DEVICE FOR STORING DATA IN A MOTOR VEHICLE

• US 20160114810A1
• Filed: 10/27/2015
• Published: 04/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Schneider, Klaus, Zymeri, Gafur, Blaschke, Volker, LUEBBEN, Ralf
• Granted Patent: US 10,300,923 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0075 Automatic parameter input, automatic initialising or calibrating means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0082 for initialising the control system
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/45 External transmission of data to or from the vehicle
• 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: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

Abstract

In a method for storing data in a motor vehicle: an application software executed on a control device of the motor vehicle connects, via a communication network of the motor vehicle, to a data storage device of the motor vehicle; the application software logically connects the connected data storage device to the control device; the application software accesses the connected data storage device via the communication network, and the application software optionally releases the connected data storage device.

Claims

1. A method for storing data in a motor vehicle, comprising:

connecting, via a communication network of the motor vehicle, an application software executed on a control device of the motor vehicle to a data storage device of the motor vehicle;

logically connecting, by the application software, the connected data storage device to the control device; and

accessing, by the application software, the connected data storage device via the communication network.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

after the connection of the data storage device, requesting, by the application software, a transmission software realized on a conductivity control unit of the motor vehicle to transmit the data into the motor vehicle and to write the data to the data storage device; and

after the storing of the data by the communication software, using, by the application software, the written data, the application software gaining read access to the data storage device.

3. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein the control device connects to the data storage device via a central gateway.

4. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein the communication network is one of the following field busses:

a Controller Area Network, a MOST bus, or a FlexRay bus.

5. The method as recited in claim 3, wherein the data storage device is connected to the central gateway via Ethernet.

6. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein:

the connection of the application software to the data storage device takes place according to an Internet protocol implemented in the central gateway; and

the logical connection of the connected data storage device to the control device takes place in service-oriented fashion using the Internet protocol.

7. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein the data storage device is distributed over a plurality of domain control devices of the motor vehicle, networked via the communication network.

8. A device for storing data in a motor vehicle, comprising:

a control unit including a processor configured to;

connect, via a communication network of the motor vehicle, an application software executed on a control device of the motor vehicle to a data storage device of the motor vehicle;

logically connect the application software to the control device;

provide access, by the application software, to the connected data storage device via the communication network; and

provide release of the connected data storage device by the application software.

9. A non-transitory, computer-readable data storage medium storing a computer program having program codes which, when executed on a computer, perform a method for storing data in a motor vehicle, the method comprising:

connecting, via a communication network of the motor vehicle, an application software executed on a control device of the motor vehicle to a data storage device of the motor vehicle;

logically connecting, by the application software, the connected data storage device to the control device; and

accessing, by the application software, the connected data storage device via the communication network.