Apparatus and method of managing telematics application based on vehicle status

• US 20070106437A1
• Filed: 10/25/2006
• Published: 05/10/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Kim, Sun Joong, Kim, Min Jung, Kwon, Oh Cheon, Choi, Yeon Jun, Moon, Young Bag
• Application Number:
  US11/586,210
• Publication Number:
  US 20070106437A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/29
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

Provided is an apparatus and method of managing a telematics application based on a vehicle'"'"'s status. The apparatus includes an application install manager which sets execution condition information including information related to a vehicle'"'"'s status at which the application is activated, a vehicle'"'"'s status detector which detects the vehicle status, and an application execution manager which recognizes the application that is activated when detecting a vehicle'"'"'s status, and executes the application. Accordingly, executing a telematics terminal application supports safe driving. In addition, when in an emergency situation, a resource can be rapidly ensured, and an application for handling the emergency situation is performed, thereby effectively overcoming the emergency situation.

Claims

1. An apparatus for managing a telematics application based on a vehicle'"'"'s status, comprising:

an application install manager which sets execution condition information including information related to a vehicle'"'"'s status at which the application is activated;

a vehicle'"'"'s status detector which detects the vehicle status; and

an application execution manager which recognizes the application that is activated when in the detected vehicle'"'"'s status, and executes the application.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the vehicle'"'"'s status includes at least one of a driving status in which the vehicle is operating, an emergency status in which the vehicle is abnormal while driving, and a diagnosis status in which the vehicle requires diagnosis.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the application install manager sets a level of a vehicle'"'"'s status at which the application is executed as the execution condition information by using the vehicle'"'"'s statuses graded according to priority, and

the application execution manager compares a level of a vehicle'"'"'s status included in the execution condition information with a level of the detected vehicle'"'"'s statue, and determines whether the application is to be activated or not.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the vehicle'"'"'s status detector comprises:

a vehicle'"'"'s status event receiving unit which receives an event signal related to the vehicle'"'"'s status from a vehicle gateway, and converts the event signal into a specific massage; and

a vehicle'"'"'s status event analyzer which determines the vehicle status based on the message.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the application execution manager recognizes a resource required for the application to be activated, and further includes a resource manager which ensures the recognized resource.

6. A method of managing a telematics application based on a vehicle'"'"'s status, comprising:

(a) setting execution condition information including information related to a vehicle'"'"'s status at which the application is activated;

(b) detecting the vehicle'"'"'s status; and

(c) recognizing the application that is activated when in the detected vehicle'"'"'s status, and executing the application.

7. The method for claim 6, wherein the vehicle'"'"'s status includes at least one of a driving status in which the vehicle is operating, an emergency status in which the vehicle is abnormal while driving, and a diagnosis status in which the vehicle requires diagnosis.

8. The method for claim 6, wherein:

in (a), a level of a vehicle'"'"'s status at which the application is executed as the execution condition information is set by using the vehicle statuses graded according to priority, and

in (c), a level of a vehicle'"'"'s status included in the execution condition information is compared with a level of the detected vehicle'"'"'s status, and determines whether the application will be activated or not.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein, in (a), execution condition information of the application is set whenever the application is installed.

10. The method for claim 6, wherein (b) comprises:

(b1) receiving an event signal related to a vehicle'"'"'s status from a vehicle gateway, and converting the event signal into a specific massage; and

(b2) detecting the vehicle'"'"'s status based on the message.

11. The method for claim 8, wherein (c) comprises:

(c1) comparing a level of a vehicle'"'"'s status included in the execution condition information with a level of the detected vehicle'"'"'s status;

(c2) executing the application if the level of the vehicle'"'"'s status included in the execution condition information coincides with the level of the detected vehicle'"'"'s status in (c1); and

(c3) stopping the application if the level of the vehicle'"'"'s status included in the execution condition information is less than the level of the detected vehicle'"'"'s status in (c1).

12. The method of claim 6, further comprising

(d) managing a resource by ensuring or removing the resource according to whether the application is activated.

13. A computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a computer program for executing the method of claim 6.