CLOUD SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE

• US 20150168151A1
• Filed: 11/17/2014
• Published: 06/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: LIM, Ji-Hyun, KIM, Yong
• Application Number:
  US14/543,890
• Publication Number:
  US 20150168151A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3896 Transmission of map data from central databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal

Abstract

A cloud system is provided for a vehicle in which a terminal is equipped to transmit information to a driver, and is adapted to communicate with a cloud server. The cloud server builds contents including a user experience (UX) on the server, and provides the contents to be displayed by the terminal. Moreover, the cloud server can provide simultaneously a plurality of contents to a plurality of terminals in communication with the cloud server. The contents are updated through an update of a database (DB) of the cloud server, which does not require a separate update of an additional DB on the driver side.

Claims

1. A cloud system for a vehicle comprising:

a terminal that includes a display, an input, and a terminal communication system and is installed in a vehicle; and

a cloud server that includes a database (DB) for storing a user experience (UX) information and a server communication system,

wherein the terminal and the cloud server are adapted to wirelessly communicate with each other via their respective communication systems,

the cloud server generates contents including the UX information and transmits the contents to the terminal, and

the terminal is adapted to display the received contents.

2. The cloud system for a vehicle of claim 1, wherein:

the terminal further includes a position recognition system,

the database of the cloud server is configured to further include map information,

the terminal generates a current position information via the position recognition system and transmits the generated current position information to the cloud server via the terminal communication system, and

the cloud server retrieves map information corresponding to the received current position information from the database, generates contents including the map information and the UX information corresponding to the current position information, and transmits the contents to the terminal.

3. The cloud system for a vehicle of claim 2, wherein:

when a destination information is input through an input unit, the terminal transmits the current position information and the destination information to the cloud server, and

the cloud server retrieves information corresponding to the current position information and the destination information from the map information stored in the DB of the cloud server to generate route information, and transmits the contents to the terminal by including the route information in the contents.

4. The cloud system for a vehicle of claim 1, wherein:

the cloud server further includes a virtualization agent system,

the communication system of the cloud server is configured to communicate with a plurality of terminals, and

the virtualization agent system is configured to virtualize the cloud server, and generate and provide contents corresponding to each of the plurality of terminals.

5. The cloud system for a vehicle of claim 1, wherein the terminal further includes a database, and is configured to store the contents received from the cloud server.

6. A navigation terminal of a vehicle for communicating with a navigation cloud server, comprising:

an input for entering by a user a travel destination information;

a position recognition system for generating a current position information of the vehicle;

a communication system for communicating to the navigation server the entered travel destination information and the generated current position information; and

a display for displaying route information received via the communication system from the navigation server, which generates the route information based on the travel destination information and the current position information.

7. The navigation terminal of claim 6, wherein:

the navigation server includes a database (DB) for storing a user experience (UX) information and a server communication system, which communicates with the terminal communication system wirelessly; and

the navigation server generates contents including the UX information and transmits the contents to the navigation terminal, which displays the transmitted contents on the display.

8. The navigation terminal of claim 7, wherein:

the database of the navigation server is configured to further include map information; and

the navigation server retrieves map information corresponding to the received current position information from the database, generates contents including the map information and the UX information corresponding to the current position information, and transmits the contents to the navigation terminal.