System and method for enabling persistent vehicle software interfaces

A system for updating a vehicle when a new hardware component is installed, the system comprising:

• processing circuitry coupled to the new hardware component and configured to:
• detect the new hardware component,
• identify an association between data generated by the new hardware component and at least one software component of the vehicle,
• store an interface configured to interpret the data from the new hardware component in a library of interfaces, and
• access the interface from the library of interfaces, wherein the interface converts the data provided by the new hardware component into abstracted information, and wherein the interface provides the abstracted information to the at least one software component of the vehicle.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having non-transitory computer-readable instructions encoded thereon that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:

• detect, using processing circuitry in a vehicle, a new hardware component,
• identify, using the processing circuitry, an association between data generated by the new hardware component and at least one software component of the vehicle,
• store an interface configured to interpret the data from the new hardware component in a library of interfaces, and
• access, using the processing circuitry, the interface from the library of interfaces, wherein the interface converts the data provided by the new hardware component into abstracted information, and wherein the interface provides the abstracted information to the at least one software component of the vehicle.

A method comprising:

• detecting, using processing circuitry in a vehicle, a new hardware component installed in the vehicle,
• identifying, using the processing circuitry, an association between data generated by the new hardware component and at least one software component of the vehicle,
• storing, using the processing circuitry, a plurality of interfaces in a library of interfaces, and
• accessing, using the processing circuitry, an interface configured to interpret the data from the new hardware component from the library of interfaces, wherein the interface converts the data provided by the new hardware component into abstracted information, and wherein the interface provides the abstracted information to the at least one software component of the vehicle.