METHOD FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION TO A HOST VEHICLE HAVING A USER INTERFACE

• US 20120110466A1
• Filed: 10/29/2010
• Published: 05/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nissan North America Incorporated (Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Nissan North America Incorporated (Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: TAN, Adrian
• Application Number:
  US12/916,241
• Publication Number:
  US 20120110466A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/744
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0272 Presentation of monitored results, e.g. selection of status reports to be displayed; Filtering information to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0808 Diagnosing performance data testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0816 Indicating performance data, e.g. occurrence of a malfunction

Abstract

A method for presenting information to a host vehicle having a user interface. The method includes remotely creating an information set including user accessible information pertaining to troubleshooting onboard components of the host vehicle, detecting a host vehicle condition, selecting a portion of the user accessible information based on the host vehicle condition, and wirelessly communicating the portion of the user accessible information to the host vehicle for access by a user at the host vehicle via the user interface.

Claims

1. A method for presenting information to a host vehicle having a user interface, the method comprising:

remotely creating an information set including user accessible information pertaining to troubleshooting onboard components of the host vehicle;

detecting a host vehicle condition;

selecting a portion of the user accessible information based on the host vehicle condition; and

wirelessly communicating the portion of the user accessible information to the host vehicle for access by a user at the host vehicle via the user interface.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising

operating the user interface to present a notification of receipt of the portion of the user accessible information at the host vehicle.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising

remotely updating at least a portion of the user accessible information to create updated user accessible information;

selecting an updated portion of the updated user accessible information based on the host vehicle condition; and

wirelessly communicating the updated portion to the host vehicle for access by a user at the host vehicle via the user interface.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein

the remotely updating includes changing the at least a portion of the user accessible information based on information received from users of other vehicles.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the selecting includes selecting an entry from the user accessible information pertaining to troubleshooting onboard components of the host vehicle as the portion of the user accessible information that is wirelessly communicated to the host vehicle.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising

wirelessly communicating the host vehicle condition to a location at which the information set is remotely created before performing the selecting.

7. The method according to claim 2, wherein

the operating includes operating the user interface to display information as the notification.

8. The method according to claim 2, wherein

the operating includes operating the user interface to emit an audible alert as the notification.

9. The method according to claim 2, wherein

the operating includes operating the user interface to audibly read the portion of the user accessible information received at the host vehicle as the notification.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the user accessible information pertaining to troubleshooting includes information pertaining to conditions of the onboard components of the host vehicle and actions associated with the conditions.

11. A system for presenting information to a host vehicle having a user interface, the system comprising:

an information system configured to remotely create an information set including user accessible information pertaining to troubleshooting onboard components of the host vehicle, and to select a portion of the user accessible information based on a detected host vehicle condition; and

a communication device configured to wirelessly communicate the portion of the user accessible information to the host vehicle for access by a user at the host vehicle via the user interface.

12. The system according to claim 11, further comprising

a controller, configured to control the user interface to present a notification of receipt of the portion of the user accessible information at the host vehicle.

13. The system according to claim 11, wherein

the information system is further configured to remotely update at least a portion of the user accessible information to create updated user accessible information, and to select an updated portion of the updated user accessible information based on the host vehicle condition;

and

the communication device is further configured to wirelessly communicate the updated portion to the host vehicle for access by the user at the host vehicle via the user interface.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein

the information system is further configured to remotely update the at least a portion of the user accessible information by changing the at least a portion of the user accessible information based on information received from users of other vehicles.

15. The system according to claim 11, wherein

the information system is further configured to select an entry from the user accessible information pertaining to troubleshooting onboard components of the host vehicle as the portion of the user accessible information that is wirelessly communicated to the host vehicle.

16. The system according to claim 11, further comprising

a second communication device disposed at the host vehicle and configured to wirelessly communicate the host vehicle condition for receipt by the information system before the information system selects the portion of the user accessible information that is wirelessly communicated to the host vehicle.

17. The system according to claim 12, wherein

the user interface includes a display that the controller is configured to control to display information as the notification.

18. The system according to claim 12, wherein

the user interface includes an audio component that the controller is configured to control to emit an audible alert as the notification.

19. The system according to claim 12, wherein

the user interface includes an audio component that the controller is configured to control to audibly read the portion of the information set received at the host vehicle as the notification.

20. The system according to claim 11, wherein

the user accessible information pertaining to troubleshooting includes information pertaining to conditions of the onboard components of the host vehicle and actions associated with the conditions.