GB2601304A - A method for determining at least one capability of a motor vehicle by an electronic computing device as well as a corresponding electronic computing device - Google Patents
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Abstract
A method and device to determine the capabilities of a motor vehicle, 10, such as an automobile. An inventory is taken of a plurality of components, 22 – 34, of the vehicle by a device, 12. At least one capability is determined from the inventory, compiled into a human readable format and transmitted to a backend server. The device may use a production build sheet when taking the inventory and the capability may be determined upon ignition of the vehicle. If a plurality of capabilities is determined these may be merged into a capability list which is compiled and sent to the server. Examples of components discovered may be a head unit, a transmission control unit, a door control unit, a map control unit, a park control unit etc. The advantage of the invention is that up-to-date and accurate information may be discovered about the capabilities and services provided by the vehicle.
Description
A METHOD FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE CAPABILITY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE BY AN ELECTRONIC COMPUTING DEVICE AS WELL AS A CORRESPONDING ELECTRONIC COMPUTING DEVICE
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to the field of automobiles. More specifically, the invention relates to a method for determining at least one capability of a motor vehicle by an electronic computing device of the motor vehicle, as well as to a corresponding electronic computing device.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
[0002] Defining capabilities of a motor vehicle is mainly a manual task in the state of the art and takes a lot of time and overhead to complete in the backend. The object for the motor vehicle is to know its vehicle capabilities and share them.
[0003] US 9,654,937 B2 discloses a method including selecting a path for routing a data packet from a source node to a destination node in a vehicular ad hoc network, storing the data packet if the selected path is identified as a dead end, and establishing a communication link with a first node. The method also includes forwarding the data packet for the first node if a first distance between the first node and the destination node is less than a second distance between the source and the destination node. Embodiments include sending a query for location information of the destination node, receiving the location information including two or more available paths from the source node to the destination node, and determining the path for routing the data packet in an optimal path of the two or more available paths.
[0004] There is a lack in the art for getting the most up-to-date information about the capabilities of the motor vehicle.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0005] It is an object of the invention to provide a method as well as an electronic computing device, by which up-to-date and accurate information about the capabilities of a motor vehicle is determined.
[0006] This object is solved by a method as well as an electronic computing device according to the independent claims. Advantageous embodiments are presented in the dependent claims.
[0007] a motor vehicle may comprise three primary components. One component may be the physical hardware, for example, an engine, wheels, or a drive train. A second component may be an electronic computing device, for example, a TCU, seat position memory, head unit, or the engine ECU. A third component may be software, for example, for the infotainment system. These components may be combined and, if so, they are referred to as the vehicle capabilities. These capabilities essentially define which functions, operations, and processes the motor vehicle is capable of performing.
[0008] One aspect of the invention relates to a method for determining at least one capability of a motor vehicle by an electronic computing device of the motor vehicle. An inventory of a plurality of components of the motor vehicle is taken by the electronic computing device. The at least one capability of the motor vehicle is determined depending on the taken inventory by the electronic computing device. The at least one determined capability is compiled in a human readable format. The compiled capability is then transmitted by the electronic computing device to a backend server.
[0009] Therefore, the motor vehicle is the source of information, which means it has the most up-to-date and accurate information about its capabilities of the motor vehicle. The capability information may be further utilized by the backend service, consumer services, original equipment manufacturer (OEM).
[0010] According to an embodiment, the inventory of these capabilities of the motor vehicle is adopted by at least one hardware component of the motor vehicle and/or at least one control unit of the motor vehicle and/or at least one software component of the motor vehicle.
[0011] According to another embodiment, the electronic computing device uses a production build sheet of the motor vehicle and/or a variant coding of the electronic computing device and/or a variant coding of an instrument cluster of the motor vehicle for taking the inventory.
[0012] In another embodiment the at least one capability is determined upon an ignition of the motor vehicle and the at least one capability is stored in an internal storage component of the electronic computing device.
[0013] According to another embodiment depending on the taken inventory a plurality of capabilities are determined and the plurality of the capabilities are merged in a capability list, which is compiled and transmitted to the backend server by the electronic computing device.
[0014] Another aspect of the invention relates to an electronic computing device for a motor vehicle for determining at least one capability of the motor vehicle, wherein the electronic computing device is configured to perform a method according to the preceding aspect. In particular, the method is performed by the electronic computing device.
[0015] Another aspect of the invention relates to a motor vehicle comprising at least one electronic computing device according to the preceding aspect.
[0016] Advantageous forms of configuration of the method are to be regarded as advantageous forms of the electronic computing device as well as of the motor vehicle. The electronic computing device and the motor vehicle therefore comprise means for performing the method.
[0017] Further advantages, features, and details of the invention derive from the following description of preferred embodiment as well as from the drawing. The features and feature combinations previously mentioned in the description as well as the features and feature combinations mentioned in the following description of the figure and/or shown in the figure alone can be employed not only in the respectively indicated combination but also in any other combination or taken alone without leaving the scope of the invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
[0018] The novel features and characteristics of the disclosure are set forth in the independent claims. The accompanying drawing, which is incorporated in and constitutes part of this disclosure, illustrates an exemplary embodiment and together with the description, serves to explain the disclosed principles. In the figure, the same reference signs are used throughout the figure to refer to identical features and components. Some embodiments of the system and/or methods in accordance with embodiments of the present subject matter are now described below, by way of example only, and with reference to the accompanying figure.
[0019] Fig. 1 shows in a schematic block diagram of a motor vehicle with an embodiment of an electronic computing device for performing an embodiment of the method.
[0020] In the figures same elements or elements having the same function are indicated by the same reference signs.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0021] In the present document, the word "exemplary" is used herein to mean "serving as an example, instance, or illustration." Any embodiment or implementation of the present subject matter described herein as "exemplary" is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments.
[0022] While the disclosure is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiment thereof has been shown by way of example in the drawing and will be described in detail below. It should be understood, however, that it is not intended to limit the disclosure to the particular form disclosed, but on the contrary, the disclosure is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the scope of the disclosure.
[0023] The terms "comprises", "comprising", or any other variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion so that a setup, device or method that comprises a list of components or steps does not include only those components or steps but may include other components or steps not expressly listed or inherent to such setup or device or method. In other words, one or more elements in a system or apparatus preceded by "comprises" or "comprise" does not or do not, without more constraints, preclude the existence of other elements or additional elements in the system or method.
[0024] In the following detailed description of the embodiment of the disclosure, reference is made to the accompanying drawing that forms part hereof, and in which is shown by way of illustration a specific embodiment in which the disclosure may be practiced. This embodiment is described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the disclosure, and it is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and that changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. The following description is, therefore, not to be taken in a limiting sense.
[0025] Fig. 1 shows a schematic block diagram with a schematic view of a motor vehicle 10 with an electronic computing device 12. Fig. 1 shows a so-called vehicle layer 14, a vehicle head unit layer 16 and a backend server layer 18. The backend server layer 18 may be configured as a cloud server layer. Therefore, the backend server layer 18 may comprise a backend server 20.
[0026] According to the shown embodiment, the motor vehicle 10 may comprise a head unit 22, a transmission control unit 24, a door control unit 26, a map control unit 28, a park control unit 30, an engine control unit 32, and other control units, which are represented by the reference sign 34.
[0027] According to the shown embodiment, the electronic computing device 12 may use a production build sheet 36, a variant coding of the electronic computing device, which is shown in block 38 and/or a variant coding of an instrument cluster of the motor vehicle 10 which is shown by block 40. Furthermore, the electronic computing device 12 may gather and compile a logic, which is shown by block 42, and may perform capability recalculation, which is shown by block 44. Furthermore, the electronic computing device 12 may use a vehicle information from the electronic computing device 12, which is shown by block 46.
[0028] In more details and as shown in a first step Si, the electronic computing device 12 may gather the properties and capabilities of the motor vehicle 10 when requested. In a second step S2, the properties and capabilities are compiled and sent to the backend server 20. In a third step S3, the properties and capabilities are received by the backend server 20.
[0029] According to the shown embodiment, a method is provided for determining at least one capability of the motor vehicle 10 by the electronic computing device 12 wherein an inventory of a plurality of components, which are indicated by reference signs 22 to 34, of the motor vehicle 10 are taken by the electronic computing device 12. This at least one capability is determined depending on the taken inventory by the electronic computing device 12. The at least one determined capability is compiled in a human readable format. The compiled capability is transmitted by the electronic computing device 12 to the backend server 20.
[0030] The motor vehicle 10 is the source of information for understanding what capabilities the motor vehicle 10 owns. The motor vehicle 10 takes inventory of its physical hardware, which may be for example be its control units 22 to 34 and/or the software control unit 22 to 34.
[0031] In a first step Si, the motor vehicle 10 takes inventory, wherein inventory may be taken by using the production build sheet 36, which states what properties the motor vehicle 10 has. This inventory is stored within the head unit 22, wherein the head unit 22 may be the most powerful processing unit in the motor vehicle 10. The motor vehicle 10 uses the build sheet 36 to take inventory of what physically is installed on the motor vehicle 10.
[0032] Since the head unit 22 is used to control most of the vehicle's functionality and capabilities, the motor vehicle 10 uses the variant coding that makes up the head unit operation system rules and determines what capabilities it has from there.
[0033] The instrument cluster is also run by its own software and control unit. Therefore the motor vehicle 10 uses the variant coding rules behind the instrument cluster operation system to determine the capabilities such as if the motor vehicle 10 is capable of warning the driver, for example if the driver have their seatbelt fastened or not.
[0034] Furthermore, a motor vehicle 10 has a plurality of control units 22 to 34 that are responsible for performing specific functions. These control units 22 to 34, for example, communicate with the head unit 22 and share details about themselves and their capabilities.
[0035] Whenever a user of the motor vehicle 10 changes any aspect relating to the motor vehicle 10, for example, through activation/deactivation of different services or by performing an update, the motor vehicle 10 recalculates its capabilities to ensure it has the most up-to-date capability list.
[0036] In a second step S2, the motor vehicle 10 determines what properties and potential capabilities it has, wherein the electronic computing device 12 compiles this information in an easily adjustable human readable format. In particular the head unit 22 performs this operation based on a rule set that exists within the operation system. Additionally, the motor vehicle 10 may calculate its capabilities upon every ignition and store that information locally. If a control unit 22 to 34 is built, the capabilities are known, and it is also known what is needed in the future. By flashing the updates, it is known how this impacts the specific motor vehicle 10 or what is needed to include the new capability in the capability list. If a change is made, this is indicated so that the difference in the motor vehicle's capabilities can be recognized. This is unique to the individual motor vehicle 10.
[0037] Once, the motor vehicle 10 has calculated its capabilities, the capability list is transmitted to the backend server 20, wherein this information is stored and cached for backend services, consumer services and a vehicle development to use. This may be performed in a two-way communication path. In a first way, the head unit 22 initiates the communication, upon every ignition of the capability list via an encrypted REST method and transmits the data through the vehicle TCU 24. A second path may be that the backend server 20 reaches out to the motor vehicle 10 for the list of capabilities and the motor vehicle 10 sends the capability list via an encrypted REST method and transmits the data through the TCU 24.
Reference Signs motor vehicle 12 electronic computing device 14 motor vehicle layer 16 vehicle head unit layer 18 backend server layer backend server 22 head unit 24 telecommunication control unit 26 door control unit 28 map control unit park control unit 32 engine control unit 34 other control units 36 build sheet 38 block block 42 block 44 block 46 block Si first step 32 second step 33 third step
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- CLAIMS1. A method for determining at least one capability of a motor vehicle (10) by an electronic computing device (12) of the motor vehicle (10), comprising the steps of: - taking an inventory of a plurality of components (22 to 34) of the motor vehicle (10) by the electronic computing device (12); (Si) - determining the at least one capability of the motor vehicle (10) depending on the taken inventory by the electronic computing device (12); (52) - compiling the at least one determined capability in a human readable format (S2) and - transmitting the compiled capability to a backend server (20) by the electronic computing device (12). (S3) 2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the inventory is adopted by at least one hardware component of the motor vehicle (10) and/or by at least one control unit (22 to 34) of the motor vehicle (10) and/or at least one software component of the motor vehicle (10).3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the electronic computing device (12) uses a production build sheet (36) of the motor vehicle (10) and/or a variant coding of the electronic computing device (12) and/or a variant coding of an instrument cluster of the motor vehicle (10) for taking the inventory.4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the at least one capability is determined upon an ignition of the motor vehicle (10) and the at least one capability is stored in a storing device (48) of the electronic computing device (12).5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that depending on the taken inventory a plurality of capabilities are determined and the plurality of capabilities are merged in a capability list and the capability list is compiled and transmitted to the backend server (20) by the electronic computing device (12).6. Electronic computing device (12) for a motor vehicle (10) for determining at least one capability of the motor vehicle (10), wherein the electronic computing device (12) is configured to perform a method according to any one of claims 1 to 5.
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