EP1001385A2 - On the fly satellite communication - Google Patents
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- G08G1/00—Traffic control systems for road vehicles
- G08G1/123—Traffic control systems for road vehicles indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, trams
- G08G1/127—Traffic control systems for road vehicles indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, trams to a central station ; Indicators in a central station
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- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
- G07C5/00—Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
- G07C5/008—Registering or indicating the working of vehicles communicating information to a remotely located station
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- G—PHYSICS
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- G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
- G07C5/00—Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
- G07C5/08—Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle or waiting time
- G07C5/0808—Diagnosing performance data
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- This invention relates to a method of communicating from a vehicle to several entities through a satellite connection.
- a truck may communicate its fuel level, etc. to the fleet owner such that the fleet owner is able to calculate mileage, or other economic aspects of the use of the truck. Further, items such as speed, may also be transmitted to the fleet owner.
- diagnostic information has typically not been communicated to the fleet owner. Such information would include information with regard to the way the truck has been operated, and could provide the fleet owner with information as to unsafe operation.
- the vehicle manufacturers, or component manufacturers are often presented with damaged parts or vehicles for warranty return. In many cases, those parts may have been damaged through unsafe use of the vehicle or other reasons of no fault of the manufacturer. To date, the manufacturers or component manufacturers have not been able to monitor the operation of the vehicle to identify such unsafe operation.
- a vehicle on the road communicates diagnostic information through a satellite communication system to several entities.
- information with regard to the operation of the vehicle may be transmitted over satellite communication to the vehicle owner, the vehicle manufacturer, or component manufacturers.
- the vehicle may be equipped with an accelerometer which would determine when the vehicle has traveled over an unusually large bump. If this information is communicated to the component manufacturer, the component manufacturer would have a record of the incident. Preferable, the signal transmitted from the vehicle would be encoded to identify the particular vehicle associated with the information being sent to the component manufacturer.
- the subcomponent manufacturer will be able to question the propriety of the warranty return based upon the incident recorded through the satellite communication.
- Other examples might be communication of information to the component manufacturer with regard to braking intensity as an indication of why there may have been unusual wear on a braking system.
- the types of diagnostic information are endless, and it is the concept of the communication of that information which is the inventive aspect of this invention.
- the vehicle manufacturers or component manufacturers can communicate to the vehicle to update the code, computer programs or aplets being utilized for the diagnostic systems.
- Known technology allows the provision of encoded software to the vehicle which would communicate to a computer on the vehicle that it should update its code. The manufacturer would then have the updated code follow the encoded signal.
- Figure 1 is a schematic view of one system incorporating the present invention.
- Figure 2 is a basic flow chart.
- Figure 3 shows another feature.
- Figure 1 shows a system 20 incorporating the present invention, and having a vehicle 22 communicating through a satellite 24 to the fleet owner 26, the vehicle manufacturer 28, and a component manufacturer 30.
- the component manufacturer box 30 could actually be a number of different manufacturers each receiving information, if different manufacturers manufactured the brakes, axles, etc.
- the vehicle is equipped with an antenna transmitter 32 for sending and receiving information through the satellite 24.
- the computer 34 on the vehicle communicates signals to and from the antenna/transmitter 32.
- An accelerometer 36 is shown schematically associated with one axle on the vehicle 22. The method of this invention will be described with regard to the operation of this accelerometer 36. It should be understood that any type of diagnostic information, including information with regard to the brakes, the engine, etc. could be incorporated into this invention. This invention is not concerned with how different information can be utilized for diagnostic purposes; rather, it is concerned with the communication of diagnostic information once it has been gathered.
- a flow chart for this method could be described as operating the vehicle and gathering diagnostic information such as through the accelerometer 36.
- the accelerometer 36 is useful to determine when an axle has taken a large vibration such as going over a large bump.
- Other types of diagnostic information could include the force applied to the brakes on any particular actuation, racing the engine, etc.
- This diagnostic information is transmitted and captured by any one of entities 26, 28 or 30. The entities store the information, and then utilize that information.
- the axle manufacturer may store that information. Now, when the owner of the vehicle attempts to return the axle as having been defective, the axle manufacturer 30 will be able to utilize that information to show the owner of the vehicle 22 that perhaps the axle was not defective.
- the communications from the vehicle to the entities are coded such that the entities will be able to determine the particular vehicle, such as by the vehicle information number.
- any one of entities 26, 28 and 30 can communicate with the computer 34 on the vehicle through the satellite 24 to update the computer code.
- the concept of encoded signals to actuate the computer 34 to accept new software is known. This system will utilize such computer technology to allow the computer 34 to be updated to accept and utilize new types of diagnostic information gathering.
- Figure 3 shows another feature wherein the satellite 24 communicates to the vehicle 22 and the manufacturer 28, 30 or owner 26 to provide the ability to modify hardware at the vehicle.
- a logic cell array 50 may be incorporated into the vehicle.
- Logic cell arrays are known and are utilized to provide a plurality of reconfigurable paths between various inputs and outputs. The paths are reconfigured by the simple application of software instructions.
- Logic cell array technology is known. However, once the logic cell or ray technology 50 has been incorporated into the vehicle, instructions can pass from the satellite 24 into a satellite link 52, microprocessor 54, and used in combination with code 56 to reconfigure the logic cell arrays.
- the logic cell array 50 might take an input 60 from its sensor and a second input 62 from some other source. The logic cell arrays may then transmit those inputs to outputs such as microprocessor 66 or some other input or output 68.
- the other logic cell array may also take another input 70 which could be from a redundant sensor. If the sensor 60 fails, the logic cell array can be reconfigured through the satellite link to utilize information from the sensor 70. This is one example only, and this technology will provide powerful benefits to the maintenance of fleets. This would allow the fixing of a problem at a vehicle, without the requirement of a maintenance person travelling to the vehicle.
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- A method of communicating information comprising:gathering diagnostic information with regard to the operation of a vehicle on the vehicle;transmitting said gathered information through a satellite link to a remote entity.
- A method as recited in Claim 1, wherein said remote entity includes a manufacturer of at least a portion of the vehicle.
- A method as recited in Claim 2, wherein said entity is a component manufacture.
- A method as recited in Claim 2, wherein said entity is the vehicle manufacturer.
- A method as recited in Claim 2, wherein said information is utilized in connection with warranty claims by said manufacturer.
- A method as recited in Claim 1, wherein said diagnostic information relates to a potential damage on at least a vehicle component.
- A method as recited in Claim 1, wherein said entities can communicate with said vehicle to update computer code on a computer mounted on said vehicle.
- A method as recited in Claim 7, wherein the computer code updates are utilized to reconfigure a control on the vehicle.
- A method as recited in Claim 1, wherein said transmitted gathered information is used in combination with a complex computer program at the remote entity.
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