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US 8,892,271 B2Granted
Information Transmittal Techniques for Vehicles
AssigneeAmerican Vehicular Sciences LLC
InventorDavid S. Breed
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Abstract
Method for transmitting information to a vehicle in which, at a location separate and apart from the vehicle, a determination is made by a processor whether a condition relating to transmission of information to the vehicle is satisfied and only when the condition is determined to be satisfied, the information is transmitted to the vehicle using a transmitter. The condition may be a weather pattern, for example, snow in which case, the information being transmitted may be road icing information.
Claims26
A method for transferring data or software to a data storage device on a vehicle and which data storage device provides data or software for use or operation of at least one component of the vehicle, comprising:
- determining, during movement of the vehicle, when a condition relating to transmission of data or software to the vehicle is satisfied, the condition being whether the data storage device in the vehicle has current data or software for use or operation of a component of the vehicle,
- the step of determining when the condition is satisfied comprising:
- receiving via a communication system on the vehicle and in response to transmission of requests via the communication system to infrastructure separate and apart from the vehicle, an indication of a version of the data or software available for transmission to the data storage device from infrastructure;
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- comparing, using a processor on the vehicle, the received indication of the version of the data or software available for transmission to the data storage device to a corresponding indication of the version of data or software currently in the data storage device to determine whether the data or software currently in the data storage device is the same as or more current than the data or software available for transmission to the data storage device;
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- when the condition is determined not to be satisfied, receiving the data or software available for transmission to the data storage device in the vehicle using the communication system on the vehicle and including the received data or software as a substitution for the corresponding currently existing data or software in the data storage device, the data or software available for transmission to the data storage device in the vehicle being received by the data storage device while the data storage device is on the vehicle.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- a data storage device including data or software for use or operation of at least one component of the vehicle;
- a processor that determines, during movement of the vehicle, when a condition relating to transmission of data or software to the vehicle is satisfied, the condition being whether said data storage device has current data or software for use or operation of a component of the vehicle;
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- a communications system that communicates with infrastructure separate and apart from the vehicle,
- said processor being configured to determine when the condition is satisfied by:
- receiving via said communications system on the vehicle and in response to transmission of requests via said communication system to infrastructure, an indication of a version of the data or software available for transmission to said data storage device from infrastructure;
- and
- comparing the received indication of the version of the data or software available for transmission to said data storage device to a corresponding indication of the version of data or software currently in said data storage device to determine whether the data or software currently in said data storage device is the same as or more current than the data or software available for transmission to said data storage device;
- said communications system being configured, when the condition is determined not to be satisfied by said processor, to receive the data or software available for transmission to the data storage device while the data storage device is on the vehicle;
- and
- the received data or software being included as a substitution for the corresponding currently existing data or software in said data storage device.
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A method for transferring data or software to a data storage device on a vehicle and which data storage device provides data or software for use or operation of at least one component of the vehicle, comprising:
- determining, during movement of the vehicle, when a condition relating to transmission of data or software to the vehicle is satisfied, the condition being whether the data storage device in the vehicle has current data or software for use or operation of a component of the vehicle,
- the step of determining when the condition is satisfied comprising:
- receiving via a communication system on the vehicle and in response to transmission of requests via the communication system to infrastructure separate and apart from the vehicle, a time-related indication of the data or software available for transmission to the data storage device from infrastructure;
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- comparing, using a processor on the vehicle, the received time-related indication of the data or software available for transmission to the data storage device to a time-related indication of corresponding data or software currently in the data storage device to determine whether the data or software currently in the data storage device is the same as or more current than the data or software available for transmission to the data storage device;
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- when the condition is determined not to be satisfied, receiving the data or software available for transmission to the data storage device in the vehicle using the communication system and including the received data or software as a substitution for the corresponding currently existing data or software in the data storage device, the data or software available for transmission to the data storage device in the vehicle being received by the data storage device while the data storage device is on the vehicle.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- a data storage device including data or software for use or operation of at least one component of the vehicle;
- a processor that determines, during movement of the vehicle, when a condition relating to transmission of data or software to the vehicle is satisfied, the condition being whether said data storage device has current data or software for use or operation of a component of the vehicle;
- and
- a communications system that communicates with infrastructure separate and apart from the vehicle,
- said processor being configured to determine when the condition is satisfied by:
- receiving via said communications system on the vehicle and in response to transmission of requests via said communication system to infrastructure, a time-related indication of the data or software available for transmission to said data storage device from infrastructure;
- and
- comparing the received time-related indication of the data or software available for transmission to said data storage device to a time-related indication of corresponding data or software currently in said data storage device to determine whether the data or software currently in said data storage device is the same as or more current than the data or software available for transmission to said data storage device;
- said communications system being configured, when the condition is determined not to be satisfied by said processor, to receive the data or software available for transmission to the data storage device while the data storage device is on the vehicle;
- and
- the received data or software being included as a substitution for the corresponding currently existing data or software in said data storage device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.