METHOD FOR CONFIGURING DYNAMIC USER INTERFACE OF HEAD UNIT OF VEHICLE BY USING MOBILE TERMINAL, AND HEAD UNIT AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECODING MEDIA USING THE SAME

• US 20150268842A1
• Filed: 05/30/2014
• Published: 09/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: OBIGO Inc.
• Original Assignee: OBIGO Inc.
• Inventors: Kim, Sung Hwan, Kim, Sang Kyu, Kim, Hee Kyong
• Application Number:
  US14/291,814
• Publication Number:
  US 20150268842A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/11 Instrument graphical user interfaces or menu aspects
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/1438 Touch screens
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/1442 Emulation of input devices
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/197 Blocking or enabling of input functions
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/11 Graphical user interfaces or menu aspects
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/1438 Touch screens
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/1442 Emulation of input devices
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/197 Blocking or enabling of input functions
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/10 Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor
• 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

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for configuring UI of a head unit of a vehicle by using a mobile terminal. The method includes steps of: allowing the head unit to acquire information on application stored in the mobile terminal; allowing the head unit to acquire information on comparison between a driving speed of the vehicle and a preset reference speed to decide a specific template interoperable with the acquired application; and allowing the head unit to display a running state of the acquired application through a first template if the vehicle is determined not to be driven, allowing the head unit to display the running state thereof through a second template if the driving speed thereof is less than the preset reference speed and allowing the head unit to display the running state thereof through a third template if the driving speed thereof exceeds the preset reference speed.

Claims

1. A method for configuring a user interface of a head unit of a vehicle by using a mobile terminal, comprising steps of:

(a) allowing the head unit of the vehicle, if being connected with by the mobile terminal, to acquire information on at least one application stored at an executable state in the mobile terminal;

(b) allowing the head unit to acquire information on comparison between a driving speed of the vehicle and a preset reference speed to decide a specific template interoperable with the acquired application among multiple templates stored in the head unit by referring to the information on the acquired application; and

(c) allowing the head unit to display a running state of the acquired application through a first template if the vehicle is determined not to be driven, allowing the head unit to display the running state of the acquired application through a second template if the driving speed of the vehicle is less than the preset reference speed and allowing the head unit to display the running state of the acquired application through a third template if the driving speed of the vehicle exceeds the preset reference speed.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the head unit classifies and manages components included in at least one template corresponding to the acquired application by range of the driving speed of the vehicle and wherein the second template is configured with some of components of the first template and the third template is configured with some of components of the second template.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the head unit acquires information on the driving speed of the vehicle through an automotive interface module interoperated therewith, which performs a function of receiving a signal transmitted from a media oriented system transport or a controller area network as an in-vehicle communication network and a function of converting the signal to the other in a form recognizable by the head unit.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the head unit allows the running state of the acquired application to be displayed through the second template, if the vehicle is determined to be backed up.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the third template is set to prevent an input of a user of the vehicle.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein, if the running state of the acquired application is allowed to be displayed through the third template, the head unit supports certain information relating to the acquired application to be delivered to the user of the vehicle by a voice guidance system.

7. A head unit of a vehicle, for configuring a user interface by using a mobile terminal, comprising:

an application connecting part for acquiring information on at least one application stored at an executable state in the mobile terminal if the mobile terminal is connected with the head unit in the vehicle;

a vehicle driving information acquiring part for acquiring information on comparison between a driving speed of the vehicle and a preset reference speed to determine a specific template interoperable with the acquired application among multiple templates stored in the head unit by referring to the information on the acquired application; and

a template managing part for displaying a running state of the acquired application through a first template if the vehicle is determined not to be driven, displaying the running state of the acquired application through a second template if the driving speed of the vehicle is less than the preset reference speed and displaying the running state of the acquired application through a third template if the driving speed of the vehicle exceeds the preset reference speed.

8. The head unit of claim 7, wherein the template managing part classifies and manages components included in at least one template corresponding to the acquired application by range of the driving speed of the vehicle and wherein the second template is configured with some of components of the first template and the third template is configured with some of components of the second template.

9. The head unit of claim 7, wherein the vehicle driving information acquiring part acquires information on the driving speed of the vehicle through an automotive interface module interoperated therewith, which performs a function of receiving a signal transmitted from a media oriented system transport or a controller area network as an in-vehicle communication network and a function of converting the signal to the other in a form recognizable by the head unit.

10. The head unit of claim 7, wherein the template managing part allows the running state of the acquired application to be displayed through the second template, if the vehicle is determined to be backed up.

11. The head unit of claim 7, wherein the template managing part sets the third template to prevent an input of a user of the vehicle.

12. The head unit of claim 7, wherein, if the running state of the application is allowed to be displayed through the third template, the template managing part supports certain information relating to the acquired application to be delivered to the user of the vehicle by a voice guidance system.

13. One or more computer-readable recording media having stored thereon a computer program that, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform acts including:

(a) allowing the head unit of the vehicle, if being connected with by the mobile terminal, to acquire information on at least one application stored at an executable state in the mobile terminal;

(b) allowing the head unit to acquire information on comparison between a driving speed of the vehicle and a preset reference speed to decide a specific template interoperable with the acquired application among multiple templates stored in the head unit by referring to the information on the acquired application; and

(c) allowing the head unit to display a running state of the acquired application through a first template if the vehicle is determined not to be driven, allowing the head unit to display the running state of the acquired application through a second template if the driving speed of the vehicle is less than the preset reference speed and allowing the head unit to display the running state of the acquired application through a third template if the driving speed of the vehicle exceeds the preset reference speed.