System and Method for Control of Autonomous Vehicle by Mobile Device

• US 20170052537A1
• Filed: 08/18/2015
• Published: 02/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Robert Valentin Salinas
• Original Assignee: Robert Valentin Salinas
• Inventors: Salinas, Robert Valentin
• Application Number:
  US14/829,591
• Publication Number:
  US 20170052537A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/00 Purposes of road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular sub-unit, e.g. of systems using conjoint control of vehicle sub-units
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0022 characterised by the communication link data switching networks in general H04L12/00
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 2201/0213 Road vehicle, e.g. car or truck
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/042 Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

The present invention relates to a software program in the form of a mobile application that allows the user to control an autonomous vehicle (or driverless vehicle, terms used here interchangeably) by use of a mobile device utilizing cloud servers. The effect of the use of this software program is to allow users to manipulate a motor vehicle'"'"'s computer, such as locking and unlocking the car door, rolling up and down the car window'"'"'s, and manipulating the car'"'"'s audio, for example, all done utilizing cloud servers. By utilizing cloud servers instead of the currently utilized Bluetooth technology, the user may control a vehicle from far away, a distance far enough that radio waves cannot be used as a mean of communicating between the mobile device and the vehicle.

Claims

1. A software program in the form of a mobile application that allows the user to remotely control an autonomous vehicle using a mobile device through use of cloud servers and the vehicle'"'"'s onboard computer.

3. The software program of claim 1, in which the cloud servers are accessed through the use of a 3G network, 4G network, LTE network, wifi network, or other similar networks.

2. A software program in the form of a mobile application that allows the user to remotely contact an autonomous vehicle and request the autonomous vehicle be brought to the user'"'"'s desired location using a mobile device through use of cloud servers and the vehicle'"'"'s onboard computer.

4. The software program of claim 2, in which the cloud servers are accessed through the use of a 3G network, 4G network, LTE network, wifi network, or other similar networks.