A processor apparatus, comprising: multiple processors, wherein one or more of the processors are configured to operate in a distributed processing system and configured to: identify a new device that is not currently coupled to the processing system, connect the new device to the processing system when signaling from the new device conforms to a communication protocol used in the processing system; configure the new device to operate with the processing system; identify data codes in the signaling from the new device identifying an application running on the new device, a data type used on the new device, or a security attribute associated with at least one of the new device, data stored in the new device, or the application running on the new device; use the identified security attribute to prevent at least one of an unauthorized application or unauthorized data from being processing by the processing system; identify at least one stored application in memory accessible by the processor, wherein the application processes the same data type used by the new device; responsive to identifying the stored application, download the stored application from memory into the processing system; use the application to process data received from the new device; and select an appropriate human machine interface to output the data. view more

A system having multiple on-board processors configured to operate within a vehicle, comprising: one or more of the multiple on-board processors coupled together through multiple links into a multiprocessor network, wherein the multiprocessor network is configured to: operate a transceiver configured to detect and establish communication between at least one processor in the multiprocessor network and at least one new device brought into or next to the vehicle; selectively connect the new device to the multiprocessor network; use a data manager to identify a particular type of data used in the new device and processed with a first software application controlled and operated by the new device; identify a second software application from among multiple different software applications located in a memory in the multiprocessor network, wherein the second software application is currently not loaded in or operated by any of the on-board processors, and the second software application is also configured to process the same particular type of data processed by the first software application controlled and operated by the new device; using the data manager to select a particular one of the on-board processors for operating the second software application selected from the memory; automatically move the second software application from the memory in the multiprocessor network to the particular one of the on-board processors selected by the data manager; configure the particular one of the on-board processors to run the second software application moved from the memory, wherein running the second software application causes the particular one of the on-board processors to take over control and operation of the new device; and initiate transfer of the data from the new device to the particular one of the on-board processors and initiate processing of the particular type of data received from the new device with the second software application running on the particular one of the on-board processors. view more

The system of claim 1 wherein the multiprocessor network is configured to: detect a first and second one of the new devices that generate streaming audio data; disconnect the streaming audio data generated from the first one of the detected new devices currently connected the speakers; and connect streaming audio data generated from the second one of the detected new devices to the speakers according to inputs received from a display coupled to the multiprocessor network. view more

A multiprocessor system used in a car, comprising: multiple processors located on-board the car and adapted to run different real-time car applications; different communication links coupling the multiple processors together; and a dynamic configuration system run independently on multiple different ones of the multiple on-board processors that each includes a device manager for automatically detecting and adding new hardware devices to the on-board multiprocessor system, a configuration manager that automatically reconfigures the multiprocessor system to run the real-time car applications on different ones of the multiple on-board processors, and a data manager that identifies data generated by the new devices and identifies other devices in the multiprocessor system that can input or output the identified data. view more

A method for detecting objects, comprising:</claim-text> generating sensor data for areas around a local vehicle; identifying an object in the sensor data; determining a kinematic state for the object identified in the sensor data; determining a atic state for the local vehicle; comparing the kinematic state of the object with the kinematic state of the local vehicle; generating a warning indication when the comparison indicates a possible collision condition exists between the identified object and the local vehicle; and generating a steering queue that provides a direction for the local vehicle to move to avoid the identified object. view more