Vehicle Data Normalization for Real-Time API Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle data systems struggle to effectively collect, process, and interpret disparate, non-standardized data from various sources for efficient utilization and cost savings.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that combines non-standardized vehicle data into a central repository, normalizes it in real-time to predefined formats, and makes it available for consumption through APIs, utilizing an edge computing device for on-board processing and a communications manager for secure data routing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If vehicle data from multiple disparate sources is collected and processed, then data utilization and operational efficiency are improved, but data complexity and processing difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the complex data processing task into distinct functional modules: a normalization engine that standardizes data formats, a validation engine that verifies data quality, and an API layer that provides controlled access. This modular segmentation reduces processing complexity by handling different aspects of data management separately while maintaining overall system efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a central data normalization service as an intermediary between disparate vehicle data sources and authorized applications. This intermediary component receives non-standardized data from multiple sources, normalizes it to predefined formats, and provides it through standardized APIs, thereby simplifying the interface between diverse data sources and consuming applications.
2Speed
If real-time data normalization is implemented, then data availability and access speed are improved, but processing time and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-defining standard data formats and validation rules before data arrives. The normalization engine is pre-configured with schemas and transformation logic, enabling it to rapidly process incoming vehicle data without requiring complex real-time decision-making about data structure, thus reducing processing time while maintaining high data access speed.
3Adaptability or versatility
If comprehensive vehicle data is made available through APIs, then application functionality and user access are improved, but data security and access control complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal API layer that serves multiple authorized applications with different functionality requirements through a common interface. This universal API provides standardized access to normalized vehicle data while incorporating built-in authentication and authorization mechanisms, enabling diverse applications to access needed data without compromising security through custom implementation.
Data Source
AI summary
A system (1100) and method (1200) for generating vehicle data and surrounding contextual data into a standardized form by combining disparate, non-standardized onboard vehicle data into a central repository which is updated in real-time, that normalizes that data from non-standard to pre-defined formats, and then makes the pre-defined data available for consumption to authorized applications and users in raw form, or as outputs to a data product comprising data from multiple onboard signal generating sources through APIs. The system (1100) comprises an assigning authority engine (1105), a mobile device (110) for a vehicle (1000), a connected vehicle device (135) comprising on-vehicle data for the vehicle (1000), and an off vehicle source selected from a database (1125), a cloud source (1180), or a physical structure (1140).