GS1 Connected Car: An Integrated Vehicle Information Platform and Its Ecosystem for Connected Car Services based on GS1 Standards

Abstract

In recent years, the connected automotive industry has grown explosively. Various connected car services are emerging, such as remote vehicle diagnostics, driver's health monitoring, infotainment, and vehicle safety management. As a result, the number and type of vehicle data are increasing tremendously day by day. However, existing connected automotive solutions have a limitation in that each company manages its own closed data silos. This restricts connected car services from using data sources in various domains. Hence, we propose the GS1 Connected Car, an integrated vehicle information platform, and its ecosystem. We suggest GS1-based automotive data standards for not only in-vehicle data but also all the automotive-related data generated during the lifecycle of vehicles. We provide standardized data collection to EPCIS, the discovery of global automotive services using ONS, IoT Mash-up service between an in-car dashboard platform and IoT devices, video infotainment called GS1 video, and automotive lifecycle management application. We have implemented our platform in a real car by developing an Android-based vehicle dashboard, including service discovery, Mash-up services, and GS1 Video. Also, a mobile application for lifecycle management and Amazon skills for collecting driver's information are developed. Our demonstration and case study show the feasibility of the proposed platform, widening the scope of future connected car services.