Head unit for providing multi-streaming service between different devices, streaming control method thereof, and computer readable medium for executing the method

• US 10,110,648 B2
• Filed: 06/01/2015
• Issued: 10/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Hyundai Motor Japan R&D Center Incorporated (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Yang, Woo Sok
• Primary Examiner(s): Rubin, Blake J
• Application Number:
  US14/727,545
• Publication Number:
  US 20160173548A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,240 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/613 for the control of the source by the destination control signals issued by the client directed to the server or network components specially adapted for selective content distribution H04N21/637
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• 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: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561

Abstract

A head unit for a vehicle, for providing a multi-streaming service between different devices is disclosed. The head unit includes a resource controller for permitting access of a plurality of mobile terminals and exclusively reproducing each resource so as to occupy only one content in each resource within a control range for each respective content of at least one content provided from a plurality of accessed mobile terminals. Thus, various mobile terminals (e.g. smartphones) are simultaneously connected and resources are exclusively used so as to enable a seamless multi-streaming service, thereby enhancing user convenience.

Claims

1. A head unit for a vehicle, for providing a multi-streaming service between different devices, the head unit comprising a resource controller for

permitting access of a plurality of mobile terminals including separate first and second mobile terminals,

exclusively reproducing each resource so as to occupy only one content in each resource within a control range for each respective content of at least one content provided from a plurality of accessed mobile terminals,

performing control simultaneously to reproduce one content of first type, transmitted from the first mobile terminal, by first resource, while another content of second type, transmitted from the second mobile terminal, is reproduced by second resource,

simultaneously streaming different content types from different mobile terminals concurrently,

determining whether content requested to be changed is the same type as content reproduced by a corresponding occupied resource of one of the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal upon receiving a request for change in the content from a third mobile terminal, which does not occupy each resource, among the plurality of mobile terminals,

changing the content of the corresponding occupied resource to the content requested to be changed and reproduces the corresponding resource under permission of an occupation entity upon determining that the content requested to be changed is the same type as the content reproduced by the corresponding occupied resource,

setting the mobile terminal that requests change in content as an occupation entity after the change and excludes occupation entities of mobile terminals different from the resource controller,

wherein a streaming service of the content of the corresponding occupied resource is seamlessly converted to the content requested to be changed of the third mobile terminal,

wherein the head unit permitting access of a plurality of mobile terminals, when a predetermined condition corresponding to an access request signal received from each of the plurality of mobile terminals is satisfied, and

wherein the predetermined condition is a procedure for checking whether the mobile terminal is pre-registered in the head unit.

2. The head unit according to claim 1, wherein the resource controller exclusively reproduces each resource comprising audio, video, and a microphone.

3. The head unit according to claim 2, wherein the resource controller excludes an occupation entity of the plurality of mobile terminals and exclusively reproduces each resource when an occupation entity of each resource is the resource controller.

4. The head unit according to claim 3, wherein the resource controller excludes an occupation entity of remaining mobile terminals except for the resource controller and a first mobile terminal of the plurality of mobile terminals and exclusively reproduces each resource when the occupation entity of each resource is the first mobile terminal.

5. The head unit according to claim 1, wherein the resource controller notifies a corresponding mobile terminal that the content requested to be changed is not the same as content reproduced by the corresponding occupied resource upon determining that the content requested to be changed is not the same as content reproduced by the corresponding occupied resource.

6. The head unit according to claim 1, further comprising a short-range communication module,

wherein the short-range communication module is connected to the plurality of mobile terminals via short-range communication.

7. A streaming control method of a head unit for a vehicle, for providing a multi-streaming service between different devices, the method comprising:

permitting a plurality of mobile terminals including separate first and second mobile terminals to access via a short-range communication network, by a resource controller;

receiving at least one content provided from the plurality of accessed mobile terminals;

exclusively reproducing each resource so as to occupy only one content in each resource within a control range for each respective content of at least one received content,

performing control simultaneously to reproduce one content of first type, transmitted from the first mobile terminal, by first resource, while another content of second type, transmitted from the second mobile terminal, is reproduced by second resource,

simultaneously streaming different content types from different mobile terminals concurrently,

wherein the resource controller

determines whether content requested to be changed is the same type as content reproduced by a corresponding occupied resource of one of the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal upon receiving a request for change in the content from a third mobile terminal, which does not occupy each resource, among the plurality of mobile terminals,

changes the content of the corresponding occupied resource to the content requested to be changed and reproduces the corresponding resource under permission of an occupation entity upon determining that the content requested to be changed is the same type as the content reproduced by the corresponding occupied resource,

sets the mobile terminal that requests change in content as an occupation entity after the change and excludes occupation entities of mobile terminals different from the resource controller,

wherein a streaming service of the content of the corresponding occupied resource is seamlessly converted to the content requested to be changed of the third mobile terminal,

wherein the head unit permitting access of a plurality of mobile terminals, when a predetermined condition corresponding to an access request signal received from each of the plurality of mobile terminals is satisfied, and

wherein the predetermined condition is a procedure for checking whether the mobile terminal is pre-registered in the head unit.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the exclusively reproducing comprises exclusively reproducing each resource comprising audio, video, and a microphone by the resource controller.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the exclusively reproducing comprises excluding an occupation entity of the plurality of mobile terminals and exclusively reproducing each resource by the resource controller when an occupation entity of each resource is the resource controller.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the exclusively reproducing comprises excluding an occupation entity of remaining mobile terminals except for the resource controller and a first mobile terminal of the plurality of mobile terminals and exclusively reproducing each resource, by the resource controller when the occupation entity of each resource is the first mobile terminal.

11. The method according to claim 7, wherein the determining comprises notifying a corresponding mobile terminal that the content requested to be changed is not the same as content reproduced by the corresponding occupied resource upon determining that the content requested to be changed is not the same as content reproduced by the corresponding occupied resource.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium for executing the streaming control method according to claim 7.

13. A head unit for a vehicle, for providing a multi-streaming service between different devices, the head unit comprising:

a terminal recognition unit for recognizing a plurality of mobile terminals including separate first and second mobile terminals that request access via short-range communication;

a resource receiver for receiving at least one content from the plurality of recognized mobile terminals;

a resource controller for exclusively occupying only one content in each resource within a control range for each respective content of at least one content; and

a content driver for driving each content through each exclusively occupied resource,

wherein the resource controller

performs control simultaneously to reproduce one content of first type, transmitted from the first mobile terminal, by first resource, while another content of second type, transmitted from the second mobile terminal, is reproduced by second resource,

simultaneously streams different content types from different mobile terminals concurrently,

determines whether content requested to be changed is the same type as content reproduced by a corresponding occupied resource of one of the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal upon receiving a request for change in the content from a third mobile terminal, which does not occupy each resource, among the plurality of mobile terminals,

changes the content of the corresponding occupied resource to the content requested to be changed and reproduces the corresponding resource under permission of an occupation entity upon determining that the content requested to be changed is the same type as the content reproduced by the corresponding occupied resource, and

sets the mobile terminal that requests change in content as an occupation entity after the change and excludes occupation entities of mobile terminals different from the resource controller,

wherein a streaming service of the content of the corresponding occupied resource is seamlessly converted to the content requested to be changed of the third mobile terminal,

wherein the head unit permitting access of a plurality of mobile terminals, when a predetermined condition corresponding to an access request signal received from each of the plurality of mobile terminals is satisfied, and

wherein the predetermined condition is a procedure for checking whether the mobile terminal is pre-registered in the head unit.

14. The head unit according to claim 13, wherein the resource controller controls a resource comprising audio, video, and a microphone.

15. The head unit according to claim 14, wherein the resource controller excludes an occupation entity of the plurality of mobile terminals when an occupation entity of each resource is the head unit.

16. The head unit according to claim 15, wherein the resource controller excludes an occupation entity of remaining mobile terminals except for the head unit and a first mobile terminal of the plurality of mobile terminals when the occupation entity of each resource is the first mobile terminal.

17. The head unit according to claim 13, wherein the wherein the resource controller notifies a corresponding mobile terminal that the content requested to be changed is not the same as content reproduced by the corresponding occupied resource upon determining that the content requested to be changed is not the same as content reproduced by the corresponding occupied resource.

18. A streaming control method of a head unit for a vehicle, for providing a multi-streaming service between different devices, the method comprising:

recognizing a plurality of mobile terminals including separate first and second mobile terminals requesting access via short-range communication, by a terminal recognition unit;

receiving at least one content from the plurality of recognized mobile terminals, by a resource receiver;

exclusively occupying only one content in each resource within a control range for each respective content of at least one content, by a resource controller; and

driving each content through each exclusively occupied resource, by a content driver,

wherein the resource controller performs

control simultaneously to reproduce one content of first type, transmitted from the first mobile terminal, by first resource, while another content of second type, transmitted from the second mobile terminal, is reproduced by second resource,

simultaneously streams different content types from different mobile terminals concurrently,

determines whether content requested to be changed is the same type as content reproduced by a corresponding occupied resource of one of the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal upon receiving a request for change in the content from a third mobile terminal, which does not occupy each resource, among the plurality of mobile terminals,

changes the content of the corresponding occupied resource to the content requested to be changed and reproduces the corresponding resource under permission of an occupation entity upon determining that the content requested to be changed is the same type as the content reproduced by the corresponding occupied resource, and

sets the mobile terminal that requests change in content as an occupation entity after the change and excludes occupation entities of mobile terminals different from the resource controller,

wherein a streaming service of the content of the corresponding occupied resource is seamlessly converted to the content requested to be changed of the third mobile terminal,

wherein the head unit permitting access of a plurality of mobile terminals, when a predetermined condition corresponding to an access request signal received from each of the plurality of mobile terminals is satisfied, and

wherein the predetermined condition is a procedure for checking whether the mobile terminal is pre-registered in the head unit.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein the exclusively occupying comprises controlling a resource comprising audio, video, and a microphone, by a resource controller.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the exclusively occupying comprises excluding an occupation entity of the plurality of mobile terminals when an occupation entity of each resource is a head unit.

21. The method according to claim 20, wherein the exclusively occupying comprises excluding an occupation entity of remaining mobile terminals except for a head unit and a first mobile terminal of the plurality of mobile terminals when the occupation entity of each resource is the first mobile terminal.

22. The method according to claim 18, wherein the driving comprises notifying a corresponding mobile terminal that the content requested to be changed is not the same as content reproduced by the corresponding occupied resource upon determining that the content requested to be changed is not the same as content reproduced by the corresponding occupied resource, by the resource controller.

23. A non-transitory computer readable medium for executing the streaming control method according to claim 18.