Extensible mapping for vehicle system buses

A device configured to interact with a vehicle, the device comprising:

• a memory configured to store an extensible mapping between a local control message specified in accordance with a control bus protocol and a standard control message supported by an operating system;
• and
• one or more processors configured to:
• execute the operating system to control one or more systems of the vehicle, the operating system configured to generate the standard control message, the standard control message including a first representation of a command set to initiate an operational state change of the one or more systems;
• translate, based on the extensible mapping, the standard control message to obtain the local control message, the local control message including a second representation of the command set;
• and
• transmit, via a control bus coupled to the one or more processors and the one or more systems, the local control message to initiate the operational state change of the one or more systems.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors of a vehicle head unit to:

• execute an operating system to control one or more systems of the vehicle;
• obtain an extensible mapping between a local control message specified in accordance with a control bus protocol and a standard control message supported by the operating system, the operating system configured to generate the standard control message, the standard control message including a first representation of a command set to initiate an operational state change of the one or more systems;
• translate, based on the extensible mapping, the standard control message to obtain the local control message, the local control message including a second representation of the command set;
• and
• transmit, by the one or more processors and via a control bus coupled to the one or more processors and the one or more systems, the local control message to initiate the operational state change of the one or more systems.