Device for granting permission to control vehicle and method of driving the same

• US 10,109,127 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2016
• Issued: 10/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Inventors: Park, Se Min
• Primary Examiner(s): Trivedi, Atul
• Application Number:
  US15/383,007
• Publication Number:
  US 20180082504A1
• Time in Patent Office: 673 Days
• Field of Search: 701 36
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2325/205 Mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/00 Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles locks for vehicles E05B77/00-E05B85/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/2018 Central base unlocks or authorises unlocking
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/24 using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/10 Interpretation of driver requests or demands
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00769 with data transmission performed by wireless means
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/0092 for cargo, freight or shipping containers and applications therefore in general
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00182 operated with unidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00571 operated by interacting with a central unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0892 by using authentication-authorization-accounting [AAA] servers or protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/084 using delegated authorisation, e.g. open authorisation [OAuth] protocol
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

Abstract

A device for granting permission to control a vehicle includes: a communication unit; and a controller transmitting a request through the communication unit to a telematics (TM) center to provide a specific service related to the vehicle and sharing information about a location of the vehicle with a specific service provider that provides the specific service. Upon receiving a request for permission to control the vehicle from the specific service provider, the controller grants permission to control the vehicle to the specific service provider in exchange for providing the specific service.

Claims

1. A device for granting permission to control a vehicle, the device comprising:

a communication unit; and

a controller transmitting a request through the communication unit to a telematics (TM) center to provide a specific service related to the vehicle and sharing information about a location of the vehicle with a specific service provider that provides the specific service, wherein

upon receiving a request for permission to control the vehicle from a specific-service providing device, the controller grants permission to control the vehicle to the specific service-providing device in exchange for providing the specific service,

the specific service-providing device directly controls the vehicle when the specific service is within a granted permission range, and

the controller directly controls the vehicle when the specific service is outside of the granted permission range.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the controller grants permission to control the vehicle to the specific-service providing device through an authentication center when the authentication center receives the request for permission to control the vehicle from the specific-service providing device and approves authentication for the specific-service providing device.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the controller receives information about at least one service provider from the TM center and selects the specific service provider from among the at least one service provider.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is requested to grant permission to control the vehicle through a device used by the specific service provider.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the specific service includes at least one of a vehicle repair service, a parking service, a fueling service, a washing service, a vehicle checkup service, a package receipt service, and a car sharing service.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein the controller remotely activates a horn of the vehicle or lights of the vehicle upon receiving a request to search for the vehicle from the specific service provider.

7. A method of controlling a device for granting permission to control a vehicle, the method comprising:

transmitting, by a controller, a request through a communication unit to a telematics (TM) center to provide a specific service related to the vehicle;

sharing, by the controller, information about a location of the vehicle with a specific service provider that provides the specific service;

upon receiving a request for permission to control the vehicle from a specific-service providing device, granting, by the controller, permission to control the vehicle to the specific-service providing device in exchange for providing the specific service; and

directly controlling, by the controller, the vehicle when the specific service is outside of a granted permission range,

wherein the specific service-providing device directly controls the vehicle when the specific service is within the granted permission range.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

receiving, by the controller, information about at least one service provider from the TM center; and

selecting, by the controller, the specific service provider from among the at least one service provider.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the granting of permission to control the vehicle comprises:

receiving, by the controller, a request for permission to control the vehicle through a device used by the specific service provider.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the granting of permission to control the vehicle comprises:

granting, by the controller, the permission to control the vehicle to the specific service-providing device when an authentication center receives the request for permission to control the vehicle from the specific service-providing device and approves authentication for the specific service-providing device.

11. The method according to claim 7, wherein the specific service includes at least one of a vehicle repair service, a parking service, a fueling service, a washing service, a vehicle checkup service, a package receipt service, and a car sharing service.

12. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

remotely activating, by the controller, a horn of the vehicle or lights of the vehicle upon receiving a request to search for the vehicle from the specific service provider.

13. A service-providing device comprising:

a device communication unit; and

a device controller receiving a request through the device communication unit from a permission-granting device to provide a specific service related to a vehicle and providing the specific service to the vehicle in response to the received request, wherein

the device controller receives information about a location of the vehicle through the device communication unit from the permission-granting device,

the device controller transmits a request to the permission-granting device to grant permission to control the vehicle in exchange for providing the specific service,

upon receiving the permission to control the vehicle from the permission-granting device, the device controller directly controls the vehicle when the specific service is within a granted permission range, and

the permission-granting device directly controls the vehicle when the specific service is outside of the granted permission range.

14. The service-providing device according to claim 13, wherein the device controller activates a horn of the vehicle or lights of the vehicle to search for the vehicle.

15. The service-providing device according to claim 13, wherein the device controller transmits a service end indication message to a telematics (TM) center when provision of the specific service ends.

16. The service-providing device according to claim 13, further comprising:

a display,

wherein the device controller controls the display to display the granted permission range.

17. A control system installed in a vehicle, the control system comprising:

a vehicle communication module communicating with at least one of a telematics (TM) center, a permission-granting device, a service-providing device, and an authentication center; and

a vehicle controller performing control such that, upon input of a vehicle control command from the authentication center, an operation corresponding to the vehicle control command is performed for performing a specific service related to the vehicle, wherein

the service-providing device directly controls the vehicle when the specific service is within a granted permission range, and

the permission-granting device directly controls the vehicle when the specific service is outside of the granted permission range.

18. The control system according to claim 17, wherein the vehicle controller activates a horn of the vehicle or lights of the vehicle upon receiving a corresponding command from the authentication center to search for the vehicle.