Method and Apparatus for Alarm Control

• US 20140111357A1
• Filed: 10/22/2012
• Published: 04/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Hatton, David Anthony, Kleve, Robert Bruce, Beiser, Joseph Carl, Esselink, Chad Evert, Van Wiemeersch, John Robert, Jack, Arthur Van, Krozal, Christian, Roberts, David Randolph, Tobolski, Tricia
• Application Number:
  US13/656,951
• Publication Number:
  US 20140111357A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/991
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/009 Signalling of the alarm condition to a substation whose identity is signalled to a central station, e.g. relaying alarm signals in order to extend communication range
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/014 Alarm signalling to a central station with two-way communication, e.g. with signalling back
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/44 for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

A system includes a processor in communication with a vehicle computing system (VCS) and a remote target. The processor is configured to receive an alarm message from the VCS, including GPS coordinates. The processor is further configured to interpret the alarm message to retrieve at least the GPS coordinates. The processor is also configured to perform reverse geocoding on the GPS coordinates to associate an address with the GPS coordinates. Also, the processor is configured to package the address in a new alarm message. Finally, the processor is configured to send the new alarm message to the remote destination target

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a processor in communication with a vehicle computing system (VCS) and a remote target, configured to;

receive an alarm message from the VCS, including GPS coordinates;

interpret the alarm message to retrieve at least the GPS coordinates;

perform reverse geo-coding on the GPS coordinates to associate an address with the GPS coordinates;

package the address in a new alarm message; and

send the new alarm message to the remote destination target.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the alarm message is encoded.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to retrieve in case of emergency (ICE) information from a storage associated with the processor and forward the message to at least once ICE contact.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to retrieve in case of emergency (ICE) information from a storage associated with the processor and include information relating to at least one ICE contact in the new alarm message.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to receive an acknowledgement from the remote target that the new alarm message was received.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to send the acknowledgement to the VCS.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor periodically receives updated messages from the VCS, sent based at least in part on a passage of time or vehicle change in position.

8. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving an alarm message from a vehicle computing system (VCS), including vehicle GPS coordinates;

interpreting the alarm message to retrieve at least the GPS coordinates;

performing reverse geo-coding on the GPS coordinates to associate an address with the GPS coordinates;

packaging the address in a new alarm message; and

sending the new alarm message to the remote destination target.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the alarm message is encoded.

10. The method of claim 8, further including retrieving in case of emergency (ICE) information from a storage associated with the processor and forwarding the message to at least once ICE contact.

11. The method of claim 8, further including retrieving in case of emergency (ICE) information from a storage associated with the processor and including information relating to at least one ICE contact in the new alarm message.

12. The method of claim 8, further including receiving an acknowledgement from the remote target that the new alarm message was received.

13. The method of claim 12, further including sending the acknowledgement to the VCS.

14. The method of claim 13, further including encoding the acknowledgement before sending the acknowledgement to the VCS.

15. A computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a vehicle computing system, cause the vehicle computing system to perform the method comprising:

receiving an alarm message from a vehicle computing system (VCS), including vehicle GPS coordinates;

interpreting the alarm message to retrieve at least the GPS coordinates;

performing reverse geo-coding on the GPS coordinates to associate an address with the GPS coordinates;

packaging the address in a new alarm message; and

sending the new alarm message to the remote destination target.

16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the alarm message is encoded.

17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the method further includes retrieving in case of emergency (ICE) information from a storage associated with the processor and forwarding the message to at least once ICE contact.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the method further includes retrieving in case of emergency (ICE) information from a storage associated with the processor and including information relating to at least one ICE contact in the new alarm message.

19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the method further includes receiving an acknowledgement from the remote target that the new alarm message was received.

20. The computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the method further includes sending the acknowledgement to the VCS.