VEHICLE APPARATUS CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20120170817A1
• Filed: 03/29/2011
• Published: 07/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Altek Corporation
• Original Assignee: Altek Corporation
• Inventors: YANG, TAI-CHANG, CHANG, YIN-PIN, CHANG, WEN-YAN, CHOU, HONG-LONG
• Granted Patent: US 8,483,453 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/118
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/0073 Control systems or circuits characterised by particular algorithms or computational models, e.g. fuzzy logic or dynamic models
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 2001/00733 Computational models modifying user-set values
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/59 inside of a vehicle, e.g. relating to seat occupancy, driver state or inner lighting conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/172 Classification, e.g. identification

Abstract

A vehicle apparatus control system and method thereof are disclosed. The vehicle apparatus control system comprises a data storage module, an image capturing module, a face recognition module and a control module. The data storage module stores multiple registered users'"'"' facial feature parameters and vehicle apparatus setting parameters, and integration setting data. The face recognition module detects several facial images contained in the captured image and recognizes the users corresponding to the face images according to the facial feature parameters stored in data storage module. The control module set a vehicle apparatus according to the integration setting data, and the corresponding users'"'"' vehicle apparatus setting parameters.

Claims

1. An vehicle apparatus control system, used to control at least one vehicle apparatus of a vehicle, comprising:

a data storage module saving a plurality of facial feature parameters of a plurality of users, a vehicle apparatus setting parameter and an integration setting data;

at least one image capturing module capturing an image in the vehicle;

a face recognition module detecting a plurality of facial images of the image and recognizing the plurality of users corresponding to the facial images based on the plurality of facial feature parameters; and

a control module setting the vehicle apparatus based on the vehicle apparatus setting parameters corresponding to the plurality of users and the integration setting data.

2. The vehicle apparatus control system as recited in claim 1, wherein the vehicle apparatus comprises an audio playback device or an air condition device.

3. The vehicle apparatus control system as recited in claim 2, wherein the vehicle apparatus setting parameter comprises a record of the preferred audio content of the user and wherein the integration setting data comprises a priority information, and wherein the control module decides a playback setting parameter to set up the audio playback device based on the priority information and a plurality of vehicle apparatus setting parameters of the user.

4. The vehicle apparatus control system as recited in claim 2, wherein the vehicle apparatus setting parameter comprises a view class and wherein the integration setting data comprises a priority information, and wherein the control module sieves content of multimedia played by the audio playback device based on the priority information and a plurality of view classes of the user.

5. The vehicle apparatus control system as recited in claim 2, wherein the vehicle apparatus setting parameter comprises a preferred temperature record of the user and wherein the integration setting data comprises a user weighted information, and wherein the control module decides a temperature setting parameter to set up the air condition device based on the user weighted information and a plurality of the preferred temperature records of the user.

6. A method of vehicle apparatus control system, used to control at least one vehicle apparatus of a vehicle, comprising the following steps:

providing a plurality of facial feature parameters of a plurality of users, a vehicle apparatus setting parameter and an integration setting data;

capturing an image in the vehicle;

detecting a plurality of facial images from the image and recognizing the plurality of users corresponding to the facial images based on the plurality of facial feature parameters; and

setting up the vehicle apparatus based on the vehicle apparatus setting parameters corresponding to the plurality of users and the integration setting data.

7. The method of vehicle apparatus control system as recited in claim 6, wherein the vehicle apparatus comprises an audio playback device or an air condition device.

8. The method of vehicle apparatus control system as recited in claim 7, wherein the vehicle apparatus setting parameter comprises a record of the preferred audio content of the user and wherein the integration setting data comprises a priority information, and wherein the control module decides a playback setting parameter to set up the audio playback device based on the priority information and a plurality of vehicle apparatus setting parameters of the user.

9. The method of vehicle apparatus control system as recited in claim 7, wherein the vehicle apparatus setting parameter comprises a view class and wherein the integration setting data comprises a priority information, and wherein the control module sieves content of multimedia played by the audio playback device based on the priority information and a plurality of view classes of the user.

10. The method of vehicle apparatus control system as recited in claim 7, wherein vehicle apparatus setting parameter comprises a preferred temperature record of the user and wherein the integration setting data comprises a user weighted information, and wherein the control module decides a temperature setting parameter to set up the air condition device based on the user weighted information and a plurality of the preferred temperature record of the user.