Patent ID: 6353785
Filing Date: 2002-03-05
Classification: B60G,B60K,B60R,B60T,G07C,G08G

Abstract:
An in-vehicle computing architecture for a motorized, land-based vehicle that has a plurality of hardware systems, the in-vehicle computing architecture comprising:sensor devices responsive to said plurality of hardware systems and to environmental conditions around the land-based vehicle, wherein said sensor devices provide outputs indicative of sensed hardware systems and environmental conditions; a plurality of processors interconnected to form a data network across which programs can share data; a geographic database containing data about geographic features in an area in which the land-based vehicle is located; driver assistance applications executed on said data network, wherein said driver assistance applications receive the outputs of said sensor devices and use the data contained in the geographic database to provide essential vehicle control and safety features; and navigation applications executed on said data network, wherein said navigation applications use the data contained in the geographic database to provide navigation-related features.