SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE STATUS NOTIFICATION

• US 20150094877A1
• Filed: 10/02/2013
• Published: 04/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: TAHNOOSE, MARC J., MCGUIRE, MICHAEL E.
• Granted Patent: US 9,349,224 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/1868 according to driving situations
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/1876 according to vehicle situations
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/195 Blocking or enabling display functions
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/731 Instruments adaptations for specific vehicle types or users by comprising user programmable systems
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/10 Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/29 Instruments characterised by the way in which information is handled, e.g. showing information on plural displays or prioritising information according to driving conditions
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/65 Instruments specially adapted for specific vehicle types or users, e.g. for left- or right-hand drive
• 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: B60W 50/14 Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
• 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 12/033 of the user plane, e.g. user's traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/041 Key generation or derivation

Abstract

Methods and apparatus are provided for notifying a user of a condition of a vehicle. The method includes receiving sensor data from one or more sensors associated with one or more systems of the vehicle. The one or more sensors observe conditions associated with the one or more systems of the vehicle. The method includes receiving a preference for notifications from a user of the vehicle. The method further includes generating at least one notification based on the preference and the sensor data, and communicating the at least one notification to a device of the user.

Claims

1. A method of notifying a user of a condition of a vehicle, comprising:

receiving sensor data from one or more sensors associated with one or more systems of the vehicle, the one or more sensors observing conditions associated with the one or more systems of the vehicle;

receiving a preference for notifications from the user of the vehicle;

based on the preference and the sensor data, generating at least one notification; and

communicating the at least one notification to a device of the user.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the at least one notification on a display of the device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving at least one action from the device at the vehicle in response to the at least one notification displayed on the device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein receiving the at least one action from the device comprises:

based on the at least one notification received by the device, retrieving at least one action from a response datastore;

outputting the at least one action for display on the display associated with the device;

receiving a user input to a user input device associated with the device that selects the at least one action; and

communicating the selected at least one action to the vehicle.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

generating one or more control signals for one or more control modules associated with the one or more systems of the vehicle based on the received at least one action.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the preference for notifications from the user of the vehicle further comprises:

receiving at least one preference from user input to a user interface associated with the vehicle.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the device of the user is a hand-held portable electronic device.

8. A notification system for notifying a user of a condition associated with a system of a vehicle, comprising:

a sensor that observes a condition associated with the system of the vehicle and generates sensor data based on the observed condition;

a user input device for receiving a preference for notification from the user;

a communication device to communicate a notification to a device associated with the user; and

a control module that generates the notification for communication by the communication device based on the preference and the sensor data.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the sensor observes a condition associated with at least one of a powertrain system, a body system, an interior system, an entertainment system and a heating and cooling system.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the user input device for receiving the preference is associated with the vehicle.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the device further comprises a device control module that retrieves at least one action from a response datastore based on the notification, and outputs the at least one action and the notification for display on a display associated with the device.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the device further comprises a source of user input data, and the device control module generates remote action data for communication to the communication device of the vehicle based on the user input data.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the remote action data comprises a selected action for the system of the vehicle in response to the notification.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the control module receives the remote action data from the communication device and generates one or more control signals for the system based on the remote action data.

15. A method of notifying a user of a condition of a vehicle, comprising:

providing a user device in communication with the vehicle, the user device having a display and a user input device;

receiving sensor data from one or more sensors associated with one or more systems of the vehicle, the one or more sensors observing conditions associated with the one or more systems of the vehicle;

receiving a preference for notifications from a user interface of the vehicle;

based on the preference and the sensor data, generating at least one notification;

communicating the at least one notification to the user device;

displaying the at least one notification on the display associated with the user device;

receiving at least one user input to the user input device of the user device in response to the display of the at least one notification; and

generating one or more control signals for the one or more systems of the vehicle based on the receipt of the at least one user input from the user device.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein generating one or more control signals further comprises:

generating one or more control signals to actuate an actuator associated with one of the one or more systems of the vehicle.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the user device is a hand-held portable electronic device.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein communicating the at least one notification to the user device further comprises:

communicating the at least one notification to a remote station in communication with the user device.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the one or more sensors observe conditions associated with one or more of a powertrain system, a body system, an interior system, an entertainment system and a heating and cooling system of the vehicle.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the user interface of the vehicle includes a vehicle display and a vehicle user input device, and the preference is received from user input to the vehicle user input device.