System and method for communication between vehicles and a supervisor station
AssigneeVolvo Lastvagnar AB
InventorsPer-Lage Götvall, Per Adamsson, Jonas Quist
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Abstract
System and method for monitoring and/or operating one or more moving objects, such as vehicles, where each object is assigned an Internet address. The objects also include an interface to the Internet via a wireless communication unit. The objects have sensors and/or actuators for monitoring and/or affecting components and conditions of that object when connected to the interface. By way of a connection with a supervisor station via the Internet, the moving objects can be monitored and adapted using the sensors and actuators.
Claims20
A system for monitoring and operating at least one moving object comprising:
- at least one moving object that is assigned an internet address and has an interface to the internet via a wireless telecommunication unit;
- at least one of a sensor for monitoring and an actuator for affecting components and conditions of said at least one moving object that is connected to said interface;
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- a connection between a supervisor station and said at least one moving object established via the internet for evaluating object conditions by means of said sensors and said actuators.
A method for conducting at least one of the operations of testing, operating, controlling, observing and monitoring at least one remote object via at least one supervisor station comprising:
- providing a system for monitoring and operating at least one moving object that is assigned an internet address and has an interface to the internet via a wireless telecommunication unit, at least one of a sensor for monitoring and an actuator for affecting components and conditions of said at least one moving object that is connected to said interface, and a connection between a supervisor station and said at least one moving object established via the internet for evaluating object conditions by means of said sensors and said actuators;
- establishing a connection from said supervisor station to said at least one object via the internet and one of a mobile system and a satellite telecommunication system;
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- selecting measurement data from said at least one sensor for display on a home page or for uploading to the supervisor station for evaluating sensed conditions of the object.
A system for monitoring and controlling at least one remotely located vehicle, via the internet, from a supervisor station, said system comprising:
- a supervisor station having a computing device upon which monitoring and control protocols reside for related vehicles, said supervisor station being connectable to an internet based inter-communication system;
- a vehicle configured for remote travel from said supervisor station without physical connection thereto, said vehicle carrying a computing device connectable to said computing device of said supervisor station via a wireless telecommunication unit and the internet, and said vehicle being assigned an internet-styled IP address for facilitating internet-based communication with said supervisor station;
- a sensor located on said vehicle and configured to detect information for transmission to said supervisor station via the internet regarding vehicle conditions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.