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Remote vehicle data collection system

  • US 10,431,015 B2
  • Filed: 11/27/2015
  • Issued: 10/01/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A remote vehicle data collection system, comprising:

  • A subject vehicle;

    a center including a center processor that manages traveling information of a plurality of vehicles and a center memory/storage storing a program performed by the center processor, whereinthe center processor is configured to prescribe, based on an input from an external terminal, to a subject vehicle through wireless communication, at least one of a type of vehicle data to be collected, a conditional expression with a determination factor used when collecting the vehicle data, a sampling cycle when collecting the vehicle data, and a checking cycle of the conditional expression with the determination factor,the center processor is configured to read, through wireless communication, the vehicle data collected based on the prescription,the center processor includes a check criterion,the center processor is configured to check, based on the check criterion, appropriateness of the at least one of the type of the vehicle data, the conditional expression with the determination factor, the sampling cycle, and the checking cycle that is prescribed to the subject vehicle and is set based on the input from the external terminal to collect the vehicle data,the subject vehicle includes a vehicle electronic control unit (ECU) and a vehicle processor, which is configured to check whether resources of the subject vehicle are appropriate,the vehicle processor is configured to check whether the resources of the subject vehicle are appropriate when the vehicle data is collected based on the prescription from the center, anda lower limit of the sampling cycle is set for each item of the vehicle data to improve reliability of operation of the vehicle ECU of the subject vehicle, whereinthe center has a database as the check criterion,the database is configured to associate the type of the subject vehicle with a type of vehicle data that is collectable in a vehicle of the type of the subject vehicle,the center processor is configured to identify, based on the database, a type of vehicle data that corresponds to the type of the subject vehicle, andthe center processor is configured to determine that the type of the vehicle data is appropriate on condition that the identified type of vehicle data agrees with the type of the vehicle data that has been prescribed as a subject to be collected to the subject vehicle, whereinthe database is configured to associate a settable range of the checking cycle with the conditional expression with the determination factor,the center processor is configured to identify, based on the database, the settable range of the checking cycle in the conditional expression with the determination factor that corresponds to the type of the subject vehicle, andthe center processor is configured to determine that the checking cycle is appropriate on condition that the checking cycle prescribed to the subject vehicle is within the identified range.

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