Web-enabled configurable quality data collection tool

• US 20050080606A1
• Filed: 09/24/2004
• Published: 04/14/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Motors Corporation (Motors Liquidation Co. GUC Trust)
• Original Assignee: General Motors Corporation (Motors Liquidation Co. GUC Trust)
• Inventors: Ampunan, Nathan D., Ross, Steven J., Ravas, Jeffrey G.
• Application Number:
  US10/949,787
• Publication Number:
  US 20050080606A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 703/8
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 17/007 Wheeled or endless-tracked vehicles G01M17/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2111/02 CAD in a network environment, e.g. collaborative CAD or distributed simulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/15 Vehicle, aircraft or watercraft design
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0841 Registering performance data recording measured values G01D; information storage G11B
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles

Abstract

A method and system for configuring trigger parameters for captured test fleet vehicle data collection. The method includes selecting at least one vehicle identifier from a captured test fleet database, associating at least one trigger condition with the at least one selected vehicle identifier in the database, associating at least one vehicle parameter to be collected at an occurrence of the at least one associated trigger condition with the selected vehicle identifier in the database, and sending the at least one associated trigger condition and the at least one associated vehicle parameter from the database to a telematics unit of at least one test vehicle associated with the vehicle identifier via a wireless connection.

Claims

1. A method of configuring trigger parameters for captured test fleet vehicle data collection, the method comprising:

selecting at least one vehicle identifier from a captured test fleet database;

associating at least one trigger condition with the at least one selected vehicle identifier in the database;

associating at least one vehicle parameter to be collected at an occurrence of the at least one associated trigger condition with the selected vehicle identifier in the database; and

sending the at least one associated trigger condition and the at least one associated vehicle parameter from the database to a telematics unit of at least one test vehicle associated with the vehicle identifier via a wireless connection.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

establishing the at least one associated trigger condition and the at least one associated vehicle parameter as a template for vehicle fleet data collection.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein vehicle trigger conditions are configured via a wireless connection by an at least one client.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein associating at least one trigger condition with the selected vehicle identifier further comprises:

selecting at least one trigger condition from a list of trigger conditions to be related to the at least one selected vehicle identifier.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein associating at least one vehicle parameter with the selected vehicle identifier in the database further comprises:

selecting at least one vehicle parameter from a list of vehicle parameters to be related to the at least one selected vehicle identifier.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one associated vehicle parameter is collected from the at least one test vehicle in response to the occurrence of the at least one sent associated trigger condition.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the at least one collected vehicle parameter is provided via the Internet to an at least one client.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one trigger condition further comprises:

a number of ignition cycles, a specific time and date, an oil lifetime, a GPS location, a distance indicated on an odometer, a time elapsed, a request for a continuous operation, a user initiated call request, a diagnostic trouble code, or a combination thereof.

9. A computer readable medium storing a computer program comprising:

computer readable code for selecting at least one vehicle identifier from a captured test fleet database;

computer readable code for associating at least one trigger condition with the selected vehicle identifier in the database;

computer readable code for associating at least one vehicle parameter to be collected at an occurrence of the at least one associated trigger condition with the selected vehicle identifier in the database; and

computer readable code for sending the at least one associated trigger condition and the at least one associated vehicle parameter from the database to a telematics unit of at least one test vehicle associated with the vehicle identifier via a wireless connection.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 9 wherein the computer readable medium is a stand-alone application.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 9 wherein the computer readable code is implemented in a hardware-neutral computer language.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 11 wherein the hardware-neutral computer language is selected from the group consisting of Java and C#.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 9 further comprising:

computer readable code for establishing the at least one trigger condition and the at least one selected vehicle parameter as a template for vehicle fleet data collection.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 9 further comprising:

computer readable program code for selecting at least one trigger condition from a number of ignition cycles, a specific time and date, an oil lifetime, a GPS location, a distance indicated on an odometer, a time elapsed, a request for a continuous operation, a user initiated call request, a diagnostic trouble code, or a combination thereof.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 9 further comprising:

computer readable program code for collecting at least one associated vehicle parameter from the at least one test vehicle in response to the occurrence of the at least one sent associated trigger condition.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15 further comprising:

computer readable program code for providing the at least one collected vehicle parameter via the Internet to an at least one client.

17. A system for configuring trigger parameters for captured test fleet vehicle data collection, the system comprising:

means for selecting at least one vehicle identifier from a captured test fleet database;

means for associating at least one trigger condition with the selected vehicle identifier in the database;

means for associating at least one vehicle parameter to be collected at an occurrence of the at least one associated trigger condition with the selected vehicle identifier in the database; and

means for sending the at least one associated trigger condition and the at least one associated vehicle parameter from the database to a telematics unit of at least one test vehicle associated with the vehicle identifier via a wireless connection.

18. The system of claim 17 further comprising means for configuring vehicle trigger conditions via a wireless medium by an at least one client.

19. The system of claim 17 further comprising means for collecting at least one associated vehicle parameter from the at least one test vehicle associated with the vehicle identifier in response to the occurrence of the at least one sent associated trigger condition.

20. The system of claim 17 further comprising means for establishing the at least one associated trigger condition and the at least one associated vehicle parameter as a template for vehicle fleet data collection.