Examiner(s): Antonucci, Anne M
• Application Number:
  US15/282,877
• Publication Number:
  US 20180095742A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,019 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/18 Network protocols supporting networked applications, e.g. including control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

Systems and methods to update the calibration data of a control system includes a calibration system. The calibration system includes a first cloud connected application system structured to communicatively couple to a second cloud connected application system, determine, via at least one of the first cloud connected application system or the second cloud connected application system, a calibration update request corresponding to a control system, generate custom calibration data including preference data based on at least one of the calibration update request or the preference data, and provide the custom calibration data during at least one of an active engine state or an inactive engine state, wherein the custom calibration data is transmitted from the second memory portion to the first memory portion in response to the inactive engine state.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining, by a cloud-based system, a calibration update request corresponding to a control system of a vehicle, the control system comprising a first memory portion and a second memory portion;

generating, by the cloud-based system, custom calibration data based on the calibration update request;

providing, by the cloud-based system, the custom calibration data to the second memory portion during an active engine state; and

generating, by the cloud-based system, a command structured to provide the custom calibration data to the first memory portion during an inactive engine state.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the calibration update request corresponding to the control system.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein first calibration data is caused, by the cloud-based system, to be transmitted from the first memory portion to the second memory portion during the active engine state or the inactive engine state so that a back-up copy of the first calibration data is provided in the second memory portion.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising receiving an input to utilize the first calibration data and, in response, causing transmission of the first calibration data from the second memory portion to the first memory portion.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the custom calibration data comprises preference data, updated calibration data, or a combination thereof.

6. An apparatus comprising:

a calibration system structured to;

determine a calibration update request corresponding to a control system of a vehicle, the control system comprising a first memory portion and a second memory portion;

generate custom calibration data comprising preference data based on at least one of the calibration update request or the preference data; and

provide the custom calibration data during at least one of an active engine state or an inactive engine state of the vehicle, wherein the custom calibration data is transmitted from the second memory portion to the first memory portion in response to the inactive engine state.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the calibration system is structured to utilize one or more application programming interfaces.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the calibration system is further structured to generate, via at least one of a direct or indirect application programming interface, the calibration update request corresponding to the control system.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the calibration system is further structured to generate a calibration update repository comprising equipment associated with updated calibration data.

10. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the calibration system is further structured to provide an access identifier structured to establish a secured session with the control system.

11. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the calibration system is communicatively coupled to a telematics system structured to utilize one or more application programming interfaces and a telematics unit provided with the vehicle.

12. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the calibration system is communicatively coupled to a telematics unit structured to generate a command structured to transmit first calibration data from the first memory portion to the second memory portion during the active engine state or the inactive engine state.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein calibration system is communicatively coupled to the telematics unit structured to generate a command structured to transmit the first calibration data from the second memory portion to the first memory portion.

14. A calibration system for remotely updating calibration data of a control system of a vehicle, the calibration system comprising:

at least one processing circuit coupled to at least one memory device that stores instructions that, when executed by the at least one processing circuit, cause the calibration system to perform operations comprising;

determine a calibration update request corresponding to the control system of the vehicle;

generate custom calibration data comprising preference data based on the calibration update request;

provide the custom calibration data to a second memory portion of the control system of the vehicle during an active engine state; and

provide the custom calibration data to a first memory portion of the control system of the vehicle in response to receiving an indication of an inactive engine state.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the calibration system is further structured to receive the calibration update request corresponding to the control system.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the calibration system is further structured to generate the calibration update request corresponding to the control system.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the calibration system is structured to operate wirelessly via over air transfer, a wireless chip, wireless circuit, wireless communication network, or a combination thereof.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

determining a calibration update request corresponding to a control system of a vehicle, the control system comprising a first memory portion and a second memory portion;

generating custom calibration data comprising preference data based on the calibration update request;

providing the custom calibration data to the second memory portion during an active engine state or an inactive engine state; and

generating a command structured to provide the custom calibration data to the first memory portion in response to an inactive engine state.