System for remote control of vehicle functions and/or inquiry of vehicle status data

• US 20050107928A1
• Filed: 10/12/2004
• Published: 05/19/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chemtron Research LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Daimler AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Inventors: Mueller, Achim
• Granted Patent: US 7,209,816 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/33
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom

Abstract

The invention concerns a system for remote control of vehicle functions and/or inquiry of vehicle status data, including a first communication device (25) for bidirectional wireless communications with at least one vehicle communication unit (40), wherein control commands for remote control of vehicle functions and/or inquiries for retrieving vehicle status data are transmitted via the first communication device (25),and further including a second communication unit (220) for establishing speech communication with a user of the system. According to the invention a computer (20) is provided for translation of speech information received via the second communication unit (220) into control commands and/or inquiries, which are then transmitted by the first communication device (25). Command controls for remote control of vehicle functions are provided and inquiries for requesting vehicle status data are provided. The computer (20) is adapted to translate information regarding the vehicle (10) received via the first communication device (25) into speech information and to transmit this information via the second communication unit (220) in the form of speech.

Claims

1. System for remote control of vehicle functions and/or inquiry of vehicle status data, including

a first communication device (25) for bidirectional wireless communications with at least one vehicle communication unit (40), wherein control commands for remote control of vehicle functions and/or inquiries for retrieving vehicle status data are transmitted via the first communication device (25),

a second communication unit (220) for establishing speech communication with a user of the system,

a computer (20) for translation of speech information received via the second communication unit (220) into control commands and/or inquiries, which are then transmitted by the first communication device (25),

wherein command controls for remote control of vehicle functions are provided and wherein inquiries for requesting vehicle status data are provided, wherein the computer (20) is adapted to translate information regarding the vehicle (10) received via the first communication device (25) into speech information and to transmit this information via the second communication unit (220) in the form of speech.

2. System according to claim 1,

wherein in the computer (20), on the basis of authentication data received from the user, and association of the user with a specific vehicle is made.

3. System according to claim 1,

wherein the computer (20) is connected with at least one further network (210, 230), in particular the internet (210) and/or a mobile internet (230).

4. System according to claim 3,

wherein the user can transmit, via the at least one additional network (210, 230), information to the computer (20), which is translated by the computer (20) into commands for remote control of vehicle functions and/or into inquiries for requesting vehicle status data, and transmitted via the first communication device (25).

5. System according to claim 3,

wherein the computer (20) receives information via the first communication device (25) and transmits this, via the at least one additional network (210, 230), to the associated user.