Vehicle comprising multi-operating system

A method of providing multiple operating systems on a single physical processor of a processing module of a vehicle, the method comprising:

• running a first application on a first operating system, the first operating system running on a shared kernel of the vehicle processing module and having a first application framework;
• and
• running a second application on a second operating system, the second operating system running concurrently with the first operating system on the shared kernel and having a second application framework, wherein the second application is incompatible with the first application framework, wherein the first operating system is based on the shared kernel and the second operating system is not based on the shared kernel, wherein the first and second operating systems run independently on the shared kernel, and wherein at least one of the first and second applications is one of the following:
• a vehicle control application, an application associated with at least one vehicle function, an application related to a handicap and accessibility graphical user interface for a vehicle display panel, a vehicle satellite positioning system receiver application, an automotive navigation application, and a vehicle emergency service application.

A processing module of a vehicle including a tangible and non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for a physical processor, the instructions, when executed, causing the processor to perform steps comprising:

• running a first operating system in a first execution environment on a shared kernel, the first operating system having a first application framework supporting a first application;
• and
• running a second operating system concurrently with the first operating system in a second execution environment on the shared kernel, the second operating system having a second application framework supporting a second application, wherein the second application is incompatible with the first application framework, wherein the first operating system is based on the shared kernel and the second operating system is not based on the shared kernel, wherein the first and second operating systems run independently on the shared kernel, and wherein at least one of the first and second applications is one of the following:
• a vehicle control application, an application associated with at least one vehicle function, an application related to a handicap and accessibility graphical user interface for a vehicle display panel, a vehicle satellite positioning system receiver application, an automotive navigation application, or an emergency service application.

A method, comprising:

• starting, in response to a power on event, a boot loader of an on board vehicle processing module;
• establishing, by the boot loader and on the on board vehicle processing module, a first execution environment, wherein a first operating system runs in the first execution environment on a shared kernel, the first operating system having a first application framework supporting a first application;
• starting, by the boot loader and on the on board vehicle processing module, the shared kernel;
• initializing, by the shared kernel, the first operating system;
• starting, by the shared kernel, the first application framework;
• starting, in the first operating system, a first monitor service;
• establishing, by the first monitor service, a second execution environment within the first execution environment, wherein a second operating system runs concurrently with the first operating system in the second execution environment on the shared kernel, the second operating system having a second application framework supporting a second application, wherein the second application is incompatible with the first application framework;
• and
• starting, by the first monitor service, the second application framework.

A vehicle, comprising:

• a power source to propel the vehicle;
• a display panel to provide graphical information to a vehicle occupant;
• an on board processing module, comprising:
• a first operating system running in a first execution environment on a shared kernel, the first operating system having a first application framework supporting a first application;
• a second operating system running concurrently with the first operating system in a second execution environment on the shared kernel, the second operating system having a second application framework supporting a second application, wherein the second application is incompatible with the first application framework;
• and
• a physical memory device, wherein the first operating system is associated with a first frame buffer in the physical memory device and the second operating system is associated with a second frame buffer in the physical memory device, each of the first and second frame buffers being associated with respective first and second frame buffer devices in the shared kernel, wherein the first operating system renders an associated first graphical user interface by writing graphics data to the first frame buffer device and an external display driver of the shared kernel then writes the graphics data to the first operating system frame buffer for output by the computing device, wherein the second operating system renders an associated second graphical user interface by writing the graphics data to the second frame buffer device and an external display driver of the shared kernel then writes the graphics data to the second operating system frame buffer for output by the computing device, and wherein at least one of the first and second applications is one of the following:
• a vehicle control application, application associated with at least one vehicle function, an application related to a handicap and accessibility graphical user interface for the display panel, a vehicle satellite positioning system receiver application, an automotive navigation application, or a vehicle emergency service application.

A vehicle, comprising:

• a power source to propel the vehicle;
• a display panel to provide graphical information to a vehicle occupant;
• an on board processing module, comprising:
• a first operating system running in a first execution environment on a shared kernel, the first operating system having a first application framework supporting a first vehicle-related application;
• and
• a second operating system running concurrently with the first operating system in a second execution environment on the shared kernel, the second operating system having a second application framework supporting a second vehicle-related application, wherein the second vehicle-related application is incompatible with the first application framework, wherein the first and second operating systems run independently on the shared kernel, and wherein at least one of the first and second vehicle-related applications is one of the following:
• a vehicle control application, an application associated with at least one vehicle function, or an emergency vehicle service application.