METHOD OF DYNAMICALLY CHANGING CONTENT DISPLAYED IN A VEHICULAR HEAD UNIT AND MOBILE TERMINAL FOR THE SAME

• US 20150120088A1
• Filed: 01/07/2015
• Published: 04/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: PARK, Ho-Yeon
• Granted Patent: US 9,454,340 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/184 Displaying the same information on different displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/29 Instruments characterised by the way in which information is handled, e.g. showing information on plural displays or prioritising information according to driving conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/00 Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/10 Automotive applications
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/12 Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor

Abstract

A method of dynamically changing content in a head unit mirroring a mobile terminal by dynamically changing content displayed in the mobile terminal, and a mobile terminal for the same, the method including receiving state information indicating a current state of a vehicle equipped with the head unit from the head unit, determining the content to be displayed in the head unit based on the state information and transmitting the determined content to the head unit.

Claims

1. A method of dynamically changing content, of a mobile terminal displayed in a head unit of a vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving state information indicating a current state of the vehicle from the vehicle;

determining which of the content of the mobile terminal is to be displayed in the head unit based on the received state information, wherein the content of the mobile terminal includes at least one application corresponding to the current state of the vehicle or an application list related to the at least one application; and

transmitting the determined content to the head unit.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein determining the content to be displayed in the head unit based on the state information comprises:

determining whether a state of the vehicle is changed based on the state information; and

changing the content to be displayed in the head unit based on the state information when the state of the vehicle is changed.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

maintaining the content to be displayed in the head unit when the state of the vehicle is not changed.

4. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein transmitting the determined content to the head unit comprises transmitting the changed content based on the state information to the head unit.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the determined content using the head unit.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one application is further defined by at least two applications, each application of the at least two applications corresponding to a given state of the vehicle.

7. A mobile terminal comprising:

a communication interface configured to receive state information, indicating a current state of a vehicle from the vehicle; and

a controller configured to;

determine which content of the mobile terminal is to be displayed in a head unit of the vehicle based on the received state information, wherein the content of the mobile terminal includes at least one application corresponding to the current state of the vehicle or an application list related to the at least one application; and

control the communication interface to transmit the determined content to the head unit.

8. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether a state of the vehicle is changed based on the state information, and changes the content to be displayed in the head unit based on the state information when the state of the vehicle is changed.

9. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to determine to maintain the content to be displayed in the head unit, when the state of the vehicle is not changed.

10. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to control the communication interface to transmit the changed content based on the state information to the head unit.

11. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

a display unit configured to display the determined content,

wherein the display unit and the head unit simultaneously display the determined content.

12. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 7, wherein the at least one application is further defined by at least two applications, each application of the at least two applications corresponding to a given state of the vehicle.

13. A head unit of a vehicle comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive content from a mobile terminal, wherein the received content includes at least one application corresponding to a current state of the vehicle or an application list related to the at least one application; and

a display unit configured to display the at least one application,

wherein the content is determined at the mobile terminal based on state information which indicates the current state and is received from the vehicle.

14. The head unit as claimed in claim 13, further comprising:

a controller configured to;

determine whether the state of the vehicle is changed based on the state information, and

control a communication interface of the head unit to request the mobile terminal to transmit the content corresponding to the state information when the state of the vehicle is changed.

15. The head unit as claimed in claim 14, wherein the controller is further configured to identify the content being displayed through the display unit to determine whether to change the content when the state of the vehicle is changed, and to control the communication interface to request the mobile terminal to transmit the content corresponding to the state information when it is required to change the content.

16. The head unit as claimed in claim 13, wherein the at least one application is further defined by at least two applications, each application of the at least two applications corresponding to a given state of the vehicle.