AUGMENTING HANDSET SENSORS WITH CAR SENSORS

• US 20140125489A1
• Filed: 11/08/2012
• Published: 05/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Heckford, Andrew Charles, Andic, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 9,858,809 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/870.01
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0816 Indicating performance data, e.g. occurrence of a malfunction
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 19/00 Electric signal transmission systems G08C17/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, and computer programmable media for generating applications configured to access telemetry from at least one vehicle, the applications being generated by a consumer-programmable platform, are presented. The application may display data indicative of the vehicle telemetry or may allow a user to interface with the vehicle telemetry. Examples of vehicle telemetry may include data about the health and status of the vehicle, such as the current temperature of the vehicle engine or the current speed of the vehicle. Embodiments may generate applications configured to access telemetry from multiple vehicles built by different automobile manufacturers.

Claims

1. A method for generating an application by a device, the method comprising:

interfacing with a vehicle by the device;

determining, by the device, what type of vehicle is being interfaced with;

receiving, at the device, sensor data indicative of vehicle telemetry from the vehicle;

generating, at the device, the application, utilizing the sensor data and being derived from an application program interface platform; and

displaying the application on an output device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the device is a mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the receiving the sensor data is enabled based on determining what type of vehicle is being interfaced with.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

interfacing with a second vehicle by the device;

determining, by the device, what is the type of the second vehicle being interfaced with;

receiving, at the device, second sensor data indicative of second vehicle telemetry from the second vehicle;

generating, at the device, a second application, utilizing the second sensor data and being derived from the application program interface platform; and

displaying the second application on a second output device.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising directing the device, using the application, to transmit data to another mobile device, access point, base station, or server.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising directing the device, using the application, to retrieve data from the Internet.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising determining, using the application, at least one command to send to the vehicle;

the determination based at least in part on the sensor data; and

sending the at least one command to the vehicle, using the application.

8. An apparatus configured to be communicatively coupled to a first vehicle and a second vehicle, comprising:

a receiver, adaptable to receive first sensor data indicative of first vehicle telemetry from the first vehicle and second sensor data indicative of second vehicle telemetry from the second vehicle, the first vehicle and second vehicle being distinct vehicles;

an application program interface, adaptable to

access the first sensor data and second sensor data, and

generate at least one application utilizing the first sensor data or second sensor data; and

a display interface, adaptable to display the at least one application.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising a transmitter configured to transmit the application to the first vehicle or the second vehicle such that the application is displayable in the first vehicle or the second vehicle.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein a manufacturer who built the first vehicle is different than a manufacturer who built the second vehicle.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the application is adaptable to direct the device to transmit data to another mobile device, access point, base station, or server.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the application is adaptable to direct the device to retrieve data from the Internet.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the application is adaptable to:

determine at least one command to send to the vehicle, the determination based at least in part on the sensor data; and

send the at least one command to the vehicle.

14. A method comprising:

generating at least one application configured to utilize first sensor data indicative of first vehicle telemetry from a first vehicle and second sensor data indicative of second vehicle telemetry from a second vehicle, the first vehicle and second vehicle being distinct vehicles;

interfacing the at least one application with the first vehicle;

receiving at the at least one application the first sensor data; and

operating the at least one application using the received first sensor data.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

interfacing the at least one application with the second vehicle;

receiving at the at least one application the second sensor data; and

operating the at least one application using the received second sensor data.

16. An apparatus having means for generating an application by a device, the apparatus comprising:

means for interfacing with a vehicle by the device;

means for determining, by the device, what type of vehicle is being interfaced with;

means for receiving, at the device, sensor data indicative of vehicle telemetry from the vehicle;

means for generating, at the device, the application, utilizing the sensor data and being derived from an application program interface platform; and

means for displaying the application on an output device.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the device is a mobile device.

18. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the means for receiving the sensor data is enabled based on the means for determining what type of vehicle is being interfaced with.

19. The apparatus of claim 16 further comprising:

means interfacing with a second vehicle by the device;

means for determining, by the device, what is the type of the second vehicle being interfaced with;

means for receiving, at the device, second sensor data indicative of second vehicle telemetry from the second vehicle;

means for generating, at the device, a second application, utilizing the second sensor data and being derived from the application program interface platform; and

means for displaying the second application on a second output device.

20. A computer program product residing on a processor-readable medium and comprising processor-readable instructions configured to cause a processor to:

generate at least one application configured to utilize first sensor data indicative of first vehicle telemetry from a first vehicle and second sensor data indicative of second vehicle telemetry from a second vehicle, the first vehicle and second vehicle being distinct vehicles;

interface the at least one application with the first vehicle;

receive at the at least one application the first sensor data; and

operate the at least one application using the received first sensor data.

21. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein the processor-readable instructions further cause the process to:

interface the at least one application with the second vehicle;

receive at the at least one application the second sensor data; and

operate the at least one application using the received second sensor data.