Method and apparatus for a vehicular wireless network
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of devices located inside or upon an automobile, with each device possessing a wireless link;
a graphic user interface located within said automobile, accessible to the driver of said automobile; and
a processing unit located within said automobile that exchanges signals with the devices and the graphic user interface via a plurality of wireless links.
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Abstract
A vehicular wireless network is formed by connecting a plurality of sensor devices and automobile subsystem devices to a processing unit with wireless links. Similarly, a vehicular wireless network is formed by connecting a plurality of sensor devices and automobile subsystem devices located in various compartments of an automobile to a signal interface located in the same compartment with wireless links. The signal interfaces and processing unit are then linked by a bus that is installed to run through all the automobile compartments.
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28 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a plurality of devices located inside or upon an automobile, with each device possessing a wireless link;
a graphic user interface located within said automobile, accessible to the driver of said automobile; and
a processing unit located within said automobile that exchanges signals with the devices and the graphic user interface via a plurality of wireless links. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus, comprising:
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a graphic user interface located within said automobile, accessible to the driver of said automobile, and possessing a wireless link;
a plurality of wireless signal interface units located within said automobile that exchange signals with devices and the graphic user interface via a plurality of wireless links;
a processing unit located within said automobile; and
a fiber-optic bus connecting the wireless signal interface units and the processing unit. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20)
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13. A method for implementing a vehicular wireless network, comprising:
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wirelessly transmitting input data from a plurality of devices to a processing unit located within an automobile;
wirelessly transmitting input data from a graphic user interface located within the automobile and accessible to the driver of the automobile to the processing unit;
forming a set of output data by processing the input data according to a plurality of communication, situational awareness, and vehicle management functions stored in a computer-readable memory; and
wirelessly transmitting subsets of the output data to the graphic user interface and selected ones of the plurality of devices.
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17. A method for implementing a vehicular wireless network, comprising:
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wirelessly transmitting input data from a plurality of devices to a selected one of a plurality of wireless signal interface units located within an automobile;
wirelessly transmitting input data from a graphic user interface located within the automobile and accessible to the driver of the automobile to a selected one of the wireless signal interface units;
transmitting input data received on said wireless signal interface units to a processor unit via a fiber-optic bus connecting said wireless signal interface units and said processor units;
forming a set of output data by processing the input data according to a plurality of communication, situational awareness, and vehicle management functions stored in a computer-readable memory;
transmitting subsets of the output data to selected ones of the wireless signal interface units via the fiber-optic bus; and
wirelessly transmitting subsets of the output data to the graphic user interface and selected ones of the plurality of devices.
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21. A single data bus located in a vehicle, comprising:
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a front section located in an engine section of the vehicle and interfacing with devices located in the engine section;
a middle section located in a passenger section of the vehicle and interfacing with devices located in the passenger section;
a rear section located in a rear section of the vehicle and interfacing with devices located in the rear section; and
the front, middle, and rear sections of the data bus each transferring data from the devices to other devices located in other sections of the vehicle through the bus. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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