Method of transmitting vehicle data

• US 7,039,510 B2
• Filed: 11/16/2004
• Issued: 05/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BMW AG (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG)
• Original Assignee: BMW AG (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG)
• Inventors: Gumpinger, Franz
• Primary Examiner(s): Beaulieu, Yonel
• Application Number:
  US10/988,846
• Publication Number:
  US 20050137796A1
• Time in Patent Office: 532 Days
• Field of Search: 701/35, 701/36, 701/32, 701/29, 340/425.5, 714/25, 714/31, 702182-184, 702187-188
• US Class Current: 701/35
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2600/0422 involving data transmission, e.g. via satellite or GPS; for data monitoring, telemetry or platooning purposes
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2600/08 Failure or malfunction detecting means
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2600/70 Computer memory; Data storage, e.g. maps for adaptive control
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2800/802 Diagnostics
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/021 Means for detecting failure or malfunction
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/046 involving external transmission of data to or from the vehicle, e.g. via telemetry, satellite, Global Positioning System [GPS]
• 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: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/085 using electronic data carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0858 wherein the data carrier is removable

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for wirelessly transmitting vehicle data, whereby vehicle data provided for data exportation is stored in a storage medium, and is read out and transmitted within the framework of a vehicle data acquisition. At the beginning of the journey, the vehicle data provided for the data exportation is stored in the storage medium or is made available for subsequent readout. At the end of the journey, changes and/or additions are carried out on the data stored in the memory and/or made available at the beginning of the journey.

Claims

1. A method for wirelessly transmitting vehicle data, wherein vehicle data provided for data exportation is stored in a storage medium, and is read out and transmitted within a vehicle data acquisition framework, the method comprising the acts of:

at a beginning of a vehicle drive, storing in the storage medium or making available for a subsequent read-out the vehicle data intended for data exportation; and

at a conclusion of the vehicle drive, performing at least one of changes and additions on the vehicle data stored in the storage medium or made available for the subsequent read-out at the beginning of the vehicle drive.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method performs said at least one of the changes and additions on the vehicle data during the vehicle drive, and further wherein only an updating of the vehicle data occurs at the conclusion of the vehicle drive.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the storage medium is a transportable data storage medium or a vehicle key equipped with a memory.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the storage medium is a transportable data storage medium or a vehicle key equipped with a memory.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle data is wirelessly transmitted via a transponder or radio frequencies.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the radio frequencies are from a mobile telephone.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle data is wirelessly transmitted upon a driver'"'"'s command.

8. The method according to claim 2, wherein the vehicle data is wirelessly transmitted upon a driver'"'"'s command.

9. The method according to claim 5, wherein the vehicle data is wirelessly transmitted upon a driver'"'"'s command.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle data is wirelessly transmitted upon receipt of an authorization command generated externally from the vehicle.

11. The method according to claim 2, wherein the vehicle data is wirelessly transmitted upon receipt of an authorization command generated externally from the vehicle.

12. The method according to claim 5, wherein the vehicle data is wirelessly transmitted upon receipt of an authorization command generated externally from the vehicle.

13. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the acts of:

transmitting the vehicle data to an external memory; and

reading-out the vehicle data from the external memory for subsequent transmission.

14. The method according to claim 2, further comprising the acts of:

transmitting the vehicle data to an external memory; and

reading-out the vehicle data from the external memory for subsequent transmission.

15. The method according to claim 13, further comprising the act of deleting the vehicle data in the external memory after a query of that vehicle data.

16. The method according to claim 14, further comprising the act of deleting the vehicle data in the external memory after a query of that vehicle data.

17. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the act of maintaining an onboard vehicle power supply active for a predetermined time duration after the conclusion of the vehicle drive.

18. The method according to claim 2, further comprising the act of maintaining an onboard vehicle power supply active for a predetermined time duration after the conclusion of the vehicle drive.

19. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the acts of:

evaluating in a central office the vehicle data transmitted from the vehicle; and

transmitting back to the vehicle a defect elimination program based upon the evaluated vehicle data.

20. The method according to claim 2, further comprising the acts of:

evaluating in a central office the vehicle data transmitted from the vehicle; and

transmitting back to the vehicle a defect elimination program based upon the evaluated vehicle data.

21. The method according to claim 19, wherein the act of transmitting back to the vehicle the defect elimination program is carried out by transmitting a data packet.

22. The method according to claim 20, wherein the act of transmitting back to the vehicle the defect elimination program is carried out by transmitting a data packet.