VEHICLE NETWORK SYSTEM INTERCONNECTING WITH A HOME NETWORK

• US 20120120930A1
• Filed: 05/03/2011
• Published: 05/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Ji, Sang Woo, Bae, Hyun Cheol, Yoon, Hun Joung, Lee, Jun Hyeong
• Application Number:
  US13/099,534
• Publication Number:
  US 20120120930A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2818 from a device located outside both the home and the home network access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless eletrical link G08C17/00; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with remote control systems H04M11/007
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2825 Reporting to a device located outside the home and the home network access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with telemetering systems H04M11/002
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

The present invention provides a vehicle network system interconnected with a home network that includes a vehicle information collection unit and a wireless transceiver unit. The vehicle information collection unit detects accident information or management information of a vehicle and the wireless transceiver unit transmits information detected by the vehicle information collection unit to the home network via a wireless communication network and is configured to receive a response signal from the home network.

Claims

1. A vehicle network system interconnected with a home network, the vehicle network system comprising:

a vehicle information collection unit configured to detect accident information or management information of a vehicle; and

a wireless transceiver unit configured to transmit information detected by the vehicle information collection unit to the home network via a wireless communication network and configured to receive a response signal from the home network.

2. The vehicle network system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication network is at least one of a group consisting of a WCDMA network, a WiBro network, and a WiFi network.

3. The vehicle network system according to claim 1, wherein the home network is configured to display the information transmitted through the wireless transceiver unit.

4. The vehicle network system according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle information collection unit is configured to periodically detect the accident information or the management information of the vehicle.

5. The vehicle network system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless transceiver unit is configured to convert the detected information by using a hybrid multi-channel communication protocol (HMCP) for transmission.

6. A vehicle network system interconnected with a home network, the vehicle network system comprising:

a user input unit configured to receive, from a user, a request for a control function operable in the home network;

a wireless transmission unit configured to request the control function requested through the user input unit to the home network via a wireless communication network;

a wireless reception unit configured to receive a result of the control function operated by the home network via the wireless communication network; and

a display unit configured to display the result transmitted through the wireless reception unit.

7. The vehicle network system according to claim 6, wherein the wireless communication network is at least one of a group consisting of a WCDMA network, a WiBro network, and a WiFi network.

8. The vehicle network system according to claim 6, wherein the control function is a command to monitor an image of a residential area or an inside of a home in real time.

9. The vehicle network system according to claim 6, wherein the control function is a command to monitor at least one of a group consisting of water, gas, electricity, lighting, and room temperature within a home in which the home network is provided.

10. The vehicle network system according to claim 6, wherein the control function is a command to control an electronic device that is interconnected with the home network.

11. The vehicle network system according to claim 10, wherein, when the electronic device includes a multimedia file, and the wireless reception unit is configured to receive the multimedia file.

12. The vehicle network system according to claim 11, wherein the display unit displays a list of the multimedia files, and a selected multimedia file is reproduced according to a request inputted to the user input unit.

13. A vehicle network system interconnected with a home network, the vehicle network system comprising:

a wireless reception unit configured to receive information transmitted from the home network via a wireless communication network upon an occurrence of the event detectable by the home network; and

a display unit configured to display a result transmitted through the wireless reception unit.

14. The vehicle network system according to claim 13, wherein the wireless communication network is at least one of a group consisting of a WCDMA network, a WiBro network, and a WiFi network.

15. The vehicle network system according to claim 13, wherein the event is at least one of a group consisting of a change being detected in a door, a window, a gas, and an electricity sensor inside a home in which the home network is provided.

16. The vehicle network system according to claim 13, wherein the event is an arrival of a parcel at a home in which the home network is provided.

17. The vehicle network system according to claim 13, wherein the event is a request generated for at least one of a group consisting of a vehicle door lock, a trunk lock, or an illumination control in a vehicle in which the vehicle network system is provided.

18. The vehicle network system according to claim 13, wherein the event is an arrival of a guest at a home in which the home network is provided.

19. The vehicle network system according to claim 18, further comprising:

a phone system configured to allow the guest to place a phone call to the vehicle network system.

20. The vehicle network system according to claim 13, wherein the event is a detection of a vehicle network system by the home network within a predetermined range and, upon the event occurring, parking information being sent to a vehicle in which the vehicle network system is provided.