Vehicle Wireless Information System

• US 20100268401A1
• Filed: 04/15/2009
• Published: 10/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Blakemore, Bruce Carvell, Gale, Allan Roy, Gilman, Dale, Chander, Bala, Momcilovich, Paul Theodore, Schultz, David W.
• Granted Patent: US 10,140,781 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0866 the electronic data carrier being a digital video recorder in combination with video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0891 Video recorder in combination with video camera

Abstract

A vehicle wireless information system includes a vehicle, an onboard vehicle computer provided in the vehicle and at least one external access point adapted to wirelessly access the onboard vehicle computer.

Claims

1. A vehicle wireless information system, comprising:

a vehicle;

an onboard vehicle computer provided in said vehicle; and

at least one external access point adapted to wirelessly access said onboard vehicle computer.

2. The vehicle wireless information system of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of vehicle system components interfacing with said onboard vehicle computer and wherein said at least one external access point is adapted to wirelessly control said plurality of vehicle system components.

3. The vehicle wireless information system of claim 2 further comprising a data storage device interfacing with said onboard vehicle computer.

4. The vehicle wireless information system of claim 3 further comprising a human machine interface interfacing with said onboard vehicle computer.

5. The vehicle wireless information system of claim 1 wherein said vehicle comprises an electric vehicle.

6. The vehicle wireless information system of claim 5 wherein said electric vehicle comprises a hybrid electric vehicle.

7. The vehicle wireless information system of claim 6 wherein said hybrid electric vehicle comprises a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.

8. The vehicle wireless information system of claim 1 wherein said vehicle comprises an internal-combustion vehicle.

9. A vehicle wireless information system, comprising:

a vehicle;

an onboard vehicle computer comprising a central processing unit provided in said vehicle and a plurality of vehicle system components connected to said central processing unit; and

at least one external access point adapted to wirelessly access said plurality of vehicle system components of said onboard vehicle computer.

10. The vehicle wireless information system of claim 9 further comprising a data storage device interfacing with said onboard vehicle computer.

12. The vehicle wireless information system of claim 9 wherein said vehicle comprises an electric vehicle.

15. The vehicle wireless information system of claim 9 wherein said vehicle comprises an internal-combustion vehicle.

16. The vehicle wireless information system of claim 9 wherein said at least one external access point comprises at least one of a home wireless network, a mobile device, a service center, an office wireless network and the Internet.

11. The vehicle wireless information system of claim further comprising a human machine interface interfacing with said onboard vehicle computer.

13. The vehicle wireless information system of claim wherein said electric vehicle comprises a hybrid electric vehicle.

14. The vehicle wireless information system of claim wherein said hybrid electric vehicle comprises a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.

17. A vehicle wireless information system, comprising:

a vehicle;

an onboard vehicle computer comprising a central processing unit provided in said vehicle and a data storage device, a wireless transceiver and a plurality of vehicle system components connected to said central processing unit;

wherein said plurality of vehicle system components comprises at least one of an audio component, a maps/GPS component, an images component, a video component, a navigation system component, an audio player component, a satellite radio component and a service component; and

at least one external access point adapted to wirelessly access and control said plurality of vehicle system components of said onboard vehicle computer.

18. The vehicle wireless information system of claim 17 wherein said at least one external access point comprises at least one of a home wireless network, a mobile device, a service center, an office wireless network and the Internet.

19. The vehicle wireless information system of claim further comprising a human machine interface interfacing with said central processing unit of said onboard vehicle computer.

20. The vehicle wireless information system of claim wherein said vehicle is an electric vehicle, a hybrid electric vehicle, a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle or an internal combustion vehicle.