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    Method (300) and control unit (400) for providing vehicle dedicated information at a vehicle service station (110). The method (300) comprises detecting (301) a vehicle (100) at the vehicle service station (110); requesting (302) vehicle specification and vehicle status information from the detected (301) vehicle (100) over a wireless interface; receiving (303) the requested (302) vehicle specification and vehicle status information; matching (304) the received (303) vehicle specification and vehicle status information with services or products provided by the vehicle service station (110); and outputting (305) information related to services or products offered by the vehicle service station (110), matching (304) the received (303) vehicle specification and vehicle status information of the detected (301) vehicle (100).(Publ. Fig. 1A)
    公开号:SE1550922A1
    申请号:SE1550922
    申请日:2015-06-30
    公开日:2016-12-31
    发明作者:Eriksson Markus
    申请人:Scania Cv Ab；
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    专利说明:

    METHOD AND CONTROL UNIT TECHNICAL FIELD This document discloses a method and a control unit. More particularly, a method and acontrol unit is described, for providing vehicle dedicated information to the driver of a vehi- cle at a vehicle service station.
    BACKGROUND Vehicle service stations such as e.g. gas stations, charging stations etc., usually offer aplurality of services and products with higher margins then the obvious supply of fuel and/or electricity, respectively. Such offers may comprise e.g. food, beverage, vehicle spare parts, engine oil; or services like car wash, oil exchange etc.
    Further, advertisements and commercial messages are communicated to the driver at ve-hicle service stations, presenting e.g. an offer of a particular product or service provided by the vehicle service station.
    However, such advertisements are very general to their nature and are not targeted for theindividual vehicle driver, but rather based on general assumptions such as promoting anoffer for umbrellas when it is raining, ice cream in the summer time, etc., also when thedriver does not have any requirements for such product or service. Such general adver- tisements are not very successful in reaching the potential customers.
    Furthermore, as the vehicles are getting more and more reliable many vehicle owners/drivers do not need to be technically interested or minded towards mechanical vehiclemaintenance. Also rather simple vehicle maintenance tasks such as changing a brokenlamp, changing wiper blades or changing engine oil becomes problematic in case the driver does not know which kind of lamp/ wiper blade/ engine oil to use.
    Many vehicle owners/ drivers are not aware of the status of the vehicle, and/ or not awareof which maintenance tasks to perform. This could of course be solved by driving to a carrepair shop. However, this is time consuming, may require booking in advance and is also associated with an expense for the provided service.
    Document US2012166269 discloses a method for presenting advertisements for a driver ofa vehicle while charging his/ her vehicle at a recharging station. The advertisement may comprise an offer appropriate for the vehicle. An electrical contact is established between the vehicle and the recharging station and information for identifying the vehicle type maybe sent to the recharging station, which in turn may adapt the advertisement on a display tothe vehicle type (i.e. truck, van, bus, SUV, motorcycle etc.) and specification (i.e. enginesize, transmission, colour, tyre size, etc.). The disclosed solution is however slow and re-quire a physical connection between the vehicle and the recharging station, why it is inap-propriate for use at a gas station, as filling up gasoline is a very much shorter process than recharging a vehicle battery.
    Document US6574603 describes a vehicle arranged for receiving commercial informationfrom a quick serve restaurant such as a menu, and present such information on a displayin the vehicle. The driver may then select and order from the display while standing in adrive through queue and pick up his/ her order directly when it is ready. This solution ishowever only possible for vehicles configured according to the disclosed arrangement, not for any arbitrary vehicle.
    Document DE102010029481 discloses a communication connection between a vehicleand a gas station. Information concerning certain vehicle data such as air pressure in thetyres, oil level etc., is extracted from the vehicle and transferred to the gas station while filling up gas. However, the document does not state how this information is to be used.
    Document US2014095318 presents a method for displaying advertisements on a fuel dis-penser at a gas station. A camera is utilised to capture images of the vehicle and/ or thedriver. An image recognition software is then used to extract information concerning thevehicle/ driver from the captured images. lt may thereby be detected if the vehicle has a skibox, kids car seats, sports spoiler, etc. mounted on the vehicle. Personalised advertise-ments may then be presented to the driver, based on the categorisation of the driver's age,gender, purchasing power, family situation, interest in sport/ outdoor activities/ watersports, interest in car racing/ sports cars, etc. The presented advertisements are thus tar-geted towards the driver and not the vehicle per se. Further, the disclosed method involvesvarious possible error sources and is based on estimations and assumptions which may be irrelevant for the driver/ vehicle.
    Document US2012197460 discloses that information concerning appropriate type of gaso-line is transferred from the vehicle to the fuel dispenser in order to avoid improper fuel be-ing introduced to the vehicle. The disclosed method is based on a device for near field communication in the vehicle, configured for transferring vehicle fuel information to the fuel dispenser. The disclosed method cannot be applied to any arbitrary vehicle, not having the invented device installed.
    Thus no satisfying solution exist that may help the driver in noticing errors within the vehi-cle and suggest possible actions to be taken by the driver in order to overcome such er-rors. This may lead to that the inattentive (and/ or incompetent) driver drives around in adangerous vehicle, having for example a broken back light, which may cause an accident.lt would thus be desired to find a solution for assisting the driver in maintaining operable status of the vehicle.
    SUMMARY lt is therefore an object of this invention to solve at least some of the above problems and improve assistance given to a vehicle driver at a vehicle service station.
    According to a first aspect of the invention, this objective is achieved by a method for pro-viding vehicle dedicated information at a vehicle service station. The method comprisesdetecting a vehicle at the vehicle service station. Further the method also comprises re-questing vehicle specification and vehicle status information from the detected vehicle overa wireless interface. Furthermore the method also comprises receiving the requested vehi-cle specification and vehicle status information. The method also comprises matching thereceived vehicle specification and vehicle status information with services or products pro-vided by the vehicle service station. Further the method comprises outputting informationrelated to services or products offered by the vehicle service station, matching the received vehicle specification and vehicle status information of the detected vehicle.
    According to a second aspect of the invention, this objective is achieved by a control unitfor providing vehicle dedicated information at a vehicle service station. The control unit isconfigured for detecting a vehicle at the vehicle service station. Further the control unit isconfigured for requesting authority to receive vehicle specification and vehicle status infor-mation from the detected vehicle over a wireless interface. The control unit is also config-ured for receiving the requested vehicle specification and vehicle status information, if therequest is granted. ln addition the control unit is further configured for matching the re-ceived vehicle specification and vehicle status information with services or products pro-vided by the vehicle service station. The control unit is also configured for generating con-trol signals for outputting information related to services or products offered by the vehicleservice station, matching the received vehicle specification and vehicle status information of the detected vehicle.
    Thanks to the described aspects, information may be extracted from the vehicle and errorsor measures to be performed in relation to the vehicle may be provided to the driver.Thereby also the less experienced driver may receive appropriate information concerningerrors or anomalies of the vehicle, to remedy. Also, the driver may be provided with infor-mation concerning the appropriate type of supply items and/ or spare parts to utilise on thevehicle, leading to less probability of damages and/ or erroneous purchases. Thus thedriver is provided with a quick sanity check of his/ her vehicle while filling up fuel, whichmay lead to a safer vehicle and that accidents are avoided. An advantage for the owner ofthe vehicle service station is that information or offers that are relevant for the driver's vehi-cle is outputted to the vehicle driver, which presumably leads to increased selling. Further,the owner of the vehicle service station gets a better understanding of the requirementsand needs of the vehicles passing the vehicle service station, and may thus keep a range of services and products that are better adapted to the passing vehicles.
    Other advantages and additional novel features will become apparent from the subsequent detailed description.
    FIGURES Embodiments of the invention will now be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying figures, in which: Figure 1A illustrates a vehicle service station and a vehicle according to an embodi-ment of the invention; Figure 1B illustrates a vehicle service station and a vehicle according to an embodi-ment of the invention; Figure 1C illustrates a vehicle service station and a vehicle according to an embodi-ment of the invention; Figure 1D illustrates a vehicle service station and a vehicle according to an embodi-ment of the invention; Figure 2 illustrates a vehicle service station and a vehicle according to an embodi-ment of the invention; Figure 3 is a flow chart illustrating an embodiment of the method; Figure 4 is an illustration depicting a system according to an embodiment.
    DETAILED DESCRIPTION Embodiments of the invention described herein are defined as a method and a control unit,which may be put into practice in the embodiments described below. These embodimentsmay, however, be exemplified and realised in many different forms and are not to be lim-ited to the examples set forth herein; rather, these illustrative examples of embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.
    Still other objects and features may become apparent from the following detailed descrip-tion, considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. lt is to be understood,however, that the drawings are designed solely for purposes of illustration and not as adefinition of the limits of the herein disclosed embodiments, for which reference is to bemade to the appended claims. Further, the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scaleand, unless othenNise indicated, they are merely intended to conceptually illustrate the structures and procedures described herein.
    Figure 1A illustrates a scenario with a vehicle 100 having stopped at a vehicle service sta-tion 110.
    The vehicle 100 may comprise e.g. a truck, a bus, a car or any similar vehicle or other means of transportation conducted by a driver.
    The vehicle service station 110 may comprise a gas station, a recharge station, a fuel dis-penser or similar structure for providing service to the vehicle 100 and/ or its driver. The vehicle service station 110 may be staffed or unattended in different embodiments.
    The vehicle 100, upon arriving at the vehicle service station 110 may communicate wire-lessly with the vehicle service station 110. Thereby, data may be transferred from the vehi-cle 100 to the vehicle service station 110 over the wireless communication interface. Thevehicle data may comprise e.g. data related to vehicle specification and vehicle status in-formation in some embodiments. ln some other embodiments, the data may relate to thestatus of the vehicle 100, such as e.g. current windscreen cleanser level, engine oil level,engine oil quality, air pressure in the tyres, broken lamp or other data related to sensors and error codes of the vehicle 100.
    The transferred data may be used for providing relevant offers to the driver of the vehicle 100, based on the data. ln some embodiments, data specifying the vehicle may be used for recommending which kinds of wiper blades and other supply items to be used on the vehi-cle 100, etc.
    However, as the driver may not want to share vehicle status information with another entity,a request may firstly be made, in order to confirm that the driver of the vehicle 100 author-ise the requesting vehicle service station 110 to get access to vehicle status information ofthe vehicle 100. This authorisation may be made each time the vehicle 100 arrives at thevehicle service station 110, or for a time period, like e.g. a year, or for a limited number ofvisits at the vehicle service station 110, or for ever, according to different embodiments.Further, the authorisation may be granted to the individual vehicle service station 110, or allvehicle service stations belonging to the same business chain in a certain region, or all vehicle service stations in different embodiments. ln some embodiments, the transferred data may be used for presenting offers in order tocorrect detected errors of the vehicle 100, based on error data or vehicle status, such ascurrent windscreen cleanser level, engine oil level, engine oil quality, air pressure in the tyres, broken lamp or other data related to sensors and error codes of the vehicle 100.
    Also other possible related services may be offered, such as offering a technician to comeand change a broken lamp while filling up the gas, or offering download of a step by stepinstruction for changing the broken lamp, in case a malfunctioning lamp is detected on thevehicle 100. ln the illustrated arbitrary example, it is detected that the current windscreen cleanser levelis low, i.e. lower than a certain threshold level, in the vehicle 100. A recommendation isthen displayed on an output unit 120, such as a display. ln other embodiments, the outputunit 120 may comprise a loudspeaker or similar, as disclosed in Figure 1B. ln some addi-tional embodiments, a combination of distinct output units 120 may be used, like one ormore displays and one or more loudspeakers. Information may also be provided on thedriver's user equipment, cellular telephone, computer tablet, and/ or a display in the vehicle100. ln some embodiments, the driver may be informed by e.g. by disclosing a sign or symbol atthe instrument cluster, by a message on a Head Up Display (HUD) of the vehicle 100, asound or spoken message emitted via a load speaker in the vehicle 100, or similar notifica- tion. ln some embodiments, the output unit 120 may be configured for external projection madeby e.g. laser, clever Light-Emitting Diode (LED) light or similar solution based on projectionof visible light, which may be in particular advantageous in darkness or in poor visibility conditions.
    Further a system 200 is disclosed, for providing vehicle dedicated information at a vehicleservice station 110. The system 200 comprises a control unit for providing vehicle dedi-cated information at a vehicle service station 110, and the output unit 120 for outputtinginformation related to the vehicle specification and vehicle status information of the vehicle100, for the driver of the vehicle 100.
    Advantages with the discussed embodiments comprises that the level of services of thevehicle service station 110 by offering more relevant offers to the vehicle drivers. Further-more, more information is collected and achieved about the vehicles that visits the vehicleservice station 110. lt is thereby enabled to offer more products/ services that are requiredor requested by vehicle drivers. Thereby the owner of the vehicle service station 110 gets abetter understanding of the requirements and needs of the vehicles 100 passing the vehi-cle service station 110, and may thus keep a range of services and products that are better adapted to the passing vehicles 100.
    Advantages for the driver comprises that he/ she becomes aware of the vehicle status andmay make an error check of the vehicle 100 while filling up fuel, i.e. without losing time.Also, by being given assistance in selecting the right type of supply items and spare parts,appropriate for the vehicle 100, the probability of mistakes, damages and/ or erroneouspurchases decrease, also for the inexperienced, inattentive or technically uninterested dnven Thus the driver is provided a quick sanity check of his/ her vehicle 100 while filling up fuel, which may lead to a safer vehicle and that accidents are avoided.
    Figure 1B presents an alternative scenario, similar to the embodiment disclosed in Figure1A. ln this embodiment, the output unit 120 comprises a loudspeaker which output information related to services or products provided by the vehicle service station 110. ln the illustrated embodiment, communication is made with a database 130, comprisingservices and products offered by the vehicle service station 110, or a service provider as-sociated with the vehicle service station 110. The communication may be made over a Wired or wireless communication interface in different embodiments.
    Thus when information concerning vehicle specification and/ or vehicle status informationis received from the vehicle 100, this information may be compared with information relatedto services or products provided by the vehicle service station 110, in the database 130.This information may comprise detected problems or errors in the vehicle 100, but it mayalso be related to the status of the driver, extracted from a tachograph in the vehicle 100,or the destination of the vehicle 100, extracted from a navigator in the vehicle 100, or simi-lar extracted information. When a match is found in the database 130, the result may beoutputted on the output device 120, which in the illustrated example is a loudspeaker.Other examples of the output device 120 may be the cell phone of the driver, a pair of intel-ligent glasses of the driver, a watch of the driver, or other device of the driver configured for wireless communication.
    Figure 1C illustrates yet an alternative scenario, similar to the embodiment disclosed in Figure 1A and/ or Figure 1B.
    As already described, the vehicle service station 110 requests and receives informationconcerning vehicle specification and/ or vehicle status information and a comparison ismade by matching the received vehicle specification and vehicle status information withservices or products provided by the vehicle service station 110. When an offer is detectedthat may remedy a defect or need of the vehicle 100, information concerning the offer is outputted to the driver of the vehicle 100. ln the illustrated example, the information may be outputted on the output device 120 on alanguage utilised by the driver from the vehicle specification of the vehicle 100 and/ or themenu system of the vehicle 100, if configurable. Thereby information may be outputted on the language the driver prefer.
    Further, in some embodiments, a sensor 140 may detect if the vehicle 100 is dirty or not; orthe level of dirtiness, and recommend a car washing program, or car shampoo etc. to thediver when the vehicle 100 is dirtier than a threshold level. The sensor 140 may comprise acamera and the dirtiness of the vehicle 100 may be recognised by an image recognition program comparing the image with known reference surfaces. ln some other embodiments, a check may be made via an internet connection to a data-base. Using an identification number of the vehicle 100, such as the chassi number, a de-scription on how to change bulb on this specific vehicle 100, and which bulb to use, may bedownloaded. Further, available times at a vehicle workshop may be checked, presented to the driver and booked in some embodiments. ln other embodiments, the driver may select language on a touch screen, for example; or otherwise register a preferred language.
    Figure 1D illustrates yet an alternative scenario, similar to the embodiment disclosed in Figure 1A, Figure 1B and/ or Figure 1C. ln the illustrated embodiment, a request is made by the vehicle service station 110 for get-ting access to information concerning vehicle specification and/ or vehicle status informa-tion and outputted to the driver of the vehicle 100. The driver may then select to grant ac-cess to the vehicle service station 110, to retrieve information from the vehicle 100, by se- lecting yes or no.
    However, in other embodiments, the driver may grant access to the vehicle service station110 for a certain time period, or for a limited number of times, or for ever. Further, suchgrant may be provided to the individual vehicle service station 110, to vehicle service sta-tions belonging to the same business chain in a certain region, or all vehicle service sta- tions in different embodiments. lt is thereby avoided that information is retrieved from the vehicle 100 without the driver's knowledge and/ or volition.
    Figure 2 illustrates an example of how the embodiments disclosed in any of Figure 1A, Figure 1B, Figure 1C and/ or Figure 1D may be perceived by the driver of the vehicle 100.
    The vehicle 100 may comprise a variety of sensors 210 in the vehicle 100, a computer 220in the vehicle 100, a navigator 230 in the vehicle 100 or a tachograph 240 in the vehicle100.
    An identity card 250 of the driver of the vehicle 100 may be inserted in the tachograph 240of the vehicle 100 in some embodiments, e.g. in professionally used vehicles like trucks and/ or buses.
    The tachograph 240 may be a conventional tachograph for a professionally used vehicle,such as a goods vehicle or bus. The tachograph 240 may be arranged so as to continu-ously determine information about, among other things, the vehicle route. The tachograph240 may be arranged so as to continuously determine information about, among otherthings, the operational status of the vehicle 100. The information about the operationalstatus can comprise, e.g. a vehicle velocity, an engine status (running or non-running). Thetachograph 240 may further be arranged so as to log driver rests, hours worked by a driver during a driving shift, etc. ln some embodiments, information concerning driving time/ resting time for the driver maybe extracted from the tachograph 240, which is compulsory for professional drivers. Thus,when the driver is approaching his/ her maximum driving time, a lunch break, coffee breakor similar may be suggested; alternatively a night rest at a hotel close by may be sug- gested on the output unit 120.
    Further, in some embodiments, information may be extracted from the navigator 230, suchas the destination of the vehicle 100. Thus, information related to the destination, or theroad to the destination may be suggested. For example, in case the vehicle destination isBrussels, the output unit 120 may output: “Right now it is 10 degrees and raining in Brus-sels. Do not forget to bring an umbrella. We have an offer right now on foldable umbrellasfor X E each", or similar. Other offers may be to download a tourist guide of the destination, or the route towards the destination, for example.
    The sensors 210 and/ or a computer 220 in the vehicle may comprise information related toe.g. windscreen cleanser level, motor oil quality, motor oil level, brake disc status, tyrepressure, spark plug status, fuse status, windshield wiper status, status of a trailer attachedto the vehicle 100, weight of the vehicle 100, energy consumption of the vehicle 100, com-pression rate of engine cylinders, information concerning broken lamp or other error codein the vehicle 100, and similar information. By retrieving this information and analyse it e.g.by a comparison with a normality condition of the specified vehicle, an error or anomaly ofthe vehicle 100 may be detected. Information concerning the detected error or anomalymay be outputted on the output unit 120 for informing the driver, and/ or suggesting to thedriver one or a plurality of anticipated checking activities. Thereby, possible accidents dueto the detected error may be omitted, by directing the attention of the driver to the detected error or anomaly. 11 Figure 3 illustrates an example of a method 300 according to an embodiment. The flowchart in Figure 3 shows the method 300 in a control unit for providing vehicle dedicated information at a vehicle service station 110.
    The vehicle 100 may be e.g. a truck, a bus, a car, a motorcycle or any kind of similar vehi- cle. ln order to correctly be able to provide vehicle dedicated information at the vehicle servicestation 110, the method 300 may comprise a number of steps 301-305. However, some ofthese steps 301-305 may be performed in a different manner. Further, the described steps301-305 may be performed in a somewhat different chronological order than the numbering suggests. The method 300 may comprise the subsequent steps: Step 301 comprises detecting a vehicle 100 at the vehicle service station 110.
    Step 302 comprises requesting vehicle specification and vehicle status information from the detected 301 vehicle 100 over a wireless interface.
    The wireless interface may be based on, or at least inspired by wireless communicationtechnology such as Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V-2-X) signals, Wi-Fi, Wireless Local AreaNetwork (WLAN), Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), Bluetooth (BT), or infra-red transmission to name but a few possible examples of direct wireless communications. ln some embodiments, the wireless interface may be based on cellular wireless communi-cation technology such as e.g. Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), En-hanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE), Universal Mobile TelecommunicationsSystem (UMTS), Code Division Access (CDMA), (CDMA 2000), Time Division Synchro-nous CDMA (TD-SCDMA), Long Term Evolution (LTE); Internet Protocol (IP), or similar. ln some embodiments, the request for vehicle specification and vehicle status informationalso may comprise an access request, which is to be granted by a person associated with the vehicle 100, such as the driver or the owner.
    Step 303 comprises receiving the requested 302 vehicle specification and vehicle status information from the vehicle 100 over the wireless interface. 12 The requested 302 vehicle specification and vehicle status information may only be re-ceived when the access request is granted by the driver of the vehicle 100, or the owner of the vehicle 100, according to some different embodiments.
    The requested 302 vehicle specification and vehicle status information may in some em-bodiments be received by receiving vehicle specification information from the detected ve-hicle 100 via a wireless interface. ln some alternative embodiments, the requested 302vehicle specification and vehicle status information may be received by recognising theregistration plate of the vehicle 100 and making a request to a vehicle register 150 for ob- taining vehicle specification information, and/ or vehicle owner information.
    The requested and received vehicle status information may be obtained from one or moresensors 210 in the vehicle 100, a computer 220 in the vehicle 100, a navigator 230 in the vehicle 100 or a tachograph 240 in the vehicle 100.
    The vehicle status information may comprise e.g. any, some or all of: windscreen cleanserlevel, motor oil quality, motor oil level, brake disc status, tyre pressure, spark plug status,fuse status, windshield wiper status, status of a trailer attached to the vehicle 100, weightof the vehicle 100, energy consumption of the vehicle 100, compression rate of engine cyl-inders, information concerning broken lamp or other error code in the vehicle 100, destina-tion of the vehicle 100, information concerning allowed driving time or resting time of thedriver, or other similar information related to the vehicle 100, utilised vehicle-associated equipment, or the driver.
    Furthermore, in some embodiments, the vehicle 100 may be identified based on the re-ceived vehicle specification and a bonus program membership of the vehicle service sta- tion 110 may be associated with the identified vehicle 100.
    Step 304 comprises matching the received 303 vehicle specification and vehicle status information with services or products provided by the vehicle service station 110.
    The matching may further comprise comparing the received vehicle status information witha normality vehicle profile according to the vehicle specification, and detecting any anomalyin the vehicle 100, based on the made comparison; and wherein the outputted informationrelates to the detected anomaly, if any. The comparison may then be made for the de-tected anomaly against the services or products provided by the vehicle service station 110 in some embodiments. 13 Step 305 comprises outputting information related to services or products offered by thevehicle service station 110, matching 304 the received 303 vehicle specification and vehi- cle status information of the detected 301 vehicle 100.
    The outputted information may relate to any of a detected error or malfunction of the vehi-cle 100, a destination of the vehicle 100, information concerning allowed driving time or resting time of the driver or similar in different embodiments. ln some embodiments, wherein the preferred language of the driver of the vehicle 100 hasbeen established based on the received 303 vehicle specification, the information may beoutputted on that language. The preferred language of the driver may be the language he/ she has selected for the dash board menu, for example.
    Figure 4 illustrates an embodiment of the system 200 for providing vehicle dedicated in- formation at a vehicle service station 110.
    The system 200 comprises an output unit 120, for outputting information related to the ve-hicle specification and vehicle status information of the vehicle 100, to the driver of the ve-hicle 100. The information may be visual and outputted on one or several displays, and/ or auditive and outputted via one or more loudspeakers.
    The system 200 also comprises a control unit 400, configured to perform at least some ofthe method steps 301-305 according to the method 300 described above and illustrated inFigure 3.
    The control unit 400 is configured fordetecting a vehicle 100 at the vehicle service station110. Further the control unit 400 is configured for requesting a vehicle specification andvehicle status information from the detected vehicle 100 over a wireless interface. ln addi-tion the control unit 400 is configured for receiving the requested vehicle specification andvehicle status information. Furthermore the control unit 400 is configured for matching thereceived vehicle specification and vehicle status information with services or products pro-vided by the vehicle service station 110. The control unit 400 is configured for generatingcontrol signals for outputting information related to services or products offered by the ve-hicle service station 110, matching the received vehicle specification and vehicle status information of the detected vehicle 100. 14 ln some embodiments, wherein the request for the vehicle specification and vehicle statusinformation also comprises an access request, the control unit 400 may be configured forreceiving the requested vehicle specification and/ or vehicle status information only re-ceived when the access request is granted by the driver of the vehicle 100, or the owner ofthe vehicle 100.
    Furthermore, the control unit 400 may be configured for receiving the requested vehiclespecification and vehicle status information of the vehicle 100 by either receiving vehiclespecification information from the detected vehicle 100 via a wireless interface; or recognis-ing the registration plate of the vehicle 100 and making a request to a vehicle register 150 for obtaining vehicle specification information, and/ or vehicle owner information. ln some additional embodiments, the requested and received vehicle status informationmay be obtained from one or more sensors 210 in the vehicle 100, a computer 220 in thevehicle 100, a navigator 230 in the vehicle 100 or a tachograph 240 in the vehicle 100, or similar entities.
    The control unit 400 may furthermore be configured for requesting and/ or receiving vehiclestatus information comprising any, some or all of: Windscreen cleanser level, motor oil qual-ity, motor oil level, brake disc status, tyre pressure, spark plug status, fuse status, wind-shield Wiper status, status of a trailer attached to the vehicle 100, weight of the vehicle 100,energy consumption of the vehicle 100, compression rate of engine cylinders, informationconcerning broken lamp or other error code in the vehicle 100, destination of the vehicle100, information concerning allowed driving time or resting time of the driver, or similar information. ln some embodiments, the control unit 400 may also be configured for comparing the re-ceived vehicle status information with a normality vehicle profile according to the vehiclespecification; and detecting any anomaly in the vehicle 100, based on the made compari- son; and wherein the outputted information relates to the detected anomaly, if any.
    Furthermore, the control unit 400 may also be configured for generating control signals foroutputting information related to services or products offered by the vehicle service station110, wherein the information relates to any of a detected error or malfunction of the vehicle100, a destination of the vehicle 100 and/ or information concerning allowed driving time or resting time of the driver, in some embodiments.
    The control unit 400 may be further configured for identifying the vehicle 100 based on thereceived vehicle specification and associate a bonus program membership of the vehicle service station 110 with the identified vehicle 100 in some alternative embodiments.
    Furthermore, the control unit 400 may be further configured for generating the control sig-nals for outputting information, on the output unit 120, on the language of the nationality of the vehicle 100, when the vehicle specification comprises the vehicle nationality.
    The control unit 400 may comprise a receiving circuit 410 configured for receiving a wire- less signal from a vehicle 100.
    The control unit 400 may also comprise a processor 420 configured for performing at least some of the calculating or computing of the control unit 400.
    Such processor 420 may comprise one or more instances of a processing circuit, i.e. aCentral Processing Unit (CPU), a processing unit, a processing circuit, a processor, anApplication Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a microprocessor, or other processing logicthat may interpret and execute instructions. The herein utilised expression ”processor” maythus represent a processing circuitry comprising a plurality of processing circuits, such as, e.g., any, some or all of the ones enumerated above.
    Furthermore, the control unit 400 may comprise a memory 425 in some embodiments. Theoptional memory 425 may comprise a physical device utilised to store data or programs,i.e., sequences of instructions, on a temporary or permanent basis. According to some em-bodiments, the memory 425 may comprise integrated circuits comprising silicon-basedtransistors. The memory 425 may comprise e.g. a memory card, a flash memory, a USBmemory, a hard disc, or another similar volatile or non-volatile storage unit for storing datasuch as e.g. ROM (Read-Only Memory), PROM (Programmable Read-Only Memory),EPROM (Erasable PROM), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable PROM), etc. in different em- bodiments.
    Further, the control unit 400 may comprise a signal transmitter 430. The signal transmitter430 may be configured for transmitting a control signal over a wired or wireless interface tobe received by the output unit 120 for outputting information related to the vehicle specifi-cation and vehicle status information of the vehicle 100, to the driver of the vehicle 100.
    The output unit 120 may comprise e.g. a light emitting unit and/ or a sound emitting device. 16 The previously described method steps 301-305 to be performed by the control unit 400may be implemented through the one or more processors 420 within the control unit 400,together with computer program product for performing at least some of the functions of thesteps 301-305. Thus a computer program product, comprising instructions for performingthe steps 301-305 in the control unit 400 may perform the method 300 comprising at leastsome of the steps 301-305 for providing vehicle dedicated information at a vehicle servicestation 110 when the computer program is loaded into the one or more processors 420 ofthe control unit 400.
    The computer program product mentioned above may be provided for instance in the formof a data carrier carrying computer program code for performing at least some of the step301-305 according to some embodiments when being loaded into the one or more proces-sors 420 of the control unit 400. The data carrier may be, e.g., a hard disk, a CD ROM disc,a memory stick, an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device or any other appro-priate medium such as a disk or tape that may hold machine readable data in a non-transitory manner. The computer program product may furthermore be provided as com-puter program code on a server and downloaded to the control unit 400 remotely, e.g., over an lnternet or an intranet connection.
    The terminology used in the description of the embodiments as illustrated in the accompa-nying drawings is not intended to be limiting of the described method 300; the control unit400; the system 200 and/ or the computer program. Various changes, substitutions or al-terations may be made, without departing from invention embodiments as defined by the appended claims.
    As used herein, the term "and/ or" comprises any and all combinations of one or more ofthe associated listed items. The term ”or” as used herein, is to be interpreted as a mathe-matical OR, i.e., as an inclusive disjunction; not as a mathematical exclusive OR (XOR),unless expressly stated otherwise. ln addition, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are tobe interpreted as “at least one", thus also possibly comprising a plurality of entities of thesame kind, unless expressly stated otherwise. lt will be further understood that the terms"includes", "comprises", "including" or "comprising", specifies the presence of stated feat-ures, actions, integers, steps, operations, elements, or components, but do not precludethe presence or addition of one or more other features, actions, integers, steps, operations,elements, components, or groups thereof. A single unit such as e.g. a processor may fulfilthe functions of several items recited in the claims. The mere fact that certain measures are recited in mutually different dependent claims does not indicate that a combination of 17 these measures cannot be used to advantage. A computer program may be stored/ distrib-uted on a suitable medium, such as an optical storage medium or a solid-state mediumsupplied together with or as part of other hardware, but may also be distributed in other forms such as via lnternet or other Wired or wireless communication system.
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    [1] 1. A method (300) for providing vehicle dedicated information at a vehicle servicestation (110), which method (300) comprises: detecting (301) a vehicle (100) at the vehicle service station (110); requesting (302) vehicle specification and vehicle status information from the de-tected (301) vehicle (100) over a wireless interface; receiving (303) the requested (302) vehicle specification and vehicle status infor-mation; matching (304) the received (303) vehicle specification and vehicle status informa-tion with services or products provided by the vehicle service station (110); and outputting (305) information related to services or products offered by the vehicleservice station (110), matching (304) the received (303) vehicle specification and vehicle status information of the detected (301) vehicle (100).
    [2] 2. The method (300) according to claim 1, wherein the request (302) for vehiclespecification and vehicle status information also comprises an access request and whereinthe requested (302) vehicle specification and vehicle status information is only received (303) when the access request is granted.
    [3] 3. A control unit (400) for providing vehicle dedicated information at a vehicle servicestation (110), wherein the control unit (400) is configured for: detecting a vehicle (100) at the vehicle service station (110); requesting vehicle specification and vehicle status information from the detectedvehicle (100) over a wireless interface; receiving the requested vehicle specification and vehicle status information; matching the received vehicle specification and vehicle status information withservices or products provided by the vehicle service station (110); and generating control signals for outputting information related to services or productsoffered by the vehicle service station (110), matching the received vehicle specification and vehicle status information of the detected vehicle (100).
    [4] 4. The control unit (400) according to claim 3, wherein the request for vehicle specifi-cation and vehicle status information also comprises an access request and wherein therequested vehicle specification and vehicle status information is only received when the access request is granted by an authorised person associated with the vehicle (100). 19
    [5] 5. The control unit (400) according to any of claim 3 or claim 4, further configured forreceiving the requested vehicle specification and vehicle status information of the vehicle(100) by: receiving vehicle specification information from the detected vehicle (100) via awireless interface; or recognising the registration plate of the vehicle (100) and making a request to avehicle register (150) for obtaining vehicle specification information, and/ or vehicle owner information.
    [6] 6. The control unit (400) according to any of claims 3-5, wherein the requested andreceived vehicle status information is obtained from one or more sensors (210) in the vehi-cle (100), a computer (220) in the vehicle (100), a navigator (230) in the vehicle (100) or atachograph (240) in the vehicle (100).
    [7] 7. The control unit (400) according to claim 6 wherein the vehicle status informationcomprises any, some or all of: windscreen cleanser level, motor oil quality, motor oil level,brake disc status, tyre pressure, spark plug status, fuse status, windshield wiper status,status of a trailer attached to the vehicle (100), weight of the vehicle (100), energy con-sumption of the vehicle (100), compression rate of engine cylinders, information concerningbroken lamp or other error code in the vehicle (100), destination of the vehicle (100), infor- mation concerning allowed driving time or resting time of the driver.
    [8] 8. The control unit (400) according to any of claims 3-7, further configured forcomparing the received vehicle status information with a normality vehicle profileaccording to the vehicle specification; anddetecting any anomaly in the vehicle (100), based on the made comparison; and wherein the outputted information relates to the detected anomaly, if any.
    [9] 9. The control unit (400) according to any of claims 3-8, wherein the information re-lated to services or products offered by the vehicle service station 110, outputting to thevehicle driver relates to any of: a detected error or malfunction of the vehicle (100); a destination of the vehicle (100); or information concerning allowed driving time or resting time of the driver.
    [10] 10. the vehicle (100) based on the received (303) vehicle specification and associate a bonus The control unit (400) according to any of claims 3-9, further configured to identify program membership of the vehicle service station (110)with the identified vehicle (100).
    [11] 11. erate the control signals for outputting information, on the output unit (120), on the lan- The control unit (400) according to any of claims 3-10, further configured to gen- guage of the nationality of the vehicle (100), when the vehicle specification comprises an indication of the vehicle driver's preferred language.
    [12] 12. cording to any of claims 1-2 When the computer program is executed in the control unit A computer program comprising program code for performing a method (300) ac- (400), according to any of claims 3-11.
    [13] 13. station (110), wherein the system (200) comprises: A system (200) for providing vehicle dedicated information at a vehicle service a control unit (400) according to any of claims 3-11;an output unit (120) for outputting information related to the vehicle specification and vehicle status information of the vehicle (100), to the driver of the vehicle (100).
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