ENHANCING VEHICLE CONNECTIVITY

• US 20140200739A1
• Filed: 01/15/2014
• Published: 07/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Kirsch, David Michael
• Application Number:
  US14/155,791
• Publication Number:
  US 20140200739A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/00 Details of control systems for road vehicle drive control not related to the control of a particular sub-unit , e.g. process diagnostic or vehicle driver interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• 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 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

Abstract

One or more embodiments of techniques or systems for enhancing vehicle connectivity are provided herein. In one or more embodiments, rule based actions may be implemented in connection with a vehicle. A system may include input devices or input components associated with a vehicle that may receive vehicle data. Output devices or output components associated with the vehicle may generate actions for the vehicle. A control component may monitor data in connection with a rule or a conditional rule. This data may include input data, remote data, etc. The rule may include conditions and corresponding actions. When the input component receives data which satisfies one or more conditions, an action may be generated. In one or more embodiments, the action may be an action remote to the vehicle or an action local to the vehicle.

Claims

1. A system for enhancing vehicle connectivity, comprising:

one or more input components associated with the vehicle receiving data associated with activity remote to the vehicle;

a control component monitoring the data in connection with a rule, wherein the rule comprises one or more conditions and one or more actions, wherein the data comprises one or more triggering events which satisfy one or more of the conditions of the rule; and

one or more output components associated with the vehicle generating one or more actions for the vehicle, wherein one or more of the input components, the control component, or one or more of the output components is implemented via a processing unit.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the data comprises location information or coordinates.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the data comprises an indication that maintenance is required.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein one or more of the actions comprises navigating to a destination.

5. A method for enhancing vehicle connectivity, comprising:

monitoring an input local to a vehicle in connection with a rule;

determining whether the local input satisfies one or more conditions associated with the rule;

determining one or more actions remote from the vehicle, wherein one or more of the actions correspond with the rule; and

instructing a remote device or a remote service to perform one or more of the actions, wherein the monitoring, the determining, or the instructing is implemented via a processing unit.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the input local to the vehicle is determining a location of the vehicle.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein one or more of the conditions is associated with a geo-fence of a location.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein one or more of the actions comprises providing a notification as to the location of the vehicle.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein one or more of the actions comprises enabling or disabling one or more remote devices.

10. The method of claim 5, wherein the input local to the vehicle is a status indicator associated with maintenance of the vehicle.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein one or more of the conditions is associated with the status indicator.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein one or more of the actions comprises providing a notification to a user based on the status indicator.

13. A method for enhancing vehicle connectivity, comprising:

monitoring an input remote from a vehicle in connection with a rule;

determining whether the input remote from the vehicle satisfies one or more conditions associated with the rule;

determining one or more actions local to the vehicle, wherein one or more of the actions correspond with the rule; and

instructing the vehicle or an associated local output device to perform one or more of the actions, wherein the monitoring, the determining, or the instructing is implemented via a processing unit.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the input remote from the vehicle is a communication from a predetermined entity.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein one or more of the actions local to the vehicle is providing a text to speech notification of the communication.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the input remote from the vehicle is associated with a security alarm.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein one or more of the conditions is associated with a status of the security alarm.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein one or more of the actions is providing one or more notifications based on the status of the security alarm.

19. The method of claim 13, comprising providing one or more notifications based on one or more of the actions.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein one or more of the notifications is an email or a text message.