US 12,214,781 B2
Vehicular central monitoring system with central server
Krishna Koravadi, Rochester Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to Magna Electronics Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed by Magna Electronics Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed on Apr. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/194,715.
Application 18/194,715 is a continuation of application No. 17/247,690, filed on Dec. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,618,441.
Application 17/247,690 is a continuation of application No. 16/199,487, filed on Nov. 26, 2018, granted, now 10,870,427, issued on Dec. 22, 2020.
Application 16/199,487 is a continuation of application No. 15/355,436, filed on Nov. 18, 2016, granted, now 10,137,892, issued on Nov. 27, 2018.
Application 15/355,436 is a continuation of application No. 14/561,794, filed on Dec. 5, 2014, granted, now 9,499,139, issued on Nov. 22, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/047,194, filed on Sep. 8, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/912,146, filed on Dec. 5, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2023/0249678 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60T 7/12 (2006.01); B60T 7/18 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 30/09 (2013.01) [B60T 7/12 (2013.01); B60T 7/18 (2013.01); B62D 15/029 (2013.01); G08G 1/164 (2013.01)] 62 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicular central monitoring system, the vehicular central monitoring system comprising:
a forward-viewing camera disposed at a vehicle and viewing forward of the vehicle;
wherein the forward-viewing camera comprises an imaging array sensor having at least one million photosensors arranged in rows and columns;
a plurality of non-vision sensors disposed at the vehicle and sensing exterior of the vehicle;
an electronic control unit (ECU) disposed at the vehicle;
wherein image data captured by the forward-viewing camera is provided to the ECU;
wherein sensor data sensed by the plurality of non-vision sensors is provided to the ECU;
wherein image data and sensor data provided to the ECU are processed at the ECU to detect objects present exterior of the vehicle;
a wireless communication device disposed at the vehicle;
a central server located remote from the vehicle;
wherein the wireless communication device wirelessly communicates to the central server (i) vehicle data indicative of operation of the vehicle and (ii) environment data indicative of the environment in which the vehicle is traveling;
wherein the central server processes the wirelessly received vehicle data indicative of operation of the vehicle and the wirelessly received environment data indicative of the environment in which the vehicle is operating;
wherein, responsive to processing at the central server of the vehicle data and environment data received at the central server from the vehicle, the central server determines if the vehicle is at or approaching a hazardous condition;
wherein, responsive to the determination that the vehicle is at or approaching the hazardous condition, the central server wirelessly communicates with the wireless communication device; and
wherein the vehicular central monitoring system, based at least in part on the communication from the central server, at least one selected from the group consisting of (i) alerts a driver of the vehicle of the determined hazardous condition and (ii) controls a vehicle system of the vehicle to mitigate the determined hazardous condition.