Adaptive virtualization of a networked-resource between a vehicle and a peripheral device

• US 9,813,542 B1
• Filed: 05/19/2016
• Issued: 11/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: Shan, Dan, Bai, Fan, Grimm, Donald K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Osifade, Idowu O
• Application Number:
  US15/159,375
• Publication Number:
  US 20170339267A1
• Time in Patent Office: 537 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3822 specially adapted for use in vehicles H04B1/3827 takes precedence
• 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: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]

Abstract

A transportation-vehicle system including a processing hardware unit and a non-transitory computer-readable storage device comprising code causing the processing hardware unit to receive, from a mobile-electronic device, a mobile-device resource profile indicating a mobile-device resource, determine whether to use the mobile-device resource, and use the mobile-device resource in operation of the transportation-vehicle system. In another aspect, the technology relates to a mobile-electronic device including a non-transitory computer-readable storage device comprising code causing the processing unit to receive, from a transportation-vehicle system, a vehicle resource profile indicating a vehicle resource, determine whether to use the vehicle resource, and use the vehicle resource of the transportation-vehicle system in operation of the mobile-electronic device.

Claims

1. A transportation-vehicle system, comprising:

a processing hardware unit; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage device comprising code that, when executed by the processing hardware unit, causes the processing hardware unit to;

receive, from a mobile-electronic device, a mobile-device resource profile indicating a mobile-device resource;

determine whether to use the mobile-device resource, comprising performing a weighted utility function comparing multiple optional resources, wherein a pre-determined weight is assigned to each of a plurality of characteristics of the multiple optional resources being compared, and a weighted utility value is determined for each of the optional resources based on the plurality characteristics of the optional resource and corresponding pre-determined weights; and

utilize, in response to determining to use the mobile-device resource, the mobile-device resource in operation of the transportation-vehicle system.

2. The transportation-vehicle system of claim 1 being part of, or specially configured for implementation as part of, a vehicle of transportation that does not include a resource analogous to the mobile-device resource.

3. The transportation-vehicle system of claim 1 wherein:

the code is configured to cause the processing hardware unit to, in response to determining to use the mobile-device resource of the mobile-electronic device, send a work request to the mobile-electronic device requesting agreement for the transportation-vehicle system to use the mobile-device resource;

the code is configured to cause the processing hardware unit to receive a commitment communication from the mobile-electronic device responding to the work request; and

utilizing the mobile-device resource of the mobile-electronic device is performed in response to receiving the commitment communication.

4. The transportation-vehicle system of claim 1 wherein:

the code is configured to cause the processing hardware unit to, based on the mobile-device resource profile, generate or modify a networked-device table outlining one or more available resources of one or more devices networked with the transportation-vehicle system;

at least one of the multiple optional resources is represented in the networked-device table; and

at least one of the multiple optional resources is a system resource, the system resource being a resource of the transportation-vehicle system or part of an apparatus comprising the transportation-vehicle system.

5. The transportation-vehicle system of claim 1 wherein:

the code comprises an application executing or to be executed at the transportation-vehicle system; and

utilizing the mobile-device resource of the mobile-electronic device in operation of the transportation-vehicle system includes utilizing the mobile-device resource in execution of the application at the transportation-vehicle system.

6. The transportation-vehicle system of claim 1 wherein the code comprises a networked-device client configured to communicate with a networked-device server of the mobile-electronic device for transmitting, between the transportation-vehicle system and the mobile-electronic device, data related to use of the mobile-device resource in operation of the transportation-vehicle system.

7. The transportation-vehicle system of claim 1 wherein the mobile-device resource comprises a mobile-device sensor.

8. The transportation-vehicle system of claim 7 wherein the sensor is selected from a list consisting of:

a camera, an accelerometer, an altimeter, a bio-metric sensor, RADAR, LiDAR, position- or pose-determination sensor, a speed sensor, a height sensor, a weight or payload sensor, and a weather-related sensor.

9. The transportation-vehicle system of claim 1 wherein the mobile-device resource comprises a mobile-device service.

10. The transportation-vehicle system of claim 9 wherein utilizing the mobile-device resource of the mobile-electronic device in operation of the transportation-vehicle system comprises sending a system message to the mobile-electronic device for processing using the mobile-device service.

11. The transportation-vehicle system of claim 9 wherein the mobile-device resource comprises components configured to provide a natural-language-processing service.

12. The transportation-vehicle system of claim 1 wherein:

the mobile-device resource comprises a mobile-device output component; and

utilizing the mobile-device resource of the mobile-electronic device in operation of the transportation-vehicle system comprises sending a system message to the mobile-electronic device for output from the mobile-device output component.

13. The transportation-vehicle system of claim 1 wherein:

the weighted utility function is configured to determine a utility value (U_i) for each optional resource according to;

U_i=w₁C_i+w₂F_i+w₃W_i+w₄S_i+w₅B_i;

the relevant characteristics comprise;

C represents a processing factor of a host device, hosting the optional resource;

F represents a memory factor of the host device;

W represents a communication or device-device connection characteristic associated with the host device;

S represents an identifier for the optional resource; and

B represents a power characteristic of the host device; and

w1, w2, w3, w4, w5 represent respective weights pre-determined for the relevant characteristics.

14. The transportation-vehicle system of claim 1 wherein the plurality of characteristics includes at least one characteristic selected from a group consisting of:

a processing factor (C) of a host device, hosting the optional resource;

a memory factor (F) of the host device;

a communication or device-device connection characteristic (W) associated with the host device;

an identifier for the optional resource (S); and

a power characteristic (B) of the host device.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device, for implementation at a vehicle of transportation, comprising code that, when executed by a processing hardware unit, causes the processing hardware unit to:

receive, from a mobile-electronic device, a mobile-device resource profile indicating a mobile-device resource;

determine whether to use a mobile-device resource of the mobile-electronic device, comprising performing a weighted utility function comparing multiple optional resources, wherein a pre-determined weight is assigned to each of a plurality of characteristics of the multiple optional resources being compared, and a weighted utility value is determined for each of the optional resources based on plurality of characteristics of the resource and corresponding pre-determined weights; and

utilize, in response to determining to use the mobile-device resource, the mobile-device resource in operation of the vehicle.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 15 wherein determining whether to use the mobile-device resource comprises performing a weighted utility function comparing utility of multiple optional resources.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 15 wherein:

the weighted utility function is configured to determine a utility value (U_i) for each optional resource according to;

U_i=w₁C_i+w₂F_i+w₃W_i+w₄S_i+w₅B_i;

the relevant characteristics comprise;

C represents a processing factor of a host device, hosting the optional resource;

F represents a memory factor of the host device;

W represents a communication or device-device connection characteristic associated with the host device;

S represents an identifier for the optional resource; and

B represents a power characteristic of the host device; and

w1, w2, w3, w4, w5 represent respective weights pre-determined for the relevant characteristics.

18. A mobile-electronic device, comprising:

a processing hardware unit; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage device comprising code that, when executed by the processing hardware unit, causes the processing hardware unit to;

receive, from a transportation-vehicle system, a vehicle resource profile indicating a vehicle resource;

determine whether to use the vehicle resource, comprising performing a weighted utility function comparing multiple optional resources, wherein a pre-determined weight is assigned to each of a plurality of characteristics of the multiple optional resources being compared, and a weighted utility value is determined for each of the optional resources based on the plurality of characteristics of the resource and corresponding pre-determined weights; and

utilize, in response to determining to use the vehicle resource, the vehicle resource of the transportation-vehicle system in operation of the mobile-electronic device.

19. The mobile-electronic device of claim 18 wherein determining whether to use the vehicle resource comprises performing a weighted utility function comparing utility of multiple optional resources.

20. The mobile-electronic device of claim 18 wherein:

the weighted utility function is configured to determine a utility value (U_i) for each optional resource according to;

U_i=w₁C_i+w₂F_i+w₃W_i+w₄S_i+w₅B_i;

the relevant characteristics comprise;

C represents a processing factor of a host device, hosting the optional resource;

F represents a memory factor of the host device;

W represents a communication or device-device connection characteristic associated with the host device;

S represents an identifier for the subject resource; and

B represents a power characteristic of the host device; and

w1, w2, w3, w4, w5 represent respective weights pre-determined for the relevant characteristics.