VEHICLE INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20140074318A1
• Filed: 09/09/2013
• Published: 03/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LIM, Hun
• Granted Patent: US 10,013,823 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/2
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/20 involving the use of a pass
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 Grouping of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

A vehicle information processing system performed by using an external apparatus and method are provided. The vehicle information processing method performed by using an external apparatus connected to a vehicle includes identifying a control authority of an external apparatus, which is connected to the vehicle, for communication between the external apparatus and the vehicle, transmitting service information that may be used according to the identified control authority, and executing a service, according to the transmitted service information, that is selected by the external apparatus, by using a processor which is included in the external apparatus.

Claims

1. A vehicle information processing method performed by using an external apparatus connected to a vehicle, the method comprising:

identifying a control authority of an external apparatus, which is connected to the vehicle, for communication between the external apparatus and the vehicle;

transmitting service information that may be used according to the identified control authority; and

executing a service, according to the transmitted service information, that is selected by the external apparatus, by using a processor which is included in the external apparatus.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying of the control authority of the external apparatus comprises receiving certification information from the external apparatus and identifying a control authority that corresponds to the received certification information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the certification information comprises a key value for distinguishing a main user from a sub-user of a vehicle.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the service may be at least one of a service regarding safety of the vehicle and a service for a convenience function that is provided by a vehicle, and

if a user who corresponds to the received certification information is a main user of the vehicle, the control authority corresponding to the received certification information is an authority for controlling the service regarding safety of the vehicle.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the service regarding safety of the vehicle comprises a service that provides at least one of an automatic vehicle driving function and a drowsy driving prevention function, and

wherein the service regarding a convenience function, which is provided by the vehicle, comprises a service for at least one of a function of adjusting an indoor temperature of the vehicle, a navigation function, a voice recognition function, a content play function, and a phone call function.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the executing of the selected service comprises:

receiving an identification value of the selected service that is selected by the external apparatus; and

providing an application for executing the selected service using the external apparatus,

wherein the service, selected by a processor of the external apparatus, is executed via the provided application.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising providing apparatus information to the external apparatus, the apparatus information being about an internal apparatus of the vehicle for outputting a result of the executing of the selected service, and

wherein a result of the executing of the selected service by using the processor of the external apparatus is output by the internal apparatus of the vehicle.

8. A vehicle information processing method performed by using an external apparatus, the method comprising:

determining that the external apparatus is connected to the vehicle for communication between the external apparatus and the vehicle;

setting a control authority on an input apparatus and on an output apparatus that are included in the vehicle, the control authority corresponding to the external apparatus; and

executing information processing by using a processor that is included in the external apparatus.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the setting of the control authority corresponding to the external apparatus comprises providing a certification key to the external apparatus and matching a control authority that corresponds to the provided certification key.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the set control authority is classified into a control authority of a main user of the vehicle and a control authority of a sub-user of the vehicle.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising providing service information, which corresponds to the set control authority, to the external apparatus,

wherein the executing of the information processing comprises performing data processing for executing a service which is indicated by the provided service information via the processor that is included in the external apparatus.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the service information comprises information about a service regarding safety of the vehicle and a service for a convenience function that is provided by the vehicle, and

wherein a control authority on the service regarding safety of the vehicle is corresponds to the control authority of the main user of the vehicle.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the service regarding safety of the vehicle comprises a service that provides at least one of an automatic vehicle driving function and a drowsy driving prevention function, and

wherein a service regarding a convenience function, which is provided by the vehicle, comprises a function of adjusting an indoor temperature of the vehicle, a navigation function, a voice recognition function, a content play function, and a phone call function.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the executing of the information processing comprises:

receiving an identification value of the service that is selected by the external apparatus according to the provided service information; and

providing an application for executing the selected service to the external apparatus,

wherein data corresponding to the selected service is processed by the processor of the external apparatus via the provided application.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising providing apparatus information about an internal apparatus of the vehicle, the internal apparatus being for outputting a result of the executing of the selected service, to the external apparatus,

wherein a result of the processing of the data regarding the selected service by using the processor of the external apparatus is output by the internal apparatus of the vehicle.

16. A vehicle for executing a service by using an external apparatus, the vehicle comprising:

a control authority identification unit configured to identify a control authority of an external apparatus for controlling communication between the external apparatus and the vehicle; and

a service information providing unit configured to transmit service information that may be used according to the identified control authority,

wherein the transmitted service information is used for executing, by a the processor included in the external apparatus, the selected service.

17. A terminal, which may be connected to a vehicle and which processes information by using an external apparatus, the terminal comprising:

a connection unit configured to recognize that the external apparatus is communicatively connected to a vehicle; and

a control authority setting unit configured to set a control authority on an input apparatus and an output apparatus, which are included in the vehicle, the control authority corresponding to the external apparatus,

wherein processing of information, which corresponds to the set control authority, is performed by using a processor which is comprised in the external apparatus.

18. A method in which a device executes a service which is provided by a vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving service information from the vehicle that is connected to the device so as to allow the device to communicate with the vehicle;

selecting a predetermined service according to the received service information; and

executing the selected service by using a processor of the device;

wherein the service information is information about a service that is provided by the vehicle according to a control authority that matches the device.

19. A method in which a device processes information that is provided from a vehicle, the method comprising:

determining whether the device is communicably connected to the vehicle;

receiving a request for processing information from the vehicle; and

processing the requested information via a processor of the device,

wherein a control authority on an input apparatus and an output apparatus, which are included in the vehicle, is set by the vehicle, with regard to the device, and

wherein the information is information that matches the set control authority.