公开(公告)号：US07801553B2

公开(公告)日：2010-09-21

申请号：US11749613

申请日：2007-05-16

申请人： Kulbir S Saudhu ,  Rodric C. Fan ,  David B Mleczko

发明人： Kulbir S Saudhu ,  Rodric C. Fan ,  David B Mleczko

IPC分类号： H04M1/00

CPC分类号： G01S5/0027

摘要： Vehicle maintenance-related services are provided from a server over a wide area network, such as the Internet. Under one method, a server that is accessible over the wide area network through a wireless communication link is provided. Then, in a vehicle, an apparatus is provided to collect, over a data bus in the vehicle, data relating to an operation of the vehicle. The data received from the data bus is then communicated to the server over the wireless communication link. Based on the data received at the server, the maintenance-related services is then initiated. The operation data of the vehicle can be collected from various subsystems of the vehicle, such as a brake sub-system, an engine sub-system and various sensors located at various subsystems of the vehicle. Under one mode of operation, the data collected from these subsystems are reported to the server at pre-determined time intervals. In one embodiment, the apparatus of the invention includes a positioning apparatus for determining a location of said vehicle from received ranging signals. Such signals can be received from a global position system (GPS) or a ranging system based on triangulation, such as those used in cellular telephone systems.

摘要翻译： 车辆维修相关服务通过广域网（如互联网）从服务器提供。 在一种方法下，提供通过无线通信链路在广域网上可访问的服务器。 然后，在车辆中，设置有用于在车辆上的数据总线上收集与车辆的操作有关的数据的装置。 然后，通过无线通信链路将从数据总线接收到的数据传送到服务器。 根据服务器接收到的数据，启动与维护有关的服务。 车辆的操作数据可以从车辆的各个子系统收集，例如制动子系统，发动机子系统和位于车辆的各个子系统处的各种传感器。 在一种操作模式下，从这些子系统收集的数据以预定的时间间隔报告给服务器。 在一个实施例中，本发明的装置包括一个定位装置，用于根据接收的测距信号确定所述车辆的位置。 可以从全球定位系统（GPS）或基于三角测量的测距系统（例如在蜂窝电话系统中使用的测距系统）接收这样的信号。