Anonymous data collection for vehicle sensor data
AssigneeAtieva, Inc.
InventorsAmiya Trivedi, Alok Kumar Sinha, Raj Umashankar Gupta
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Abstract
Described systems and techniques enable anonymous collection of sensor data related to vehicle driving events of a vehicle. A start event of the vehicle may be detected, and an anonymous name may be generated, based on the start event. A subset of the sensor data related to a start-specific event of the vehicle may be extracted. The subset of the sensor data may be stored in an event file for the start-specific event that is designated using the anonymous name, and the event file may be uploaded from the vehicle to an external network.
Claims17
A computer program product, the computer program product being tangibly embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one computing device, are configured to cause the at least one computing device to:
- detect, at a vehicle outfitted with a plurality of sensors configured to generate sensor data characterizing an environment of the vehicle, a start event of the vehicle;
- generate, based on the start event, an anonymous name;
- extract, from the sensor data, a subset of the sensor data related to a start-specific event of the vehicle with respect to the environment;
- store the subset of the sensor data in an event file for the start-specific event that is designated using the anonymous name;
- generate a folder name of at least one folder, the folder name including the anonymous name;
- store the event file in the at least one folder;
- and
- upload the event file from the vehicle to an external network.
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- detecting, at a vehicle outfitted with a plurality of sensors configured to generate sensor data characterizing an environment of the vehicle, a start event of the vehicle;
- generating, based on the start event, an anonymous name;
- extracting, from the sensor data, a subset of the sensor data related to a start-specific event of the vehicle with respect to the environment;
- storing the subset of the sensor data in an event file for the start-specific event that is designated using the anonymous name;
- generating a folder name of at least one folder, the folder name including the anonymous name;
- storing the event file in the at least one folder;
- and
- uploading the event file from the vehicle to an external network.
A vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- a frame mounted on the chassis;
- a motor mounted within the frame;
- a plurality of sensors mounted on the vehicle and configured to generate sensor data characterizing an environment of the vehicle;
- at least one memory including instructions;
- and
- at least one processor that is operably coupled to the at least one memory and that is arranged and configured to execute instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to
- detect, at the vehicle, a start event of the vehicle;
- generate, based on the start event, an anonymous name;
- extract, from the sensor data, a subset of the sensor data related to a start-specific event of the vehicle with respect to the environment;
- store the subset of the sensor data in an event file for the start-specific event that is designated using the anonymous name;
- generate a folder name of at least one folder, the folder name including the anonymous name;
- store the event file in the at least one folder;
- and
- upload the event file from the vehicle to an external network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.