Vehicle tutorial system and method for sending vehicle tutorial to tutorial manager device

• US 10,325,519 B2
• Filed: 11/30/2016
• Issued: 06/18/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Nissan North America Incorporated (Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Tan, Adrian, Chang, Ching Pin, Muramatsu, Toshiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Coburn, Corbett B
• Application Number:
  US15/365,651
• Publication Number:
  US 20180151088A1
• Time in Patent Office: 930 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/597 Recognising the driver's state or behaviour, e.g. attention or drowsiness
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/167 Control of land vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/06 with both visual and audible presentation of the material to be studied
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 9/042 providing simulation in a real vehicle G09B9/052, G09B9/058 take precedence
• 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

Abstract

A vehicle tutorial system includes a data storage device having at least one vehicle tutorial, an on-board identification sensor, an on-board vehicle communication device, a tutorial manager device located in a cloud computer and/or the remote device, and an on-board vehicle controller. The on-board vehicle controller is programmed to identify the user of the vehicle based on information from the on-board identification sensor, select the vehicle tutorial, select the remote device associated with the user of the vehicle, offer the vehicle tutorial to the user at a first time, and upon the user declining the offer at the first time, send the vehicle tutorial to the tutorial manager device. The tutorial manager device includes a processor programmed to offer the vehicle tutorial to the user at a time later than the first time on the on-board vehicle display or on the remote device.

Claims

1. A vehicle tutorial system comprising:

a data storage device having at least one vehicle tutorial stored therein;

an on-board identification sensor for identifying a user of a vehicle;

an on-board vehicle communication device configured to communicate with a tutorial manager device and at least one remote device;

a tutorial manager device located in at least one of a cloud computer and the at least one remote device; and

an on-board vehicle controller programmed to;

select the at least one vehicle tutorial,

identify the user of the vehicle based on information from the on-board identification sensor,

select the at least one remote device associated with the user of the vehicle,

offer the at least one vehicle tutorial to the user at a first time on at least one of an on-board vehicle display and the at least one remote device, and

upon the user declining the offer at the first time, send the at least one vehicle tutorial to the tutorial manager device,

the tutorial manager device including a processor programmed to offer the at least one vehicle tutorial to the user at a time later than the first time on the on-board vehicle display or on the at least one remote device.

2. The vehicle tutorial system according to claim 1, wherein

the at least one vehicle tutorial includes a plurality of vehicle tutorials stored in the data storage device.

3. The vehicle tutorial system according to claim 2, wherein

the controller is further programmed to select one of the vehicle tutorials as a selected vehicle tutorial based on at least one of a driving situation, a user identity, and information stored in the data storage device.

4. The vehicle tutorial system according to claim 3, wherein

the controller is further programmed to select the vehicle tutorial based on the user identity and a determination that the user has not previously viewed the selected vehicle tutorial.

5. The vehicle tutorial system according to claim 3, wherein

the controller is further programmed to select the vehicle tutorial based on the user identity and a number of times that the user has used a feature associated with the selected vehicle tutorial.

6. The vehicle tutorial system according to claim 3, wherein

the controller is further programmed to determine the driving situation based on information detected by at least one on-board vehicle sensor and to select the selected vehicle tutorial based on the driving situation.

7. The vehicle tutorial system according to claim 1, wherein

the on-board vehicle display includes at least one of a heads-up display and a vehicle console display.

8. The vehicle tutorial system according to claim 1, wherein

the at least one remote device includes at least one of a cellular phone, a tablet, a laptop computer and a desktop computer.

9. The vehicle tutorial system according to claim 1, wherein

the controller is programmed to associate the at least one remote device with the user of the vehicle based on a user identity stored in the data storage device.

10. The vehicle tutorial system according to claim 1, wherein

the on-board vehicle communication device is configured to communicate with the tutorial manager device through at least one of a wireless communication link and a wired communication link.

11. The vehicle tutorial system according to claim 1, further comprising

a user interface operatively communicating with the controller, and

the controller being programmed to offer the at least one vehicle tutorial to a user at the first time in response to an input via the user interface.

12. The vehicle tutorial system according to claim 1, wherein

upon acceptance of the at least one vehicle tutorial by the user, the processor is programmed to display the at least one vehicle tutorial at least partially on the at least one remote device.

13. The vehicle tutorial system according to claim 12, wherein

upon acceptance of the at least one vehicle tutorial by the user, the processor is programmed to display a first portion of the at least one vehicle tutorial on the on-board vehicle display and to display a second portion of the at least one vehicle tutorial on the at least one remote device.

14. The vehicle tutorial system according to claim 1, wherein

the controller is further programmed to provide at least one of visual feedback, auditory feedback and haptic feedback to the user while the at least one vehicle tutorial is being displayed on the on-board vehicle display.

15. A vehicle tutorial method comprising:

selecting at least one vehicle tutorial,

identifying a user of a vehicle,

selecting at least one remote device associated with the user,

offering the at least one vehicle tutorial to the user at a first time,

upon the user declining the at least one vehicle tutorial at the first time, sending the at least one vehicle tutorial to a tutorial manager device,

offering the at least one vehicle tutorial to the user at a time later than the first time on the on-board vehicle display or on the at least one remote device.

16. The vehicle tutorial method according to claim 15, wherein

the at least one vehicle tutorial is selected from among a plurality of vehicle tutorials based on at least one of a driving situation, a user identity, and information stored in a memory of the vehicle.

17. The vehicle tutorial method according to claim 16, wherein

the at least one vehicle tutorial is selected based on the user identity and a determination that the user has not previously viewed the at least one vehicle tutorial.

18. The vehicle tutorial method according to claim 16, wherein

the at least one vehicle tutorial is selected based on the user identity and a number of times that the user has used a feature associated with the at least one vehicle tutorial.

19. The vehicle tutorial method according to claim 16, wherein

the driving situation is determined based on information detected by at least one on-board vehicle sensor and the at least one vehicle tutorial is selected based on the driving situation.

20. The vehicle tutorial method according to claim 15, wherein

the at least one remote device includes at least one of a cellular phone, a tablet, a laptop computer and a desktop computer.

21. The vehicle tutorial method according to claim 15, further comprising

associating the at least one remote device with the user of the vehicle based on a user identity stored in a data storage device.

22. The vehicle tutorial method according to claim 15, wherein

the at least one vehicle tutorial is sent to the tutorial manager device through at least one of a wireless communication link and a wired communication link.

23. The vehicle tutorial method according to claim 15, wherein

the at least one vehicle tutorial is offered to the user at the first time in response to an input via a user interface.

24. The vehicle tutorial method according to claim 15, wherein

the at least one vehicle tutorial is offered to the user at the first time on at least one of an on-board vehicle display and the at least one remote device.

25. The vehicle tutorial method according to claim 15, further comprising

upon acceptance of the at least one vehicle tutorial by the user, displaying a first portion of the at least one vehicle tutorial on an on-board vehicle display and displaying a second portion of the at least one vehicle tutorial on the at least one remote device.

26. The vehicle tutorial method according to claim 25, further comprising

providing at least one of visual feedback, auditory feedback and haptic feedback to the user while the at least one vehicle tutorial is being displayed on the on-board vehicle display.