System and method for providing functional safety in a software defined vehicle using sensors framework

A method for providing functional safety in a Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) using sensors framework, the method comprising:

• determining one of a plurality of modes of the SDV based on:
• monitoring of a plurality of sets of Primary Sensors (PSs) or a plurality of sets of Secondary Sensors (SSs) corresponding to a plurality of zones of the SDV,
• wherein the SDV comprises:
• an Emergency Controller (EC),
• a plurality of Zonal Controllers (ZCs), each corresponding to one of the plurality of zones of the SDV,
• a plurality of sets of Tertiary Sensors (TSs),
• wherein each set of TSs from the plurality of sets of TSs corresponds to one of the plurality of zones and is coupled to the EC,
• wherein each set of PSs from the plurality of sets of PSs corresponds to one of the plurality of zones and is coupled to a corresponding ZC of that zone,
• wherein each set of SSs from the plurality of sets of SSs corresponds to one of the plurality of zones and is coupled to a corresponding ZC from another zone, and
• dynamically receiving, by the EC or the plurality of ZCs, sensor data from one of:
• the plurality of sets of PSs, the plurality of sets of SSs, or the plurality of sets of TSs based on the determination of one of the plurality of modes of the SDV.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions for providing functional safety in a software defined vehicle (SDV) using sensors framework, the computer-executable instructions configured for:

• determining one of a plurality of modes of the SDV based on monitoring of a plurality of sets of Primary Sensors (PSs) or a plurality of sets of Secondary Sensors (SSs) corresponding to a plurality of zones of the SDV,
• wherein the SDV comprises:
• an Emergency Controller (EC),
• a plurality of Zonal Controllers (ZCs), each corresponding to one of the plurality of zones of the SDV,
• a plurality of sets of Tertiary Sensors (TSs),
• wherein each set of TSs from the plurality of sets of TSs corresponds to one of the plurality of zones and is coupled to the EC,
• wherein each set of PSs from the plurality of sets of PSs corresponds to one of the plurality of zones and is coupled to a corresponding ZC of that zone,
• wherein each set of SSs from the plurality of sets of SSs corresponds to one of the plurality of zones and is coupled to a corresponding ZC from another zone, and
• dynamically receiving, by the EC or the plurality of ZCs, sensor data from one of:
• the plurality of sets of PSs, the plurality of sets of SSs, or the plurality of sets of TSs based on the determination of one of the plurality of modes of the SDV.