SERVER, VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20130190947A1
• Filed: 01/07/2013
• Published: 07/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jin, Young-kyu, JANG, Young-shil, Rhee, Young-ho, Chang, II-ku
• Granted Patent: US 8,989,919 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/2
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/02 electric constitutive elements
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/037 for occupant comfort , e.g. for automatic adjustment of appliances according to personal settings, e.g. seats, mirrors, steering wheel
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/00 Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00

Abstract

A vehicle control method of a server is provided. The vehicle control method includes receiving, when a user terminal is connected, user information from the user terminal, searching for vehicle environment information corresponding to the user information, and controlling an environment of a vehicle using the searched vehicle environment information.

Claims

1. A vehicle control method of a server, the vehicle control method comprising:

receiving, when a user terminal is connected, user information from the user terminal;

searching for vehicle environment information corresponding to the user information; and

controlling an environment of a vehicle using the searched vehicle environment information.

2. The vehicle control method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user information is a body size of a user, which is input through the user terminal.

3. The vehicle control method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user information is at least one of identification information of the user terminal and user identification information.

4. The vehicle control method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the vehicle environment information is guide information on at least one of a rearview mirror, a seat, a navigation system, a multimedia apparatus that is provided in the vehicle, and a temperature of the vehicle.

5. The vehicle control method as claimed in claim 1, wherein searching for the vehicle environment information comprises searching for vehicle environment information corresponding to the user information from an external data server.

6. The vehicle control method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, when an event occurs, the server is connected to the user terminal through at least one of Bluetooth®

, Wide Fidelity (Wi-Fi), and a Universal Serial Bus (USB).

7. A vehicle control method of a vehicle control system which comprises a server and a user terminal, the vehicle control method comprising:

accessing, by the user terminal, the server according to an event and transmitting user information to the server;

receiving, by the server, the user information from the user terminal and searching for vehicle environment information corresponding to the user information; and

controlling, by the server, an environment of a vehicle using the searched vehicle environment information.

8. The vehicle control method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the user information is input through a User Interface (UI) screen, which is provided by the user terminal according to a user command.

9. The vehicle control method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the event occurs in at least one of when a user command is input through a UI screen provided through the user terminal and when the user terminal is located within a distance range from the vehicle.

10. The vehicle control method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the user information is at least one of a body size of a user, identification information of the user terminal, and user identification information, which are input through the user terminal.

11. A server, comprising:

a communication unit which receives, when a user terminal is connected to the server, user information from the user terminal;

a search unit which searches for vehicle environment information corresponding to the user information; and

a controller which generates a control signal to change an environment of a vehicle using the searched vehicle environment information and controls the vehicle.

12. The server as claimed in claim 11, wherein the user information is a body size of a user, which is input through the user terminal.

13. The server as claimed in claim 11, wherein the user information is at least one of identification information of the user terminal and user identification information.

14. The server as claimed in claim 11, wherein the vehicle environment information is guide information on at least one of a rearview mirror, a seat, a navigation system, a multimedia apparatus that is provided in the vehicle, and a temperature of the vehicle.

15. The server as claimed in claim 11, wherein the search unit searches for vehicle environment information corresponding to the user information from an external data server.

16. The server as claimed in claim 11, wherein, if an event occurs, the communication unit is connected to the user terminal through at least one of Bluetooth®

, Wide Fidelity (Wi-Fi), and a Universal Serial Bus (USB).

17. A vehicle control system, comprising:

a user terminal which accesses a server according to an event and transmits user information to the server; and

a server which searches for, when user information is received from the user terminal, vehicle environment information corresponding to the user information and controls an environment of a vehicle using the searched vehicle environment information.

18. The vehicle control system as claimed in claim 17, wherein the user information is input through a User Interface (UI) screen, which is provided by the user terminal according to a user command.

19. The vehicle control system as claimed in claim 17, wherein the event occurs in at least one of when a user command is input through a UI screen provided by the user terminal and when the user terminal is located within a distance range from the vehicle.

20. The vehicle control system as claimed in claim 17, wherein the user information is at least one of a body size of a user and identification information of the user terminal, which are input through the user terminal.