VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20090258642A1
• Filed: 04/13/2009
• Published: 10/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: EASE Diagnostics
• Original Assignee: EASE Diagnostics
• Inventors: Golenski, Stephen S.
• Application Number:
  US12/422,436
• Publication Number:
  US 20090258642A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/426.100
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/205 Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental

Abstract

A system for wireless device based vehicle communications. The system includes a vehicle electronics bus, at least one or more vehicle electrical systems electrically connected to the vehicle electrical bus, a monitoring and control system electrically connected to the vehicle bus, at least one sensor electrically connected to the monitoring and control system, and a wireless transceiver electrically connected to the monitoring and control system wherein the wireless transceiver is configured to transmit vehicle information from the monitoring and control system to a wireless device and to receive instructions from the wireless device.

Claims

1. A system for wireless device based vehicle communications, the system comprising:

a vehicle electronics bus;

at least one or more vehicle electrical systems electrically connected to the vehicle electrical bus;

a monitoring and control system electrically connected to the vehicle bus;

at least one sensor electrically connected to the monitoring and control system; and

a wireless transceiver electrically connected to the monitoring and control system wherein the wireless transceiver is configured to transmit vehicle information from the monitoring and control system to a wireless device and to receive instructions from the wireless device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one sensor is an accelerometer.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the accelerometer is a three axis accelerometer.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the wireless transceiver is a personal area network enabled transceiver.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the wireless device is a personal area network enabled wireless device, wherein the personal area network is a low power, close proximity network.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the wireless device is a cellular telephone.

7. The system of claim 5 wherein the wireless device is a cellular data modem.

8. The system of claim 5 wherein a second wireless device is used to connect to the personal area network enabled wireless device.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the second wireless device connects to the personal area network enabled wireless device via a cellular network.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein the second wireless device connects to the personal area network enabled wireless device via a wireless data network.

11. A portable system for wireless device based vehicle communications, the system comprising:

a diagnostic system;

at least one sensor electrically connected to the diagnostic system; and

a wireless device operably connected to the diagnostic system configured to receive vehicle information from the diagnostic system.

12. The system of claim 11 further comprising a wireless transceiver electrically connected to the diagnostic system wherein the wireless transceiver is configured to transmit vehicle information from the diagnostic system to the wireless device.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the at least one sensor is an accelerometer.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the accelerometer is a three axis accelerometer.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the wireless transceiver is a personal area network enabled transceiver, wherein the personal area network is a low power, close proximity network.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the wireless device is a personal are network enabled wireless device.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the wireless device is a cellular telephone.