SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STANDARDIZING VEHICLE NETWORK DATA ACROSS VEHICLE PRODUCT LINES

• US 20110055292A1
• Filed: 09/03/2009
• Published: 03/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies Incorporated (Visteon Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies Incorporated (Visteon Corporation)
• Inventors: Mikolajczak, Matthew Mark, Madau, Dinu Petre
• Application Number:
  US12/553,307
• Publication Number:
  US 20110055292A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/809
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4625 Single bridge functionality, e.g. connection of two networks over a single bridge
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/40215 Controller Area Network CAN
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/40273 the transportation system being a vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/103 in the network

Abstract

A gateway system includes a vehicle network having a network data, a processor for extracting the network data from the vehicle network and converting the network data into a standardized data having an open source format, and a broadcaster in communication with the processor to receive the standardized data and transmit the standardized data to a user device, wherein the user device for use thereby.

Claims

1. A gateway system comprising:

a vehicle network having a network data;

a processor for extracting the network data from the vehicle network and converting the network data into a standardized data having an open source format; and

a broadcaster in communication with the processor to receive the standardized data and transmit the standardized data to a user device for use thereby.

2. The gateway system according to claim 1, wherein the broadcaster transmits the standardized data using at least one of a universal serial bus, a wireless protocol, a fire wire, and a radio signal.

3. The gateway system according to claim 1, further comprising a look-up table in communication with the processor, the look-up table having a catalog and a mapping of specific network protocols associated with various vehicle lines and manufacturers.

4. The gateway system according to claim 3, wherein the converting of the network data into the standardized data is accomplished by using information in the look-up table.

5. The gateway system according to claim 1, further comprising a storage device in data communication with the processor and adapted to store a software application for receiving the standardized data and providing a feedback based upon the standardized data.

6. The gateway system according to claim 1, further comprising a programmable component in data communication with the processor.

7. A gateway system comprising:

a vehicle network having a network data; and

a processor in uni-directional communication with the vehicle network to extract the network data from the vehicle network and convert the network data into a standardized data having a vehicle independent format; and

a broadcaster in communication with the processor to receive the standardized data and transmit the standardized data to a user device, wherein the user device is interconnected with the gateway module for bi-directional data communication.

8. The gateway system according to claim 7, wherein the broadcaster transmits the standardized data using at least one of a universal serial bus, a wireless protocol, a fire wire, and a radio signal.

9. The gateway system according to claim 7, further comprising a look-up table in communication with the processor, the look-up table having a catalog and a mapping of specific network protocols associated with various vehicle lines and manufacturers.

10. The gateway system according to claim 9, wherein the converting of the network data into the standardized data is accomplished by using information in the look-up table.

11. The gateway system according to claim 7, further comprising a storage device in data communication with the processor and adapted to store a software application for receiving the standardized data and providing a feedback based upon the standardized data.

12. The gateway system according to claim 7, wherein the user device includes a software application for receiving the standardized data and providing a feedback based upon the standardized data.

13. The gateway system according to claim 12, wherein the software application is an open source applet.

14. The gateway system according to claim 7, wherein the vehicle independent format is an open source data format.

15. The gateway system according to claim 7, wherein the processor is interconnected to the Internet.

16. A method for standardizing data on a vehicle network, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a vehicle network having a network data;

extracting the network data;

converting the network data into a standardized data having a vehicle independent format; and

providing a programmable interface to receive the standardized data and generate a feedback based upon the standardized data.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the converting of the network data into the standardized data is accomplished by using information in the look-up table.

18. The method according to claim 16, wherein the programmable interface includes a software application to generate the feedback.

19. The method according to claim 16, wherein the vehicle independent format is an open source data format.

20. The method according to claim 16, wherein the programmable interface includes an open source applet to generate the feedback.