Method for vehicle data collection
AssigneeKitty Hawk Corporation
InventorsRobert Preissl, Kosuke Hata
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Abstract
A vehicle data collection method is disclosed. The method comprises receiving vehicle data, determining that an internet connection is not available, storing the vehicle data, determining that an internet connection has become available, and transmitting the vehicle data based at least in part on the determination that an internet connection has become available.
Claims20
A vehicle data collection method, comprising:
- receiving vehicle data at a first device on a vehicle during vehicle operation;
- transmitting a prescribed subset of the vehicle data to a second device, while the vehicle is in operation;
- determining that an internet connection has become available to the second device;
- and
- transmitting the vehicle data stored on the second device based at least in part on the determination that the internet connection has become available.
A vehicle data collection system, comprising:
- a vehicle data recording device installed on a vehicle and configured to:
- receive vehicle data during vehicle operation;
- and
- transmit a prescribed subset of the vehicle data to a second device, while the vehicle is in operation;
- wherein the second device is configured to determine that an internet connection has become available to the second device;
- and to transmit the vehicle data stored on the second device based at least in part on the determination that the internet connection has become available.
A computer program product to collect vehicle data, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:
- receiving vehicle data at a first device on a vehicle during vehicle operation;
- transmitting a prescribed subset of the vehicle data to a second device, while the vehicle is in operation;
- determining that an internet connection has become available to the second device;
- and
- transmitting the vehicle data stored on the second device based at least in part on the determination that the internet connection has become available.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.