Sonatus, Inc.

Yu Fang

Yixiang Chen

Xuanran Zong

Robin Reed

Thurston Zhu

Andrew Ling

Troy Michael Trenchard

Jan Cardenas

James Michael Murphy

Rohit Sharma

Sudhir Ramphal Dhankhar

Jeffrey Chou

Felipe Andres Valdes Valenzuela

Jaime Alcantara Portillo

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 example method including interpreting a vehicle network performance description; determining a zonal architecture value in response to the vehicle network performance description and a vehicle performance network impact description; and integrating a multi-zone network on a vehicle in response to the zonal architecture value.

System, method, and apparatus to execute vehicle communications using a zonal architecture

An example apparatus includes a vehicle with a network management controller. The vehicle having a multi-zone network including a plurality of network zones including a zone manager and arranged according to a network topology description. The network management controller includes a zone implementation circuit structured to interpret a zoned architecture communication scheme; a zone manager command circuit structured to interpret a zone manager command description for each of the at least one zone managers; and a zone execution circuit structured to provide the corresponding zone manager command description to each of the at least one zone managers; and where each of the at least one zone managers is responsive to the corresponding zone manager command description to control communications between end points of the corresponding network zone and end points of at least one other zone of the plurality of network zones.

An example system includes a vehicle having a first network zone and a second network zone of a different type than the first network zone and a converged network device (CND) interposed between the first network zone and the second network zone. The CND includes a policy manager circuit structured to interpret a policy comprising a network regulation description and an external communication permission value; a configuration circuit structured to configure at least one network interface circuit in response to the policy and to configure at least one gatekeeper interface circuit in response to the policy; the at least one network interface circuit structured to regulate communications between end points of the first and second network zone; and the gatekeeper interface circuit configured to regulate communications between end points of at least one of the first network zone or the second network zone and an external device.

System, method, and apparatus for extra vehicle communications control

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 example system including a vehicle having a multi-zone network comprising a plurality of network zones, each one of the network zones comprising at least one zone manager; and a service management controller, including a service registration circuit structured to maintain a service register; a service publication circuit structured to expose at least one service; a service subscription circuit structured to enroll a requestor source; a network management controller, including a zone implementation circuit structured to interpret a zoned architecture communication scheme; a zone manager command circuit structured to interpret a zone manager command description; and a zone execution circuit structured to provide the corresponding zone manager command description to each of the at least one zone managers; and wherein each of the at least one zone managers is responsive to the corresponding zone manager command description and the service register to control communications.

An example system including a vehicle having a multi-zone network comprising a plurality of network zones, each one of the network zones comprising at least one zone manager, and wherein one of the at least one zone managers comprises a central zone manager; wherein the plurality of network zones are arranged according to a network topology description; and wherein the central zone manager comprises a network management controller, including a zone implementation circuit structured to interpret a zoned architecture communication scheme; a zone manager command circuit structured to interpret a zone manager command description for each of the at least one zone managers; and a zone execution circuit structured to provide the corresponding zone manager command description to each of the at least one zone managers; and wherein each of the at least one zone managers is responsive to the corresponding zone manager command description to control communications.

An example system including a vehicle multi-zone monitoring platform, including a network layout circuit structured to interpret a virtual network layout for a vehicle having a multi-zone network; a network characterization circuit structured to interpret network activity for the vehicle; and a network analysis circuit structured to determine a virtual network map in response to the virtual network layout and the network activity, and to provide the virtual network map to a user interface.

An example system including a vehicle having a multi-zone network comprising a plurality of network zones, each one of the network zones comprising at least one zone manager; wherein the plurality of network zones are arranged according to a network topology description of a selected zone architecture; and a network management controller, including a zone implementation circuit structured to interpret a zoned architecture communication scheme; a zone manager command circuit structured to interpret a zone manager command description for each of the at least one zone managers in response to the zoned architecture communication scheme; and a zone execution circuit structured to provide the corresponding zone manager command description to each of the at least one zone managers; and wherein each of the at least one zone managers is responsive to the corresponding zone manager command description to control communications.

An example system includes a vehicle having a first network and a second network of a different type than the first network; and a communication device interposed between the first network and the second network and structured to: generate network status data by monitoring communications of one or more devices on the first and/or the second networks; and transmit the network status data to a sensor device external to the vehicle.

System, method, and apparatus to support mixed network communications on a vehicle

A cloud system that includes a request interface, a policy creator circuit, a cloud interface, and a raw data manager circuit. The request interface configured to interpret a vehicle data collection request for at least one identified vehicle. The policy creator circuit structured to determine a data collection policy in response to the vehicle data collection request. The cloud interface configured to provide the data collection policy to the at least one identified vehicle, and to receive responsive vehicle data from the at least one identified vehicle. The raw data manager circuit structured to store at least a portion of the responsive vehicle data.

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.

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