Vehicle information gathering system
First Claim
1. A vehicle information gathering system comprising:
- an onboard communication device configured to communicate with a plurality of external data sources;
an onboard storage device, wherein the onboard controller is further configured to repeatedly determine the availability of each of the plurality of external data sources and adjust the priority levels of the data subset references as the current vehicle location changes configured to store a data set comprising a plurality of data subset references, each of the data subset references having a respective one of a plurality of priority levels assigned thereto; and
an onboard controller configured to automatically determine an availability of each of the plurality of external data sources at a current vehicle location, automatically assign a respective communication priority for the current vehicle location to each of the respective data subset references based on the availability of each of the plurality of external data sources at the current vehicle location and the respective priority levels assigned thereto, automatically assign at least one of the plurality of external data sources at the current vehicle location to each of the data subset references based on the availability and the priority levels, and automatically control the communication device to communicate with at least one of the external data sources at the current vehicle location based on the respective communication priority assigned to each of the data subset references to receive at least one data subset via the assigned external data source for storage on the storage device.
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Abstract
A vehicle information gathering system comprises an onboard communication device, an onboard storage device and an onboard controller. The onboard communication device communicates with external data sources. The onboard storage device stores a data set comprising at least one data subset reference. The onboard controller automatically determines an availability of each of the external data sources, assigns a respective communication priority to each data subset reference based on the availability of each of the external data sources and at least one priority criteria, assigns at least one external data source to each data subset reference based on the availability and the priority criteria, and controls the communication device to communicate with at least one external data source based on the respective communication priority assigned to each data subset reference to receive at least one data subset via the assigned external data source for storage on the storage device.
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21 Claims
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1. A vehicle information gathering system comprising:
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an onboard communication device configured to communicate with a plurality of external data sources; an onboard storage device, wherein the onboard controller is further configured to repeatedly determine the availability of each of the plurality of external data sources and adjust the priority levels of the data subset references as the current vehicle location changes configured to store a data set comprising a plurality of data subset references, each of the data subset references having a respective one of a plurality of priority levels assigned thereto; and an onboard controller configured to automatically determine an availability of each of the plurality of external data sources at a current vehicle location, automatically assign a respective communication priority for the current vehicle location to each of the respective data subset references based on the availability of each of the plurality of external data sources at the current vehicle location and the respective priority levels assigned thereto, automatically assign at least one of the plurality of external data sources at the current vehicle location to each of the data subset references based on the availability and the priority levels, and automatically control the communication device to communicate with at least one of the external data sources at the current vehicle location based on the respective communication priority assigned to each of the data subset references to receive at least one data subset via the assigned external data source for storage on the storage device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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