Collecting of vehicle-based, location-specific data set

A computer-implemented method for acquiring, offering, and transmitting vehicle-based sensor data of a route section, wherein the vehicle-based sensor data includes environment data acquired by a vehicle of a vehicle swarm traveling on the route section and offered to a back-end computer, comprising:

• reporting, by a control circuit of the vehicle, available types of measured vehicle-based sensor data relating to the route section currently being traveled on to the back-end computer, wherein the measured vehicle-based sensor data are stored in a memory of the vehicle;
• receiving, from the back-end computer, a request for at least one selected type of measured vehicle-based sensor data selected from the available types of measured vehicle-based sensor data reported by the control circuit of the vehicle, the request specifying at least one of a requested measuring frequency or a requested block length of the at least one selected type of measured vehicle-based sensor data;
• in response to the received request for the at least one selected type of measured vehicle-based sensor data, collecting from the memory of the vehicle, measured vehicle-based sensor data of the at least one selected type of measured vehicle-based sensor data;
• and
• transmitting the requested and collected measured vehicle-based sensor data to the back-end computer.

A device for acquiring, offering, and transmitting vehicle-based sensor data of a route section, wherein the vehicle-based sensor data includes environment data acquired by a vehicle of a vehicle swarm traveling on the route section and offered to a back-end computer, comprising:

• environment sensors for recording vehicle-based sensor data;
• a data aggregator for storing and arranging the vehicle-based sensor data acquired by the environment sensors;
• and
• a vehicle-based control circuit for controlling the data aggregator and for communication with the back-end computer, the control circuit configured to:
• report available types of vehicle-based sensor data relating to the route section currently being traveled on to the back-end computer;
• receive, via a bidirectional communication channel between the vehicle-based control circuit and the back-end computer, a request from the back-end computer for at least one selected type of vehicle-based sensor data selected from the available types of vehicle-based sensor data;
• in response to the received request for the at least one selected type of vehicle-based sensor data, control the data aggregator to collect and aggregate vehicle-based sensor data collected by at least one of the environment sensors associated with the at least one selected type of vehicle-based sensor data;
• and
• transmit, via a unidirectional communication channel between the vehicle-based control circuit and the back-end computer, the requested and collected vehicle-based sensor data to the back-end computer, wherein the unidirectional communication channel is distinct from the bidirectional communication channel.