Augmenting handset sensors with car sensors

• US 9,858,809 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2012
• Issued: 01/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Heckford, Andrew Charles, Andic, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Lau, Hoi
• Application Number:
  US13/672,614
• Publication Number:
  US 20140125489A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,881 Days
• Field of Search: 34087001, 340438, 340963, 340905, 3404255, 3408703, 34087002, 34042611, 34042613, 701 29, 701 296, 701 36, 701 291, 701 314, 701 2, 701469, 701412, 701 1, 701 324, 701117
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0816 Indicating performance data, e.g. occurrence of a malfunction
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 19/00 Electric signal transmission systems G08C17/00 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: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, and computer programmable media for generating applications configured to access telemetry from at least one vehicle, the applications being generated by a consumer-programmable platform, are presented. The application may display data indicative of the vehicle telemetry or may allow a user to interface with the vehicle telemetry. Examples of vehicle telemetry may include data about the health and status of the vehicle, such as the current temperature of the vehicle engine or the current speed of the vehicle. Embodiments may generate applications configured to access telemetry from multiple vehicles built by different automobile manufacturers.

Claims

1. A method for augmenting data by a mobile device, comprising:

receiving, at the mobile device, a first set of data from a first vehicle, the first set of data being indicative of vehicle telemetry information based on readings from one or more sensors disposed in the first vehicle;

obtaining a second set of data associated with the mobile device, wherein the second set of data comprises a location of the mobile device determined by geo-positioning functions of the mobile device;

determining local road conditions associated with the first vehicle based at least in part on the second set of data associated with the mobile device; and

determining at least one command based on a vehicle context, the vehicle context determined by the mobile device based at least in part on the first set of data received from the first vehicle, the second set of data associated with the mobile device, and the determined local road conditions associated with the first vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second set of data is obtained from one or more sensors disposed in the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second set of data is obtained from one or more software applications running on the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one command corresponds to adjusting one or more settings of the first vehicle.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

transmitting the at least one command to the first vehicle.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one command corresponds to sending an alert to a user of the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one command corresponds to performing an action by a software application on the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining a third set of data from a second vehicle, the third set of data being indicative of vehicle telemetry information based on readings from one or more sensors disposed in the second vehicle; and

determining the at least one command based further on the third set of data.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one command is determined in a software application running on the mobile device.

10. An apparatus for augmenting data, comprising:

at least one processor configured to;

receive a first set of data from a first vehicle, the first set of data being indicative of vehicle telemetry information based on readings from one or more sensors disposed in the first vehicle,

obtain a second set of data associated with the apparatus, wherein the second set of data comprises a location of the apparatus determined by geo-positioning functions of the apparatus,

determine local road conditions associated with the first vehicle based at least in part on the second set of data associated with the apparatus; and

determine at least one command based on a vehicle context, the vehicle context determined by the apparatus based at least in part on the first set of data received from the first vehicle, and the second set of data associated with the apparatus, and the determined local road conditions associated with the first vehicle; and

a memory coupled to the at least one processor.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the second set of data is obtained from one or more sensors disposed in the apparatus.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the second set of data is obtained from one or more software applications running on the apparatus.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one command corresponds to adjusting one or more settings of the first vehicle.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

transmit the at least one command to the first vehicle.

15. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one command corresponds to sending an alert to a user of the apparatus.

16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one command corresponds to performing an action by a software application on the apparatus.

17. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

obtain a third set of data from a second vehicle, the third set of data being indicative of vehicle telemetry information based on readings from one or more sensors disposed in the second vehicle; and

determine the at least one command based further on the third set of data.

18. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one command is determined in a software application running on the apparatus.

19. An apparatus for augmenting data, comprising:

means for receiving a first set of data from a first vehicle, the first set of data being indicative of vehicle telemetry information based on readings from one or more sensors disposed in the first vehicle;

means for obtaining a second set of data associated with the apparatus, wherein the second set of data comprises a location of the apparatus determined by geo-positioning functions of the apparatus;

means for determining local road conditions associated with a vehicle based at least in part on the second set of data associated with the apparatus; and

means for determining at least one command based on a vehicle context, the vehicle context determined by the apparatus based at least in part on the first set of data received from the first vehicle, the second set of data associated with the apparatus, and the determined local road conditions associated with the vehicle.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the second set of data is obtained from one or more sensors disposed in the apparatus.

21. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the second set of data is obtained from one or more software applications running on the apparatus.

22. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the at least one command corresponds to adjusting one or more settings of the first vehicle.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, further comprising:

means for transmitting the at least one command to the first vehicle.

24. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the at least one command corresponds to performing an action by a software application on the apparatus.

25. The apparatus of claim 19, further comprising:

means for obtaining a third set of data from a second vehicle, the third set of data being indicative of vehicle telemetry information based on readings from one or more sensors disposed in the second vehicle; and

means for determining the at least one command based further on the third set of data.

26. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the at least one command is determined in a software application running on the apparatus.

27. A non-transitory processor-readable medium for augmenting data by a mobile device, comprising processor-readable instructions configured to cause a processor to:

receive, at the mobile device, a first set of data from a first vehicle, the first set of data being indicative of vehicle telemetry information based on readings from one or more sensors disposed in the first vehicle;

obtain a second set of data associated with the mobile device, wherein the second set of data comprises a location of the mobile device determined by geo-positioning functions of the mobile device;

determine local road conditions associated with a vehicle based at least in part on the second set of data associated with the mobile device; and

determine at least one command based on a vehicle context, the vehicle context determined by the mobile device based at least in part on the first set of data received from the first vehicle, the second set of data associated with the mobile device, and the determined local road conditions associated with the vehicle.

28. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 27, wherein the second set of data is obtained from one or more sensors disposed in the mobile device.

29. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 27, wherein the at least one command corresponds to adjusting one or more settings of the first vehicle.

30. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 27, wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the processor to:

obtain a third set of data from a second vehicle, the third set of data being indicative of vehicle telemetry information based on readings from one or more sensors disposed in the second vehicle; and

determine the at least one command based further on the third set of data.