Configuration of an information system for a transport vehicle subsystem that transmits component input/output rules for the information system

• US 7,016,986 B2
• Filed: 07/17/2002
• Issued: 03/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Daimler AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Original Assignee: Daimler Chrysler Company LLC (Stellantis NV)
• Inventors: Fasolt, Johannes
• Primary Examiner(s): PEYTON, TAMMARA R
• Application Number:
  US10/196,553
• Publication Number:
  US 20030028689A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,343 Days
• Field of Search: 701/202, 701/35, 701/33, 701/29, 701/36, 710/1, 710 8- 10
• US Class Current: 710/8
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/042 using digital processors G05B19/05 takes precedence

Abstract

A method and a system for configuring an information system in a vehicle is provided, in which a set of input/output rules is stored in a storage medium of the information system. An output, an input, and/or input/output processes of the information system are configured in accordance with the set of input/output rules. The method is further developed such that the integration of retrofitted components occurs automatically and in adaptation to the input/output rules of the information system. For this purpose, when connecting an additional component to the information system, a component-input/output rule is transmitted via an interface with the information system. The component-input/output rule is integrated into the output, the input and the input/output processes.

Claims

1. A method for configuring an information system in a transport vehicle, in which a set of input/output rules is stored in a storage medium of the information system, the set of input/output rules configure an input, an output and/or input/output processes of the information system, the method comprising the acts of:

sending a set of input/output rules of the information system to a component to be connected to the information system;

preparing in response to said input/output rules of the information system, a component-input/output rule for the information system;

transmitting the component-input/output rule to the information system; and

integrating the component-input/output rule into the output, input and input/output processes of the information system.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, prior to integrating the component-input/output rule, the method comprises the act of checking whether the configuration of the output, the input and/or input/output processes by the component-input/output rule is permissible.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the component-input/output rule is downloaded from an external server via a telematic interface of the transport vehicle to the information system.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the act of:

preparing a particular message in the output in an event where the integration of the component is not possible, a component-input/output rule not admissible, or a component is decoupled from the information system.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the set of input/output rules and the component-input/output rule is transmitted via a wireless interface.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the act of:

prior to starting an integration process for a component to be integrated into the information system, checking as to whether the information system is in a ready state to perform the integration.

7. A system in a vehicle, comprising:

an information system;

a component coupled to the information system via a data bus;

an output for outputting information relating to the component and an input for driving the component;

a storage medium, assigned to the information system, in which input/output rules defining admissible input and output processes of the information system are stored;

wherein the component has a storage medium having a component-input/output rule, the component-input/output rule being transmitted to the information system; and

wherein the information system comprises a validation system for checking the admissibility of the transmitted component-input/output rule.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein a set of input/output rules is provided in the storage medium for the information system,

the validation system checking, via the set of input/output rules, as to whether the transmitted component-input/output rule is admissible.

9. A method for configuring an information system in a transport vehicle, in which a set of input/output rules is stored in a storage medium of the information system, the set of input/output rules configure an input, an output and/or input/output processes of the information system, the method comprising the acts of:

sending a set of input/output rules of the information system to a component to be connected to the information system;

preparing in response to said input/output rules of the information system, a component-input/output rule for the information system;

transmitting the component-input/output rule to the information system;

integrating the component-input/output rule into the output, input and input/output processes of the information system;

releasing from the information system an already integrated component that is decoupled from the information system;

removing from the information system the component-input/output rules and corresponding input/output processes of the decoupled component; and

providing information concerning the decoupled component to the output.