METHOD FOR PROVIDING AT LEAST ONE SPECIFIC VEHICLE STATE OF A VEHICLE

• US 20180032070A1
• Filed: 07/25/2017
• Published: 02/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG (Volkswagen AG)
• Original Assignee: Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG (Volkswagen AG)
• Inventors: Zoppelt, Gerald, Conradi, Sven, Roppel, Ruediger, Koch, Markus
• Granted Patent: US 10,459,439 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0022 characterised by the communication link data switching networks in general H04L12/00
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0055 with safety arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/00 Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/08 Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle or waiting time

Abstract

A method for providing at least one specific vehicle state of a vehicle. The method includes acquiring basic parameters of the vehicle from at least one data source; comparing the acquired basic parameters with a comparison list; and providing a specific vehicle state for the acquired basic parameters based on the comparison.

Claims

1. A method for providing at least one specific vehicle state of a vehicle, the method comprising:

acquiring basic parameters of the vehicle from at least one data source;

comparing the acquired basic parameters with a comparison list; and

providing a specific vehicle state for the acquired basic parameters based on the comparison.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the basic parameters are acquired at least from a control device of the vehicle as data source.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the basic parameters are acquired at least from a communication bus between control devices of the vehicle as data source.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the basic parameters are acquired from a telecommunication interface as the data source.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a vehicle function is executed depending on the provided specific vehicle state.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the provided specific vehicle state is compared with a function queue, and wherein the vehicle function from the function queue that correlates to the provided specific vehicle state is executed.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein when at least two vehicle functions from the function queue correlate to the same provided specific vehicle state, a priority of the at least two vehicle functions is taken into account.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the acquired basic parameters are processed for the comparison.

9. A control apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:

an acquisition module for acquiring basic parameters of the vehicle from at least one data source;

a comparison module for comparing the acquired basic parameters with a comparison list; and

a provision module for providing a specific vehicle state for the acquired basic parameters based on the comparison.