Patent ID: 7178049
Filing Date: 2007-02-13
Classification: G01S,G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A portable processing system for controlling operations in a vehicle, comprising: multiple processors located in the vehicle that transmit and receive messages over a wired or wireless network located within the vehicle, the processors executing different vehicle applications associated with critical operations associated with primary vehicle functions used for driving and controlling the vehicle and non-critical operations associated with providing and controlling driver ergonomic functions not required for operating the primary vehicle driving and control functions; at least one of the processors operating as an executive that dynamically initiates the execution of the applications on different processors according to processor availability and the critical and noncritical operations associated with the vehicle applications so that identified failure of at least one of the vehicle applications associated with one of the critical operations is automatically transferred to a selected at least one of the processors currently executing non-critical operations thereby dynamically reassigning the selected at least one of the processors as a backup processor for one or more of the processors executing critical operations.