Vehicle Data Transmission via Background Server for Remote Diagnostics

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Solution Overview

Problem

Car owners cannot obtain real-time vehicle traveling data to ensure safety during vehicle operation using existing vehicle-mounted systems, as the data provided by OBD interfaces is primarily for professional use and not accessible to common users.

Innovation Solution

A method and device that transmit real-time vehicle traveling data from the electronic control unit via a vehicle bus to a background server, enabling remote diagnostic services by reading and processing data through a golo3 connector with DPU and MTK processors, which includes initialization of devices like GPS and Bluetooth, and distinguishes between data that requires a response and data that does not.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If real-time vehicle data is transmitted to background server, then remote diagnostic service is enabled, but data transmission complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveremote diagnostic service accessibilityVSAvoiddata transmission system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a background server as an intermediary between the vehicle-mounted device and the user. The background server receives real-time vehicle data from the vehicle-mounted device via wireless communication, processes the data, and provides diagnostic services to users through a terminal device. This intermediary approach enables remote diagnostics without requiring complex direct communication between the vehicle and user terminal.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If OBD interface data is provided for professional use only, then data accuracy is maintained, but user accessibility is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevehicle data accuracyVSAvoiduser data accessibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the data processing function between the vehicle-mounted device and the background server. The vehicle-mounted device collects raw vehicle data through the OBD interface and transmits it to the background server. The background server then processes, analyzes, and presents the data in a user-friendly format. This segmentation allows professional-grade data collection while providing simplified access to common users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Reliability

If vehicle-mounted system provides limited safety conditions, then device simplicity is maintained, but safety monitoring capability is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevehicle safety monitoringVSAvoidsafety monitoring system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the background server continuously receives real-time vehicle data, analyzes safety-related parameters, and provides diagnostic messages back to the user terminal. This feedback loop enables continuous safety monitoring without requiring complex local processing in the vehicle-mounted device, as the analysis is performed remotely on the server.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentEP3179320B1Method and device for processing real-time vehicle traveling data
Publication Date: 2023.05.03 LAUNCH TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

The objective of the present application is to provide a method and device for processing real-time vehicle traveling data, aiming at solving the technical problem that car owners couldn't obtain real-time vehicle traveling data to ensure safety via an existing vehicle-mounted system. The method comprises: obtaining real-time vehicle traveling data from an electronic control unit of the vehicle via a vehicle bus; reading the real-time vehicle traveling data from a serial port; determining whether there is data that needs to be answered in the real-time vehicle traveling data and storing the real-time vehicle traveling data into a data queue whose data need to be answered and a data queue whose data doesn't need to be answered respectively after the determination; transmitting the real-time vehicle traveling data to a background server, so that the background server can provide current vehicle with diagnostic message or service information. Compared with the prior art, the method provided in the embodiment of the present application can provide car owners with remote diagnosis or remote service conveniently, thereby reducing various costs of using cars.