US 12,000,709 B2
Method for collection of transportation vehicle-based, location-related data records
Stephan Max, Gifhorn (DE); and Edson William Fangwa Nzeya, Ingolstadt (DE)
Assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, (DE)
Filed by VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Wolfsburg (DE); and AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE)
Filed on Mar. 5, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/809,937.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 001 735.8 (DE), filed on Mar. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0292345 A1, Sep. 17, 2020
Int. Cl. G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01)
CPC G01C 21/3492 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3605 (2013.01); G08G 1/0112 (2013.01); G08G 1/202 (2013.01); G08G 1/207 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
equipment provided on a transportation vehicle and configured for collecting transportation vehicle-based data; and
a backend computer,
wherein the transportation vehicle equipment is configured to transfer the data to the backend computer, wherein the data comprise data sets related to predefined route sections travelled by a swarm of data-collecting transportation vehicles including the transportation vehicle,
wherein the backend computer is configured to store parameterized orders for acquisition of transportation vehicle-based data,
wherein each parameterized order comprises at least, as parameters:
a route section defined with a specified route section for which transportation vehicle-related data is to be collected,
a swarm size defined with how many transportation vehicles per unit of time are to collect data for the specified route section, and
a time interval defined with a time interval in which data is acquired for the route section,
wherein route-related data is transferred to the backend computer from each transportation vehicle of the swarm as a header that includes an overview of the transportation vehicle-based data stored temporarily in the respective transportation vehicle,
wherein the backend computer includes a processor configured to compare a transferred header to requirements of orders defined by the parameters and to classify, in response to a positive comparison, the transferred header as capable of being retrieved,
an order management system for managing the orders,
a transportation vehicle management system which communicates with the transportation vehicles and which retrieves the data sets associated with the headers which are classified for retrieval from the transportation vehicles of the swarm in response to the number of headers reaching a predefined value, wherein the predefined value corresponds to the swarm size of the respective order, and
a data set management system for managing and processing the retrieved data sets.