Method and apparatus for wireless proximity based component information provision
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsStuart C. SALTER, Pietro BUTTOLO, James SURMAN, James Stewart RANKIN, Stephen Ronald TOKISH
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Abstract
A system includes a processor configured to provide an informational report to a wireless device about a vehicle component associated with a BLUETOOTH low energy (BTLE) chip, affixed to a vehicle, when the wireless device is determined to be within a predefined proximity to the BTLE chip. This can include information such as operational and wear status, but also can be purely explanatory, as to what the function of the component is.
Claims18
A system comprising:
- a plurality of Bluetooth low energy (BTLE) chips, provided to a vehicle, each associated with one or more vehicle components;
- a vehicle processor, in communication with the BTLE chips, configured to:
- detect a signal from an infrastructure transceiver;
- determine, based on the signal, that the transceiver is within a predefined proximity to at least one BTLE chip;
- determine at least one vehicle system or component associated with the at least one BTLE chip;
- determine a state of the vehicle system or component associated with the at least one BTLE chip;
- and
- responsive to the determination that the transceiver is within the predefined proximity, issue a wireless report communicated to the infrastructure transceiver, indicating the determined state.
A method comprising:
- detect a signal from an infrastructure transceiver at one or more of a plurality of Bluetooth low energy (BTLE) chips, provided to a vehicle, each associated with one or more vehicle components;
- determine, based on the signal, that the transceiver is within a predefined proximity to at least one of the one or more BTLE chips;
- determine at least one vehicle system or component associated with the at least one BTLE chip;
- determine a state of the vehicle system or component associated with the at least one BTLE chip;
- and
- responsive to the determination that the transceiver is within the predefined, proximity, issue a wireless report communicated to the infrastructure transceiver, indicating the determined state.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
- detecting a signal from an infrastructure transceiver at one or more of a plurality of Bluetooth low energy (BTLE) chips, provided to a vehicle, each associated with one or more vehicle components;
- determine, based on the signal, that the transceiver is within a predefined proximity to at least one of the one or more BTLE chips;
- determine at least one vehicle system or component associated with the at least one BTLE chip;
- determine a state of the vehicle system or component associated with the at least one BTLE chip;
- and
- responsive to the determination that the transceiver is within the predefined proximity, issue a wireless report communicated to the infrastructure transceiver, indicating the determined state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.