ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS AND CONTROL MODULE
First Claim
1. A system for controlling a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a plurality of vehicle components;
an electronic communication and control module (ECCM) comprising hardware and software, wherein in the ECCM includes hardware and software having a modular design, redundant functionality and that is upgradeable and wherein the ECCM is connected to the plurality of vehicle components and connectable to a remote computing resources; and
at least one display unit connected to the ECCM.
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Abstract
The present invention includes a system for controlling a motor vehicle. A combination of hardware and software that is modular, redundant and upgradeable communicates with a plurality of vehicle components. The hardware and software combination also communicates with remote computing resources. The system includes a display in the vehicle. The invention also includes an electronic communications and control module that has hardware and software cooperating to facilitate operation of a motor vehicle by using the protocol layer to translate between the device drivers and other software. The hardware includes several identical, hot-swappable circuit boards and one or more communication devices. Both the software and the hardware of the module are upgradeable. And the module may use communication devices to off load computation or storage for one or more vehicle components onto remote computing resources.
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16 Claims
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1. A system for controlling a motor vehicle, comprising:
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a plurality of vehicle components; an electronic communication and control module (ECCM) comprising hardware and software, wherein in the ECCM includes hardware and software having a modular design, redundant functionality and that is upgradeable and wherein the ECCM is connected to the plurality of vehicle components and connectable to a remote computing resources; and at least one display unit connected to the ECCM. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An electronic communications and control module, comprising:
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hardware including a plurality of identical, hot-swappable, circuit boards and one or more communication devices; and software including a protocol layer situated between one or more device drivers and the remainder of the software, wherein the hardware and software
1) cooperate to facilitate operation of a motor vehicle by using the protocol layer to translate between the device drivers and the remainder of the software;
2) are upgradeable; and
3) off load computation or storage for one or more vehicle components onto remote computing resources. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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