Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for acquiring information about an accessory of a vehicle
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Application No.: US16494038Application Date: 2017-03-16
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Publication No.: US12001907B2Publication Date: 2024-06-04
- Inventor: Wen Xu , Tommy Rosgardt , Anders Björklund , Ingmar Bengtsson
- Applicant: Volvo Truck Corporation
- Applicant Address: SE Gothenburg
- Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
- Current Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: SE Gothenburg
- Agency: Withrow & Terranova, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/EP2017/056256 2017.03.16
- International Announcement: WO2018/166602A 2018.09.20
- Date entered country: 2019-09-13
- Main IPC: G06K7/10
- IPC: G06K7/10 ; B60R16/023 ; G06K7/14

Abstract:
The invention relates to a method of acquiring information of an accessory connected to a vehicle. The method comprises, in a control unit of the vehicle, acquiring an accessory identifier from the accessory. The method further comprises transmitting the accessory identifier to a remote server comprising accessory information, matching, in the server, the accessory identifier with corresponding accessory information, transmitting the accessory information to the vehicle and receiving the accessory information in the control unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200012828A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACQUIRING INFORMATION ABOUT AN ACCESSORY OF A VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2020-01-09
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