COMPUTING PLATFORM FOR MULTIPLE INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS IN AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE

• US 20090150017A1
• Filed: 12/05/2007
• Published: 06/11/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Motor Corporation
• Original Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Incorporated (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: James, Michael R., Rogers, Jeff B., Caveney, Derek S., Laberteaux, Kenneth P., Samples, Michael E., Caminiti, Lorenzo
• Granted Patent: US 8,126,605 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/23
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2209/10 Comprising means for protocol conversion, i.e. format conversion
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C

Abstract

A computing platform for multiple intelligent transportation systems in an automotive vehicle having a plurality of sensors which generate output signals representative of various vehicle operating parameters. The platform includes a vehicle data center which receives input signals from the vehicle sensors and the vehicle data center is configured to transform these input signals into output signals having a predetermined format for each of the vehicle operating parameters. A central processing unit receives the output signal from the vehicle data and is programmed to process the vehicle data center output signals for each of the intelligent transportation systems and generate the appropriate output signals as a result of such processing.

Claims

1. A computing platform for multiple intelligent transportation systems in an automotive vehicle having a plurality of sensors which generate output signals representative of vehicle operating parameters, said platform comprising:

a vehicle data center which receives input signals from the vehicle sensors, said vehicle data center configured to transform said input signals into output signals having a predetermined format for each vehicle operating parameter,

a central processing unit which receives said output signals from said vehicle data center,

said central processor programmed to process said vehicle data center output signals for each intelligent transportation system and generate appropriate output signals as a result of said processing.

2. The invention as defined in claim 1 and comprising a message dispatcher which coordinates short range radio communications and generates output signals in a preset format as a result of said communications, said central processor programmed to process said dispatcher output signals for at least one of the intelligent transportation systems and generate appropriate output signals as a result of said processing.

3. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein the intelligent transportation systems comprise vehicle safety systems.

4. A computing platform for processing multiple intelligent transportation systems in an automotive vehicle comprising:

a plurality of sensors in which each sensor generates output signals representative of an associated vehicle operating parameter,

a vehicle data center which receives input signals from said vehicle sensors, said vehicle data center configured to transform said input signals into output signals having a predetermined format for each vehicle operating parameter such that the output signals are abstracted from said sensors,

a central processing unit which receives said output signals from said vehicle data center,

said central processing programmed to process said vehicle data center output signals for each intelligent transportation system and generate appropriate output signals as a result of said processing.

5. The invention as defined in claim 4 and comprising a message dispatcher which coordinates short range radio communications and generates output signals in a preset format as a result of said communications, said central processor programmed to process said dispatcher output signals for at least one of the intelligent transportation systems and generate appropriate output signals as a result of such processing.

6. The invention as defined in claim 4 wherein the intelligent transportation systems comprise vehicle safety systems.