Vehicle with interaction between entertainment systems and wearable devices

• US 10,104,460 B2
• Filed: 11/21/2016
• Issued: 10/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bragi GmbH
• Original Assignee: Bragi GmbH
• Inventors: Boesen, Peter Vincent
• Primary Examiner(s): King, Simon
• Application Number:
  US15/356,949
• Publication Number:
  US 20170155997A1
• Time in Patent Office: 694 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/037 for occupant comfort , e.g. for automatic adjustment of appliances according to personal settings, e.g. seats, mirrors, steering wheel
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/639 using playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6066 including a wireless connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1016 Earpieces of the intra-aural type
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1041 Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements switches in general H01H
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2420/07 Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/13 Acoustic transducers and sound field adaptation in vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 27/00 Public address systems circuits for preventing acoustic reaction H04R3/02; circuits for distributing signals to loudspeakers H04R3/12; monitoring or testing arrangements for public address systems H04R29/007; amplifiers H03F
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 3/00 Circuits for transducers , loudspeakers or microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 3/12 for distributing signals to two or more loudspeakers specially adapted for hearing aids H04R25/407
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

A system includes a vehicle, a vehicle network disposed within the vehicle, and an entertainment system disposed within the vehicle wherein the entertainment system comprises at least one audio source. The entertainment system is configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one wireless earpiece to provide for streaming of audio to and from the at least one wireless earpiece. A method includes providing a vehicle having an entertainment system, wirelessly connecting the entertainment system of the vehicle to at least one wireless ear piece associated with an occupant within the vehicle, and streaming audio from the at least one wireless earpiece to the entertainment system of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a vehicle;

a vehicle network disposed within the vehicle; and

an entertainment system disposed within the vehicle and operatively connected to the vehicle network, wherein the entertainment system comprises at least one audio source;

wherein the entertainment system is configured to wirelessly communicate with multiple sets of wireless earpieces associated with multiple occupants within the vehicle to provide for streaming of audio to and from the multiple sets of the wireless earpieces;

wherein each wireless earpiece of the multiple sets of wireless earpieces includes an intelligent control system and at least one sensor; and

wherein the entertainment system is further configured to receive at least one playlist transferred from each of the multiple sets of wireless earpieces, perform an analysis which combines each playlist from each of the multiple sets of wireless earpieces and determine one or more entertainment system settings based on the analysis.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the entertainment system is further configured to transfer audio files to each of the multiple sets of the wireless earpieces.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the entertainment system is further configured to transfer audio files from each of the multiple sets of the wireless earpieces.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the entertainment system is further configured to receive a playlist transferred from each of the multiple sets of the wireless earpieces.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein the entertainment system is configured to perform an analysis of the playlist and determine one or more entertainment system settings based on the analysis.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the one or more entertainment system settings include radio station presets.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein the radio station presets are for satellite radio stations.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the entertainment system is further configured to send a playlist to each of the multiple sets of the wireless earpieces.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the entertainment system is further configured to send audio preferences to each of the multiple sets of the wireless earpieces.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein the entertainment system is further configured to receive audio preferences from each of the multiple sets of the wireless earpieces.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one audio source is selected from a set consisting of a CD player, a DVD player, a FM radio, a television receiver, a satellite radio, a solid state memory containing audio files, a magnetic memory containing audio files.