| 摘要 |
A sensor and power coordinator device fixably mounted to a piece of fixed or moveable equipment including a vehicle and capable of supporting a varying collection of computationally-potent, communication handhelds, that provisions power and coordinates metrics, authorization, and operation to enable sharing of vehicle-and-device-and-handheld-and-operator-specific data, thereby enabling aggregate operations by providing the collective operational stability while accommodating operator and handheld variation. |
| 主权项 |
1. A Sensor and Power Coordinator (‘SPC’) for a vehicle having at least one sensor for data relating to any set of the vehicle's condition, operational state, and external environment, said SPC both coordinating computational and communication data display and control from, and data reporting to, an external nodal device, and provisioning electrical power from said vehicle's internal power source to said external nodal device, said SPC being mounted in that vehicle and further comprising:
a main processor; memory connected to said main processor; an analog-to-digital converter connected with said main processor and with said at least one sensor for its data; means for power provisioning connected with and controlled by said main processor and connected with and provisioning power for and to said external nodal device when said external nodal device is connected with said SPC; means for provisioning power to, receiving data from, and sending sensor control signals to the at least one sensor through a link capable of both power and reciprocal data and control transmission; an authentication subsystem for authenticating an external nodal device when connected with the SPC as one authorized to access and use the vehicle to which the SPC is fixably mounted; said authentication subsystem further comprising:
means for constraining the operational control of the vehicle including any combination of a set of alarm signaling, vehicle function shutdown, locational signaling, and vehicle operational shutdown, to be effected for any non-authenticated-user interaction when a connected external nodal device does not satisfy the authentication subsystem; and,means for incorporating and interacting with user-selected encryption from the external nodal device; and, means for Universal Serial Bus (‘USB’) interoperability further comprising:
a USB Embedded Host controller connected with said main processor;a USB charging downstream port interface connected to said USB Embedded Host controller and said means for power provisioning; andat least one USB physical connector for at least one said external nodal device connected with said USB charging downstream port interface, with which the external nodal device will connect to the SPC. |
