SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS CONNECTED DEVICE PRIORITIZATION IN A VEHICLE

• US 20180077066A1
• Filed: 11/15/2017
• Published: 03/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Chen, Bonnie
• Granted Patent: US 10,050,890 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/08 Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle or waiting time
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/24 Traffic characterised by specific attributes, e.g. priority or QoS
• 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 28/0215 based on user or device properties, e.g. MTC-capable devices services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] H04W4/70; wireless resource selection or allocation plan definition based on terminal or device properties H04W72/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0231 based on communication conditions dynamic wireless traffic scheduling definition based on channel quality criteria H04W72/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/24 Transfer of terminal data

Abstract

A method for managing computer communication between a plurality of electronic devices and a vehicle in a vehicle network includes establishing connections between each of the plurality of electronic devices and the vehicle, and communicating one or more data types that each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices is capable of transmitting to the vehicle via each of the connections between each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices and the vehicle. The method includes determining a current context of the vehicle based on information received from one or more vehicle systems, and assigning a priority to each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices based on the current context, the one or more data types of each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices, and a priority rules set.

Claims

1. A method for managing computer communication between a plurality of electronic devices and a vehicle in a vehicle network, comprising:

establishing connections between each of the plurality of electronic devices and the vehicle;

communicating one or more data types that each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices is capable of transmitting to the vehicle via each of the connections between each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices and the vehicle;

determining a current context of the vehicle based on information received from one or more vehicle systems; and

assigning a priority to each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices based on the current context, the one or more data types of each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices, and a priority rules set.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more data types are at least one of:

a health data type, an activity data type, a notification data type, a streaming data type, and a remote control data type.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the current context of the vehicle is a current vehicle driving scenario.

4. The method of claim 1, including controlling data transmission between each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices and the vehicle based on the priority of each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein controlling the data transmission includes adjusting data throughput of each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices according to the priority of each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein adjusting data throughput includes increasing or decreasing data throughput be an electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices and the vehicle according to the priority of the electronic device.

7. The method of claim 4, including upon detecting a trigger event related to the vehicle network based on the information received from the one or more vehicle systems, controlling data transmission between each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices and the vehicle based on the priority of each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein detecting the trigger event includes comparing a current bandwidth usage of the vehicle network to a predetermine bandwidth threshold.

9. The method of claim 1, including updating the priority of each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices based on a change detected in the vehicle network.

10. The method of claim 1, including updating the priority of each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices based on a data transmission request received at the vehicle.

11. A system for managing computer communication between a plurality of electronic devices and a vehicle in a vehicle network, comprising:

a processor;

a wireless connection module executable by the processor establishes connections between each of the plurality of electronic devices and the vehicle and determines one or more data types that each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices is capable of transmitting to the vehicle via each of the connections between each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices and the vehicle; and

a prioritization module executable by the processor determines a current context of the vehicle based on information received from one or more vehicle systems, and assigns a priority to each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices based on the current context, the one or more data types of each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices, and a priority rules set.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the wireless connection module executable by the processor controls data transmission over the connections between each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices and the vehicle according to the priority of each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein controlling data transmission includes adjusting data throughput includes adjusting data throughput includes over the connections between each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices and the vehicle as a function of the priority of each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the wireless connection module executable by the processor detects a trigger event based on the plurality of electronic devices and a current bandwidth of the vehicle network, and upon detecting the trigger event, the wireless connection module executable by the processor controls data transmission from each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices to the vehicle based the priority of each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the wireless connection module executable by the processor monitors the vehicle network for a data transmission request, identifies a data type associated with the data transmission request, and the prioritization module updates the priority assigned to each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices based on the data type associated with the data transmission request.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method comprising:

establishing connections between each electronic device of a plurality of electronic devices and a vehicle;

communicating one or more data types that each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices is capable of transmitting to the vehicle via each of the connections between each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices and the vehicle;

determining a current context of the vehicle based on information received from one or more vehicle systems; and

assigning a priority to each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices based on the current context, the one or more data types of each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices, and a priority rules set.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, including detecting a trigger event related to the vehicle network based on the information received from one or more vehicle systems.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, including controlling data transmission between each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices and the vehicle based on the priority of each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein controlling the data transmission includes increasing data throughput of electronic devices having a higher priority than electronic devices having a lower priority.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, including updating the priority of each electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices based on a change detected in a vehicle network.