Vehicle Management and Control System
First Claim
1. A machine for managing and controlling a vehicle, comprising:
- a) a main computer,b) a main operating system installed on said computer,c) a main program installed on said computer.
0 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
One embodiment of a vehicle management and control system having a main computer (200) installed with a main operating system (202) and a master control framework (204). The vehicle management and control system is capable of managing and controlling all or most of a vehicle'"'"'s functions through the vehicle'"'"'s systems and subsystems. Consequently, this could remove the need for complex embedded systems in vehicles and/or allow such embedded systems to be substituted by more simplified versions and/or greatly reduce the number of embedded systems and their responsibilities. The vehicle management and control system also employs hardware, software and communications protocols that are compatible with the general computer industry. Other embodiments are described and shown.
7 Citations
3 Claims
-
1. A machine for managing and controlling a vehicle, comprising:
-
a) a main computer, b) a main operating system installed on said computer, c) a main program installed on said computer. - View Dependent Claims (2)
-
-
3. A method of managing and controlling a vehicle'"'"'s systems and subsystems, comprising:
-
a) providing a memory which is able to store; i) input information obtained from said vehicle systems and subsystems, ii) output information for despatch to said vehicle systems and subsystems, and iii) feedback information obtained from said vehicle systems and subsystem b) providing one or more output devices which are operatively connected to said memory which is able to graphically, audibly, and/or textually represent said feedback information to a human operator. c) providing a memory controller which will; i) obtain input information from said vehicle systems and subsystems, and store said input information to an available location in said memory, ii) make logic decisions based on said input information, and store said logic decisions to an available location in said memory, iii) despatch said logic decisions in the form of output information to said vehicle systems and subsystems for action, iv) obtain feedback information from said vehicle systems and subsystems, and store said feedback information to an available location in said memory, and v) despatch said feedback information to said one or more output devices so that said feedback information can be conveyed to a human operator.
-
Specification