# US 11,452,147 B2 · Horizontal embedded architecture for system of systems (SoS) and internet of everything (IoE)

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- Number: US 11,452,147 B2
- Document ID: US11452147B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/866,407
- Filed: 2020-05-04
- Published: 2021-11-04
- Granted: 2022-09-20
- Earliest claimed: 2020-05-04
- Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Applicants: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Inventors: Sujit S. Phatak
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11452147B2

## CPC

- H04W 76/10: Connection setup
- G06F 16/2379: {Updates performed during online database operations; commit processing}
- H04W 4/44: for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

Example implementations described herein are directed to an embedded edge device and edge/cloud system configured to facilitate seamless connectivity between multi-domain assets for system of system and internet of everything applications. Through the use of a novel horizontally scalable embedded architecture for embedded edge device that can be connected to multi-domain assets to enable seamless connectivity between them, the example implementations can facilitate wireless connections across multi-domain assets to allow overall system of systems and internet of everything applications to improve quality of life.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus configured to be hardwire connected to an asset, the apparatus comprising:
a hardwire interface configured to connect to the asset, wherein the asset is an asset of an application domain independent of the apparatus;
a cellular interface (I/F);
a microcontroller, configured to:
after boot-up of the apparatus:
retrieve asset identification information from the asset through the hardwire interface connection;
determine a type of the asset from the retrieved asset identification information;
register the retrieved asset identification information with a server over the cellular I/F;
load an application corresponding to the determined type of asset; and
communicate to another asset through the cellular I/F connection with server to establish bi-directional communication between the asset and the another asset.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the server is configured to register multiple assets to a database and establish cellular communication between the asset and other ones of the multiple assets.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the another asset is another type of asset that is different from the determined type of asset.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the asset is a vehicle and the another asset is an infrastructure system.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the microcontroller is configured to determine the type of asset by:
transmitting a handshake signal to the asset through the hardwire connection; and
upon receiving an acknowledgement from the asset, comparing the acknowledgement to a database associating acknowledgements to types of assets to determine the type of asset corresponding to the acknowledgment.

### Claim 6

A system, comprising:
a server; and
an apparatus configured to be hardwire connected to an asset, wherein the asset is an asset of an application domain independent of the apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
a hardware interface configured to connect to the asset;
a cellular interface (I/F);
a microcontroller, configured to:
after boot-up of the apparatus:
retrieve asset identification information from the asset through the hardwire interface connection;
determine a type of the asset from the retrieved asset identification information;
register the retrieved asset identification information with a server over the cellular I/F;
load an application corresponding to the determined type of asset; and
communicate to another asset through the cellular I/F connection with server to establish bi-directional communication between the asset and the another asset.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The system of claim 6, wherein the server is configured to register multiple assets to a database and establish cellular communication between the asset and other ones of the multiple assets.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The system of claim 6, wherein the another asset is another type of asset that is different from the determined type of asset.

### Claim 9 (depends on 6)

The system of claim 6, wherein the asset is a vehicle and the another asset is an infrastructure system.

### Claim 10 (depends on 6)

The system of claim 6, wherein the microcontroller is configured to determine the type of asset by:
transmitting a handshake signal to the asset through the hardwire connection; and
upon receiving an acknowledgement from the asset, comparing the acknowledgement to a database associating acknowledgements to types of assets to determine the type of asset corresponding to the acknowledgment.