Differentiated hosting for vehicles interoperating with and through removable and swappable computing and messaging devices
First Claim
1. A Sensor and Power Coordinator (‘
- SPC’
) for a vehicle having at least one sensor for data relating to any set of the vehicle'"'"'s condition, operational state, and external environment, said SPC both coordinating computational and communication data display and control from, and data reporting to, an external nodal device, and provisioning electrical power from said vehicle'"'"'s internal power source to said external nodal device, said SPC being mounted in that vehicle and further comprising;
a main processor;
memory connected to said main processor;
an analog-to-digital converter connected with said main processor and with said at least one sensor for its data;
means for power provisioning connected with and controlled by said main processor and connected with and provisioning power for and to said external nodal device when said external nodal device is connected with said SPC; and
,means for USB interoperability further comprising;
a USB Embedded Host controller connected with said main processor;
a USB charging downstream port interface connected to said USB Embedded Host controller and said means for power provisioning; and
at least one USB physical connector for at least one said external nodal device connected with said USB charging downstream port interface, with which the external nodal device will connect to the SPC.
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Abstract
In a world filled with disparate, computationally-potent, communication handhelds, any group of individual operators who need to coordinate their use of fixed or moveable equipment can use a sensor and power coordinator device, fixably mounted on each separate piece of equipment (or vehicle) and capable of supporting a varying bag of such handhelds, if such sensor and power coordinator provisions power and coordinates the metrics, authorization, and operation to enable sharing of vehicle-and-device-and-handheld-and-operator-specific data, thereby enabling aggregate operations by providing the collective operational stability while accommodating operator and handheld variation.
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20 Claims
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1. A Sensor and Power Coordinator (‘
- SPC’
) for a vehicle having at least one sensor for data relating to any set of the vehicle'"'"'s condition, operational state, and external environment, said SPC both coordinating computational and communication data display and control from, and data reporting to, an external nodal device, and provisioning electrical power from said vehicle'"'"'s internal power source to said external nodal device, said SPC being mounted in that vehicle and further comprising;a main processor; memory connected to said main processor; an analog-to-digital converter connected with said main processor and with said at least one sensor for its data; means for power provisioning connected with and controlled by said main processor and connected with and provisioning power for and to said external nodal device when said external nodal device is connected with said SPC; and
,means for USB interoperability further comprising; a USB Embedded Host controller connected with said main processor; a USB charging downstream port interface connected to said USB Embedded Host controller and said means for power provisioning; and at least one USB physical connector for at least one said external nodal device connected with said USB charging downstream port interface, with which the external nodal device will connect to the SPC. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
- SPC’
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4. A Sensor and Power Coordinator (‘
- SPC’
) for a vehicle having at least one sensor for data relating to any set of the vehicle'"'"'s condition, operational state, and external environment, said SPC both coordinating computational and communication data display and control from, and data reporting to, an external nodal device, and provisioning electrical power from said vehicle'"'"'s internal power source to said external nodal device, said SPC being mounted in that vehicle and further comprising;a main processor; memory connected to said main processor; an analog-to-digital converter connected with said main processor and with said at least one sensor for its data; means for power provisioning connected with and controlled by said main processor and connected with and provisioning power for and to said external nodal device when said external nodal device is connected with said SPC; means for USB interoperability further comprising; a USB Embedded Host controller connected with said main processor; a USB charging downstream port interface connected to said USB Embedded Host controller and said means for power provisioning; and at least one USB physical connector for at least one said external nodal device connected with said USB charging downstream port interface, with which the external nodal device will connect to the SPC; a Real-Time Clock connected with said main processor; and
,a three-axis accelerometer connected with said main processor. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- SPC’
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16. A Sensor and Power Coordinator (‘
- SPC’
) for a vehicle having at least one sensor for data external to the vehicle, said SPC both coordinating computational and communication data display and control from, and data reporting to, an external nodal device, and provisioning electrical power from said vehicle'"'"'s internal power source to said external nodal device, said SPC being mounted in that vehicle and further comprising;a main processor; memory connected with said main processor; an analog-to-digital converter connected with said main processor and with said at least one sensor for data external to the vehicle; means for power provisioning connected with and controlled by said main processor and connected with and provisioning power for and to said external nodal device when said external nodal device is connected with said SPC; means for USB interoperability further comprising; a USB Embedded Host controller connected with said main processor; a USB charging downstream port interface connected to said USB Embedded Host controller and said means for power provisioning; and at least one USB physical connector for at least one said external nodal device connected with said USB charging downstream port interface, with which the external nodal device will connect to the SPC; a Real-Time Clock connected with said main processor; and
,a three-axis accelerometer connected with said main processor; a Vehicle Controller Area Network (′
CAN′
) Interface connected with the main vehicle operation bus, and connected with said main processor;a Sensor Input Conditioning and Measurement element connected with the at least one sensor for data external to the vehicle, and which is also connected with and reporting data to and receiving control from said main processor; an RS-232 Transceiver Interface connected with said main processor; an Output Generation element connected with and reporting data to and receiving control from said main processor, and connected with and receiving power from a Sensor and Output Power Generation element, which is connected with said means for power provisioning and also with said Sensor Input Conditioning and Measurement element; an Ethernet connection; an authentication subsystem for authenticating an external nodal device when connected with the SPC as one authorized to access and use the vehicle to which the SPC is fixably mounted; and
,means for constraining the operational control of the vehicle including any combination of a set of alarm signaling, vehicle function shutdown, locational signaling, and vehicle operational shutdown, to be effected for any non-authenticated-user interaction, when a connected external nodal device does not satisfy the authentication subsystem.
- SPC’
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17. A Production Control Coordinator (‘
- PPC’
) fixedly attached to a fixed-point station in a production line, said fixed-point station comprising at least one transformational machine and at least one sensor associated with said transformational machine to effect a transformation on a physical input, said Production Control Coordinator further comprising;a main processor; memory connected with said main processor; an analog-to-digital converter connected with said main processor and with said at least one sensor for data external to the vehicle; means for power provisioning connected with and controlled by said main processor and connected with and provisioning power for and to said external nodal device when said external nodal device is connected with said SPC; and
,means for USB interoperability further comprising; a USB Embedded Host controller connected with said main processor; a USB charging downstream port interface connected to said USB Embedded Host controller and said means for power provisioning; and at least one USB physical connector for at least one said external nodal device connected with said USB charging downstream port interface, with which the external nodal device will connect to the PPC. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
- PPC’
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