US 12,445,817 B2
System and method for uploading data from main vehicle to a cloud server
Paul Girond, Brussels (BE)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Appl. No. 17/908,803
Filed by TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE, Brussels (BE)
PCT Filed Mar. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/055937
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 1, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/175435, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0345217 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 4/44 (2018.01); H04L 67/62 (2022.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/44 (2018.02) [H04L 67/62 (2022.05); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for uploading data from a main vehicle to a cloud server, comprising:
a first sensor configured to obtain geo localization information of the main vehicle;
a second sensor to monitor at least one predetermined characteristic of an environment of the main vehicle;
a communication unit configured to transmit a report to an external cloud server and configured to receive network information from the external cloud server via a wireless communications network, said network information comprising at least one locally varying characteristic of the wireless communications network across a geographic region, and
an electronic control unit configured to:
repeatedly generate reports by collecting the at least one monitored characteristic and transmit them in predetermined time intervals via the communication unit, and
modify the predetermined time intervals as a function of the received network information and the obtained geo localization information when the at least one locally varying characteristic indicates a reduced signal quality and a signal strength at a distance from the main vehicle below a predetermined distance threshold.