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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jianbo Lu, Northville, MI (US);
Dimitar P. Filev, Novi, MI (US);
Davor D. Hrovat, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
John O. Michelini, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Imad H. Makki, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle control and computation system interfaces a task controller in the vehicle with a vehicle-specific computation manager in a cloud network. A wireless data channel couples the task controller and the cloud network. The task controller performs operational tasks in the vehicle using data-related resources in the cloud network. Upon initiating one of the operational tasks, the task controller sends a handshake signal to the computation manager as a resource request. The computation manager calls at least one cloud-based agent from a database of predetermined agents in response to the handshake signal. The task controller completes the operational task via communication with the called agent.