US 12,412,431 B2
Real time monitoring module for a vehicle
Fernandez-Garcia Joaquin, Essen (DE); Tao Li, Burgwedel (DE); Mihail Stoyanov, Aachen (DE); Tayfun Kilic, Bochum (DE); Jin Wu, Hattingen (DE); and Arul Matheswaran, Herne (DE)
Assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, (DE)
Appl. No. 18/554,007
Filed by VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Wolfsburg (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 22, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/057439
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 5, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/214308, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 13, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 108 938.7 (DE), filed on Apr. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0185645 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. G07C 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01)
CPC G07C 5/008 (2013.01) [H04L 67/12 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A module for improving data safety and network efficiency by providing differentiated transmission of signals including vehicle data generated by a plurality of vehicle devices on a transportation vehicle to a plurality of remote devices, the module comprising:
a data collector unit configured to receive the plurality of signals from the plurality of vehicle devices including sensors, wherein the plurality of signals includes vehicle data detected by the sensors;
a module control unit configured to process the plurality of signals to provide a plurality of different lists of signals to sort the plurality of signals for individual treatment of signals based on a privacy category of a signal, current privacy settings of the transportation vehicle, a required availability of the signal for remote device monitoring, and remote device authorization for signal reception;
a first memory unit configured to store working data of the module control unit;
a second memory unit configured to store the plurality of different lists of signals; and
a communication interface configured to forward the plurality of different lists of signals to a transmission unit of the transportation vehicle,
wherein the transmission unit is configured to provide a communication interface for the plurality of different lists of signals to the plurality of remote devices, wherein the transmission unit communicates using Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol and the transmission unit includes a MQTT client that forwards the different lists of signals provided by the real time monitoring module to corresponding remote devices according to different topics to which the remote devices are subscribed using the SOCKS protocol,
wherein the module control unit arranges the plurality of signals among the plurality of different lists of signals according to:
the privacy category of a signal of the plurality of signals,
the privacy settings of the transportation vehicle,
the required availability by a remote device of the plurality of remote devices, and
an identifier of a remote device of the plurality of remote devices indicating authorization for the remote device to receive vehicle data, and
wherein the module control unit is configured to control the transmission unit of the transportation vehicle to perform differentiated transmission of signals included in the different lists of the plurality of different lists of signals to the plurality of remote devices based on the arrangement of the plurality of signals among the plurality of different lists of signals performed by the module control unit.