VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD USING PRIVATE MEDICAL INFORMATION, AND MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20130226372A1
• Filed: 02/28/2013
• Published: 08/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Jun-Hyung, SO, Young-Wan, LEE, Jong-Hyo
• Granted Patent: US 9,164,956 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/2
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0064 using a remote, e.g. cordless, transmitter or receiver unit, e.g. remote keypad or mobile phone
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0085 Setting or resetting initial positions
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/22 Psychological state; Stress level or workload
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/221 Physiology, e.g. weight, heartbeat, health or special needs
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/45 External transmission of data to or from the vehicle
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/70 relating to mental therapies, e.g. psychological therapy or autogenous training
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A vehicle control apparatus and method using private medical information, and a mobile terminal are provided. An optimized driving environment is provided by searching controllable vehicle control nodes in a vehicle, upon reception of a driver'"'"'s private medical information; determining if there is vehicle control information for controlling the searched vehicle control node; and controlling the vehicle control nodes using vehicle control information that corresponds to the received driver'"'"'s private medical information if there is the vehicle control information for controlling the searched control nodes.

Claims

1. A vehicle control apparatus using a driver'"'"'s private medical information, the apparatus comprising:

a transceiver for transmitting and/or receiving information used to control a vehicle;

a control node searcher for searching a controllable vehicle control node in the vehicle;

a control node determiner for determining if there is vehicle control information for controlling the vehicle control node for adjustment of a driving condition; and

a vehicle controller for controlling the control node determiner to determine if there is the vehicle control information for controlling the vehicle control node searched by the control node searcher, upon reception of the driver'"'"'s private medical information; and

controlling, if there is the vehicle control information for controlling the searched vehicle control node, the searched vehicle control node using vehicle control information that corresponds to the driver'"'"'s private medical information.

2. The vehicle control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the vehicle controller obtains the vehicle control information from a vehicle control information server having pieces of vehicle control information predetermined to correspond to at least a piece of medical information, if there is no vehicle control information for controlling the searched vehicle control node.

3. The vehicle control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the vehicle controller, at a request of a mobile terminal for a control nodes list of controllable vehicle control nodes in the vehicle, transfers the requested control nodes list to the mobile terminal via the transceiver.

4. The vehicle control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the vehicle controller, upon reception of the vehicle control information that corresponds to the driver'"'"'s private medical information via the transceiver, controls the searched vehicle control node using the received vehicle control information.

5. The vehicle control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the vehicle controller, upon reception of a vehicle control command in response to the vehicle control information via the transceiver, controls the searched vehicle control node according to the received vehicle control command.

6. A mobile terminal for controlling a vehicle using a driver'"'"'s private medical information, the mobile terminal comprising:

a transceiver for transmitting and/or receiving information used to control a vehicle;

a terminal controller for obtaining the driver'"'"'s private medical information for adjustment of a driving condition from a private medical information server having the driver'"'"'s private medical information;

obtaining a control nodes list of controllable vehicle control nodes in the vehicle from a head unit of the vehicle having the control nodes list;

obtaining vehicle control information from a vehicle control information server having the vehicle control information predetermined to correspond to at least one piece of medical information; and

controlling the vehicle control nodes using the vehicle control information for the obtained control nodes list in response to the obtained driver'"'"'s private medical information.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the terminal controller identifies vehicle control information for the obtained control nodes list in response to the obtained driver'"'"'s private medical information and sends a vehicle control command in response to the obtained vehicle control information to the head unit.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the terminal controller forwards the driver'"'"'s private medical information obtained from the private medical information server to the head unit.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the terminal controller obtains the control nodes list from the head unit;

sends a request for the driver'"'"'s private medical information to the private medical information server;

receives the vehicle control information that corresponds to the driver'"'"'s private medical information from the private medical information server; and

forwards the vehicle control information to the head unit.

10. A vehicle control method of a vehicle control apparatus using a driver'"'"'s private medical information, the method comprising:

searching for a controllable vehicle control node in a vehicle upon reception of the driver'"'"'s private medical information;

determining if there is vehicle control information for controlling the searched vehicle control node; and

controlling, if there is the vehicle control information for controlling the searched vehicle control node, the searched vehicle control node using the vehicle control information that corresponds to the driver'"'"'s private medical information.

11. The vehicle control method of claim 10, further comprising:

obtaining the vehicle control information from a vehicle control information server having pieces of vehicle control information predetermined to correspond to at least a piece of medical information, if there is no vehicle control information for controlling the searched vehicle control node.

12. The vehicle control method of claim 10, further comprising:

transferring, at a request of a mobile terminal for a control nodes list of controllable vehicle control nodes in the vehicle, the requested control nodes list to the mobile terminal.

13. The vehicle control method of claim 10, further comprising:

controlling, upon reception of the vehicle control information that corresponds to the driver'"'"'s private medical information, the searched vehicle control node using the received vehicle control information.

14. The vehicle control method of claim 10, further comprising:

controlling, upon reception of a vehicle control command in response to the vehicle control information, the searched vehicle control node according to the received vehicle control command.

15. A method of controlling a vehicle using a driver'"'"'s private medical information in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

obtaining the driver'"'"'s private medical information for adjustment of a driving condition from a private medical information server having the driver'"'"'s private medical information;

obtaining a control nodes list of controllable vehicle control nodes in the vehicle from a head unit of the vehicle having the control nodes list;

obtaining vehicle control information from a vehicle control information server having the vehicle control information predetermined to correspond to at least one piece of medical information; and

controlling the vehicle control nodes using the vehicle control information for the obtained control nodes list in response to the obtained driver'"'"'s private medical information.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein controlling the vehicle control nodes comprises,

identifying the vehicle control information for the obtained control nodes list in response to the obtained driver'"'"'s private medical information;

and

transferring a vehicle control command in response to the identified vehicle control information to the head unit.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

forwarding the driver'"'"'s private medical information obtained from the private medical information server to the head unit.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

obtaining the control nodes list from the head unit, sending a request for the driver'"'"'s private medical information to the private medical information server, and receiving the vehicle control information that corresponds to the driver'"'"'s private medical information from the private medical information server; and

forwarding the received vehicle control information to the head unit.