Sonatus, Inc.

Thurston Zhu

Yu Fang

Yixiang Chen

Robin Reed

Andrew Ling

Sudhir Ramphal Dhankhar

Xuanran Zong

Jeffrey Chou

Troy Michael Trenchard

Felipe Andres Valdes Valenzuela

An apparatus for managing vehicle data collection that includes a controller. The controller includes: an automation definition circuit structured to implement an automation user interface, and to interpret an automation request in response to user communications with the automation user interface; an automation management circuit structured to determine an automation description in response to the automation request; and

System, method, and apparatus for managing vehicle data collection

A system including a vehicle having a network comprising a plurality of end points and a controller, where the controller includes an automation definition circuit, an automation management circuit, and an automation execution circuit. The automation definition circuit is structured to interpret an automation trigger description and an automation action description. The automation management circuit is structured to provide a trigger detection plan and an automated action plan in response to the automation trigger description and the automation action description. The automation execution circuit is structured to determine a trigger event value in response to the trigger detection plan, and to provide an automation command in response to the trigger event value and the automated action plan, where an end point of the plurality of end points is responsive to the automation command to implement an automated vehicle response.

System, method, and apparatus for managing vehicle automation

An apparatus that includes a parameter acquisition circuit, a property translation circuit, and a parameter conditioning circuit. The parameter acquisition circuit interprets a vehicle parameter value. The property translation circuit interprets a property request value, the property request value defining, at least in part, a requested vehicle property. The parameter conditioning circuit generates, in response to the property request value, modified vehicle parameter data from the vehicle parameter value, the modified vehicle parameter data corresponding to the requested vehicle property.

A system including a vehicle having a network comprising a plurality of end points and a controller, where the controller includes an automation definition circuit, an automation management circuit, and an automation execution circuit. The automation definition circuit is structured to interpret an automation description. The automation management circuit is structured to provide an automated action plan in response to the automation description, and to store the automated action plan as a data file on a data storage communicatively coupled to the controller. The automation execution circuit is structured to provide an automation command in response to the automated action description, where an end point of the plurality of end points is responsive to the automation command to implement an automated vehicle response.

An apparatus that includes a parameter acquisition circuit, a property translation circuit, a parameter conditioning circuit, and a vehicle property provisioning circuit. The parameter acquisition circuit interprets a vehicle parameter value. The property translation circuit interprets a property request value, the property request value defining, at least in part, a requested vehicle property. The parameter conditioning circuit generates, in response to the property request value, vehicle property data from the vehicle parameter value, and the vehicle property data corresponds to the requested vehicle property. The vehicle property provisioning circuit transmits the vehicle property data to an external device in response to the property request value.

An apparatus that includes a converged network device (CND), a parameter acquisition circuit, a property translation circuit, a parameter conditioning circuit, and a vehicle property provisioning circuit. The CND regulates communications between a first network zone having a first network endpoint and a second network zone having a second network endpoint. A plurality of vehicle parameter values is generated by the first and the second network endpoints. The parameter acquisition circuit interprets the plurality of vehicle parameter values. The property translation circuit interprets a property request value that comprises at least a portion of a requested vehicle property. The parameter conditioning circuit generates, in response to the property request value, vehicle property data from the plurality of vehicle parameter values, the vehicle property data corresponding to the requested vehicle property. The vehicle property provisioning circuit transmits the vehicle property data to an external device.

A vehicle that includes a vehicle communication system including a policy manager circuit configured to interpret a data collection policy including a trigger condition, a vehicle data identifier configured to identify vehicle data to be captured in response to a trigger event occurrence, and a trigger evaluation data identifier configured to identify trigger evaluation data to be captured in response to the trigger condition; and an end point configured to provide a raw vehicle data stream including a trigger evaluation data stream and an identified vehicle data stream in response to the data collection policy.

A system including a vehicle having a network comprising a plurality of end points and a controller, where the controller includes an automation definition circuit, an automation management circuit, and an automation execution circuit. The automation definition circuit is structured to interpret a task description. The automation management circuit is structured to provide a task action plan in response to the task description. The automation execution circuit is structured to provide a task execution command in response to the task action plan, where an end point of the plurality of end points is responsive to the task execution command to implement a task for the vehicle.

A system including a vehicle having a network comprising a plurality of end points and a controller, where the controller includes an automation definition circuit, an automation management circuit, and an automation execution circuit. The automation definition circuit is structured to interpret an automation description. The automation management circuit is structured to provide an automated action plan in response to the automation description. The automation execution circuit is structured to provide an automation command in response to the automated action plan, wherein an end point of the plurality of end points is responsive to the automation command to implement an automated vehicle response.

An apparatus that includes a policy acquisition circuit, a policy processing circuit, a parameter acquisition circuit, and a parameter provisioning circuit. The policy acquisition circuit interprets a data collection policy comprising at least one requested vehicle property. The policy processing circuit determines a property request value in response to the at least one requested vehicle property. The parameter acquisition circuit interprets at least one vehicle parameter value in response to the property request value. The parameter provisioning circuit selectively transmits the at least one vehicle parameter value in response to the data collection policy.

A vehicle that includes a policy manager circuit, an endpoint, and a vehicle data interface. The policy manager circuit interprets a data collection policy including a trigger condition and a trigger evaluation data identifier. The endpoint captures a trigger evaluation data stream in response to the trigger evaluation data identifier and the trigger condition. The vehicle data interface receives the trigger evaluation data stream.

An apparatus for managing vehicle data collection including a policy acquisition circuit, a parameter acquisition circuit, and a parameter storage circuit. The policy acquisition circuit structured to interpret a vehicle policy data value including a requested vehicle property. The parameter acquisition circuit is structured to interpret a plurality of vehicle parameter values from a plurality of providing end points on at least one network zone of a vehicle. The parameter storage circuit is structured to selectively store at least a portion of the plurality of vehicle parameter values, determine a reserved memory amount associated with at least a portion of the plurality of vehicle parameter values by determining an amount of data to be collected to support plurality of vehicle parameter values; and perform the selectively storing the plurality of vehicle parameter values in response to the reserved memory amount.

An apparatus for managing vehicle data collection including a remote access execution circuit, a property translation circuit, a parameter acquisition circuit, a remote operation circuit, and a parameter conditioning circuit. The remote access execution circuit interprets a remote access request value including a requested vehicle property and/or a vehicle function value. The property translation circuit determines: a property request value responsive to the requested vehicle property; and/or an actuator command value responsive to the vehicle function value. The parameter acquisition circuit interprets vehicle parameter values responsive to the property request value. The remote operation circuit provides the actuator command value to a vehicle network zone endpoint. The parameter conditioning circuit generates, responsive to the property request value, vehicle property data from the vehicle parameter values. The vehicle property data corresponds to the requested vehicle property. The remote access execution circuit transmits the vehicle property data to the requesting device.

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