Vehicle control system

• US 9,311,762 B2
• Filed: 08/08/2014
• Issued: 04/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Matthew Howard Godley
• Original Assignee: Matthew Howard Godley
• Inventors: Godley, Matthew Howard
• Primary Examiner(s): Beaulieu, Yonel
• Application Number:
  US14/455,232
• Publication Number:
  US 20150198948A1
• Time in Patent Office: 613 Days
• Field of Search: 701/2, 701/29.1, 701/31.4, 701/31.5, 701/33.2, 701/33.4, 701/412, 702/127, 702141-142, 702182-183
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2028/003 inhibiting the starter motor, e.g. by controlling ignition or park lock circuits
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 28/00 Safety devices for propulsion-unit control, specially adapted for, or arranged in, vehicles, e.g. preventing fuel supply or ignition in the event of potentially dangerous conditions for electrically-propelled vehicles B60L3/00; road vehicle drive control systems for purposes not related to the control of a particular sub-unit B60W30/00; drive control systems specially adapted for autonomous road vehicles B60W60/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0006 Digital architecture hierarchy
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0045 using databus protocols
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0071 Controller overrides driver automatically
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0075 Automatic parameter input, automatic initialising or calibrating means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2420/403 Image sensing, e.g. optical camera
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/30 Driving style
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2554/00 Input parameters relating to objects
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/45 External transmission of data to or from the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/50 of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/55 using telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/143 Speed control B60W30/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/146 Speed limiting
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/12 Limiting control by the driver depending on vehicle state, e.g. interlocking means for the control input for preventing unsafe operation
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0011 associated with a remote control arrangement
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0841 Registering performance data recording measured values G01D; information storage G11B

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile communication system having a safe driving system central micro-processor which interfaces with a vehicle'"'"'s controller area network or CAN BUS network and communicates between multiple transceiver micro controllers and their respective and discrete modules to remotely monitor a vehicle'"'"'s operation and remotely execute commands to the vehicle.

Claims

1. A vehicle control system for monitoring and executing a control command remotely comprising:

a vehicle having a CAN BUS communications network;

a safe driving system central microprocessor operatively connected to said CAN BUS communication network, and to a Global Positioning System and to an accelerometer;

a tolerance comparator microprocessor coupled to said safe driving system central microprocessor and having a library of user defined acceptable limits of vehicle operation, said tolerance comparator microprocessor being coupled to a speed limit determining means for determining the speed limit at the location of said vehicle to thereby determine a safe driving speed for said vehicle;

a transceiver for communicating data from said safe driving system central microprocessor; and

a remote wireless communication device for receiving data transmitted from said transceiver, said wireless communication device having an applet for remotely executing a control command to said safe driving system central microprocessor for remotely controlling the operation of said vehicle responsive to data received from said safe driving system central microprocessor;

whereby a vehicle'"'"'s operation can be monitored and a vehicle control command executed remotely from a wireless communication device.

3. The vehicle control system in accordance with claim 1 in which the speed limit determining means determines the speed limit of the position of the vehicle by reading a database of speed limits.

4. The vehicle control system in accordance with claim 3 in which said database of speed limits is located remote from said vehicle.

5. The vehicle control system in accordance with claim 1 in which the said vehicle has a camera thereon and in which the speed limit determining means determines the speed limit of the position of the vehicle by the camera visually reading posted speed limits.

6. The vehicle control system in accordance with claim 1 in which said safe driving system central microprocessor is operatively connected to said CAN BUS communication network through an OBD-II connector.

7. The vehicle control system in accordance with claim 1 in which said remote wireless communication device is a smart phone.

8. The vehicle control system in accordance with claim 1 in which said vehicle control system incorporates blue tooth communications for pairing with a vehicle on-board remote wireless communication device whereby a vehicle operator can monitor his driving.

9. The vehicle control system in accordance with claim 1 has means for detecting texting on a wireless communication device in said vehicle and notifying said remote wireless communication device.

10. The vehicle control system in accordance with claim 1 in which said vehicle control system central microprocessor detects accelerometer readings and determines potential reckless driving of said vehicle and communicates the determination to said remote wireless communication device.

2. A method of remotely monitoring and executing control commands in a vehicle comprising the steps of:

attaching a safe driving system central microprocessor to a CAN BUS communication network of a vehicle, and to a Global Positioning System and to an accelerometer;

coupling a tolerance comparator microprocessor to said safe driving system microprocessor, said tolerance comparator microprocessor having a library of user defined acceptable limits of vehicle operation;

continuously measuring the speed of said vehicle having said attached safe driving system central microprocessor;

continuously monitoring the speed limit of the vehicle having the safe driving system central processor at the vehicle'"'"'s location;

determining when a vehicle'"'"'s speed exceeds a tolerance set by the tolerance comparator microprocessor from the library of user defined acceptable limits of vehicle operation;

transmitting a vehicle'"'"'s speed exceeding a set tolerance to a remote wireless communication device; and

transmitting a vehicle control command from said remote wireless communication device to said central processor;

whereby a vehicle'"'"'s operation can be monitored and a control command executed remotely from a wireless communication device.

11. The method of remotely monitoring and executing control commands in a vehicle in accordance with claim 2 including the step of determining the speed limit by searching a database of speed limits for the speed limit at the position of the vehicle.

12. The method of remotely monitoring and executing control commands in a vehicle in accordance with claim 11 including the step of determining the speed limit by searching a database located remotely from said vehicle.

13. The method of remotely monitoring and executing control commands in a vehicle in accordance with claim 11 including the step of reading the speed limit on road signage with a camera on said vehicle.

14. The method of remotely monitoring and executing control commands in a vehicle in accordance with claim 2 including the step of attaching the safe driving system central microprocessor to the CAN BUS communication network by coupling to the OBD-II connector of a vehicle.

15. The method of remotely monitoring and executing control commands in a vehicle in accordance with claim 2 including the step of transmitting the vehicle'"'"'s speed exceeding a set tolerance to a remote smart phone.

16. The method of remotely monitoring and executing control commands in a vehicle in accordance with claim 2 including the step of pairing a blue tooth connection between said CAN BUS and a vehicle on-board wireless communication device.

17. The method of remotely monitoring and executing control commands in a vehicle in accordance with claim 2 including the step of detecting an operator of said vehicle texting while driving and communicating the detection to said wireless communication device.

18. The method of remotely monitoring and executing control commands in a vehicle in accordance with claim 2 including the step of detecting accelerometer readings of said vehicle and determining potential reckless driving therefrom and communicating the determination of potential reckless driving to said remote wireless communication device.