Network gateway and network system for a vehicle

• US 20090262714A1
• Filed: 07/29/2008
• Published: 10/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Lim, Ji Hyun, Jung, Nam Kwon
• Application Number:
  US12/220,869
• Publication Number:
  US 20090262714A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 for in-vehicle communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 Gateway arrangements

Abstract

The present invention relates to the network gateway for a vehicle and network system in which the mobile device which supports the wireless LAN is able to use the Internet by using the telematics module of a vehicle. For this, the present invention includes an user interface in which a user command is inputted and the process result for the user command is indicated; a telematics module in which a mobile communications network connecter is mounted to be able be connected to Internet that the mobile communications network provides; a mobile device equipped with a wireless LAN; and a network gateway which connects the mobile device to the Internet through the telematics module according to the request of the user interface or the mobile device in the state of being connected to the mobile device through the wireless LAN.

Claims

1. A network gateway for a vehicle, comprising:

an interface connecter which is connected to an user interface in which a user command is inputted and a process result for the user command is indicated;

a telematics module connecter which is connected to a telematics module in which a mobile communications network connecter is mounted;

a wireless LAN connecter which is connected to a mobile device equipped with a wireless LAN; and

a controller which connects the mobile device to the Internet that the mobile communications network provides through the telematics module when the Internet access of the mobile device is requested from the interface connecter or the wireless LAN connecter.

2. The network gateway for a vehicle of claim 1, wherein a printed circuit board in which the interface connecter, the telematics module connecter, the wireless LAN connecter, and the controller are designed is installed at the inside of the user interface.

3. The network gateway for a vehicle of claim 1, wherein a printed circuit board in which the interface connecter, the telematics module connecter, the wireless LAN connecter, and the controller are designed is installed at the inside of the telematics module.

4. The network gateway for a vehicle of claim 1, wherein the controller requests the telematics module to perform the Internet access of the mobile device when the Internet access of the mobile device is requested, while the telematics module transmits an Internet access request message to the mobile communications network under the control of the controller to connect the mobile device to the Internet that the mobile communications network provides.

5. The network gateway for a vehicle of claim 1, wherein the controller requests the telematics module to perform an Internet close of the mobile device when the Internet close of the mobile device is requested, while the telematics module transmits an Internet close request message to the mobile communications network under the control of the controller to disconnect the mobile device to the Internet that the mobile communications network provides.

6. The network gateway for a vehicle of claim 4, wherein the controller requests the telematics module to perform an Internet close of the mobile device when the Internet close of the mobile device is requested, while the telematics module transmits the Internet close request message to the mobile communications network under the control of the controller to disconnect the mobile device to the Internet that the mobile communications network provides.

14. A motor vehicle comprising the network system of claim 1.

7. A network system for a vehicle, comprising:

an user interface which receives a user command and indicates a process result for the user command;

a telematics module in which a mobile communications network connecter is mounted to be able be connected to the Internet that the mobile communications network provides;

a mobile device equipped with a wireless LAN; and

a network gateway which connects the mobile device to the Internet that the mobile communications network provides through the telematics module according to the request of the user interface or the mobile device in the state of being connected to the mobile device through the wireless LAN.

8. The network system for a vehicle of claim 7, wherein the user interface is one or more display units which are installed at the inside of a vehicle and receive a given command from the user.

9. The network system for a vehicle of claim 7, wherein the mobile device loads a program for performing the Internet access while being linked with the network gateway in the state where the network gateway and the wireless LAN are connected.

10. The network system for a vehicle of claim 7, wherein the network gateway requests the Internet access of the mobile device to the telematics module when the Internet access of the mobile device is requested, while the telematics module transmits an Internet access request message to the mobile communications network under the control of the network gateway to connect the mobile device to the Internet.

11. The network system for a vehicle of claim 7, wherein the network gateway includes:

an interface connecter which is connected to the user interface;

a telematics module connecter which is connected to the telematics module;

a wireless LAN connecter which a mobile device is connected to through the wireless LAN; and

a controller which connects the mobile device to the Internet that the mobile communications network provides through the telematics module when the Internet access of the mobile device is requested from the interface connecter or the wireless LAN connecter.

12. A network gateway for a vehicle, comprising:

an interface connecter which is connected to an user interface in which a user command is inputted and a process result for the user command is indicated;

a telematics module connecter which is connected to a telematics module in which a mobile communications network connecter is mounted;

a wireless LAN connecter which is connected to a mobile device equipped with a wireless LAN; and

a controller which connects the mobile device to the Internet that the mobile communications network provides through the telematics module.

15. A motor vehicle comprising the network system of claim 12.

13. The network gateway for a vehicle of claim 23, wherein the controller connects the mobile device to the Internet that the mobile communications network provides through the telematics module when the Internet access of the mobile device is requested from the interface connecter or the wireless LAN connecter.