REMOTE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE DEVICE

• US 20150158434A1
• Filed: 09/04/2014
• Published: 06/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Oh, Se Min
• Application Number:
  US14/477,391
• Publication Number:
  US 20150158434A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0264 for control means
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/001 Vehicle control means, e.g. steering-wheel or column
• CPC Class Codes: G05G 1/025 actuated by sliding movement
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/20468 Sliding rod

Abstract

A remote system for controlling a vehicle device includes: a device provided in a vehicle; a input signal receiver that receives a input signal for remotely controlling the device from a user of the vehicle, remotely provided from the device; a input signal determiner that analyzes the input signal, determines a control method of the device, and generates a control signal according to the determined control method, remotely provided in the vehicle from the device; and a communication unit that transfers the control signal to the device.

Claims

1. A remote system for controlling a vehicle device, comprising:

a device provided in a vehicle;

an input signal receiver configured to receive an input signal for remotely controlling the device from a user of the vehicle, remotely provided from the device;

an input signal determiner configured to analyze the input signal, determine a control method of the device and generate a control signal according to the determined control method, remotely provided in the vehicle from the device; and

a communication unit configured to transfer the control signal to the device.

2. The remote system according to claim 1, wherein the device is a multimedia system providing a multimedia service to the user, the input signal receiver is a steering wheel remote controller remotely provided in a steering wheel of the vehicle from the multimedia system, and the input signal determiner is provided in the steering wheel adjacent to the input signal receiver.

3. The remote system according to claim 2, wherein the communication unit transfers the control signal through CAN communication to the multimedia system.

4. The remote system according to claim 2, wherein the input signal determiner determines whether it is a long key input or a short key input according to the time which the button provided in the steering wheel remote controller is pressed by the user.

5. The remote system according to claim 4, wherein the input signal determiner compares a preset reference time with the time which the button is pressed by the user, and determines it as a long key input if the pressed time is longer than the preset reference time and determines it as a short key input if the pressed time is shorter than the preset reference time.

6. The remote system according to claim 2, wherein the multimedia system is operated in response to the control signal received through the communication unit

7. A method for remotely controlling a vehicle device, comprising:

providing a device in a vehicle;

receiving, by an input signal receiver, an input signal for remotely controlling the device from a user of the vehicle;

analyzing, by an input signal determiner, the input signal so as to determine a control method of the device and generate a control signal according to the determined control method; and

transferring, by a control unit, the control signal to the device.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the device is a multimedia system providing a multimedia service to the user, the input signal receiver is a steering wheel remote controller remotely provided in a steering wheel of the vehicle from the multimedia system, and the input signal determiner is provided in the steering wheel adjacent to the input signal receiver.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the communication unit transfers the control signal through CAN communication to the multimedia system.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the input signal determiner determines whether it is a long key input or a short key input according to the time which the button provided in the steering wheel remote controller is pressed by the user.

11. The method according to claim 10, including:

comparing a preset reference time with the time which the button is pressed by the user, and determining it as a long key input if the pressed time is longer than the preset reference time and determining it as a short key input if the pressed time is shorter than the preset reference time.

12. The method according to claim 7, wherein the multimedia system is operated in response to the control signal received through the communication unit

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions executed by a processor on a controller, the computer readable medium comprising:

program instructions that receive an input signal for remotely controlling a device, provided in a vehicle, from a user of the vehicle;

program instructions that analyze the input signal so as to determine a control method of the device and generate a control signal according to the determined control method; and

program instructions that transfer the control signal to the device.