VARIABLE REPORTING RATE TELEMATICS

• US 20150279125A1
• Filed: 03/25/2014
• Published: 10/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: CHRONOWSKI, David, BULLISTER, Kevin Michael
• Application Number:
  US14/224,161
• Publication Number:
  US 20150279125A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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

Abstract

A vehicle controller may collect vehicle data related to functioning of at least one vehicle system according to reporting settings maintained by the controller; send the vehicle data to a server according to a reporting frequency specified by the reporting settings; and update the reporting settings responsive to receipt from the server of a command configured to cause the at least one controller to adjust the reporting settings. A system may include a server configured to receive vehicle data from a vehicle; identify a vehicle-related trigger condition; evaluate the trigger condition according to the received vehicle data; responsive to trigger condition occurrence, generate a command configured to adjust reporting settings used by the vehicle in providing the vehicle data to the server; and send the command to the vehicle.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least one controller of a vehicle configured to

identify an initiating trigger condition for increased vehicle data reporting frequency to a remote telematics service provider;

update, responsive to the initiating trigger condition, a telematics reporting frequency from a default rate to a faster rate;

identify a terminating trigger condition in which the increased reporting frequency is no longer required; and

update the telematics reporting frequency back to the default rate.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the initiating trigger condition includes receipt of a command from the remote telematics service provider via cellular link.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the remote telematics service provider provides the command responsive to receipt of information from the at least one controller indicative of at least one of:

(i) the vehicle having entering a predetermined geographical area, (ii) the vehicle having left a predetermined geographical area, and (iii) the vehicle being operated within a predetermined time frame.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the initiating trigger condition includes identification of at least one of:

(i) vehicle dynamics data indicating pursuit and (ii) abnormal vehicle operating conditions.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the terminating trigger condition includes identification of at least one of:

(i) an override command received from a vehicle occupant, (ii) an override command generated by the at least one controller based on predetermined conditions, and (iii) an override command received from the remote telematics service provider.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the predetermined conditions include at least one of:

(i) vehicle key-off and (ii) expiration of a timeout since the initiating trigger condition.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the default rate is on the order of minutes between updates, and the faster rate is on the order of seconds between updates.

8. A system comprising:

a server configured to

receive vehicle data from a vehicle;

identify a vehicle-related trigger condition;

evaluate the trigger condition according to the received vehicle data;

responsive to trigger condition occurrence, generate a command configured to adjust reporting settings used by the vehicle in providing the vehicle data to the server; and

send the command to the vehicle.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the vehicle data includes a vehicle identifier, and the server is further configured to at least one of:

query a data store of the server for trigger conditions associated with the vehicle identifier; and

query the data store for trigger conditions associated with a fleet identifier associated with the vehicle identifier.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the command is configured to increase a reporting rate of the vehicle data received from the vehicle.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the server is further configured to:

responsive to expiration of occurrence of the trigger condition, generate a second command configured to adjust reporting settings used by the vehicle in providing the vehicle data to the server; and

send the second command to the vehicle.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the command is configured to increase a reporting rate of the vehicle data received from the vehicle from a default rate to a faster rate, and the second command is configured to revert the reporting rate of the vehicle data to the default rate.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the server is further configured to provides the command responsive to the vehicle data triggering a trigger condition indicative of at least one of (i) the vehicle having entering a predetermined geographical area, (ii) the vehicle having left a predetermined geographical area, (iii) the vehicle being operated within a predetermined time frame, (iv) vehicle dynamics data indicative of pursuit of another vehicle, and (v) abnormal vehicle operating conditions.

14. A system comprising:

a vehicle controller configured to

collect vehicle data, related to functioning of a vehicle system, according to reporting settings maintained by the controller;

send the vehicle data to a server according to a reporting-setting-specified reporting frequency; and

update the reporting settings responsive to receipt from the server of a command configured to cause the controller to adjust the reporting settings.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the vehicle controller is further configured to update the reporting frequency according to the command.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the vehicle controller is further configured to update the reporting settings to send an additional item of vehicle data to the server.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the additional item of vehicle data is a video stream captured by the vehicle.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the vehicle controller is further configured to revert the reporting settings to default settings responsive to an override command received by the vehicle controller from a vehicle occupant.