Method and Device for Communication Between a Transmitter and a Vehicle

• US 20160068123A1
• Filed: 03/07/2014
• Published: 03/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Original Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Inventors: Helmhold, Lennart, Klaas, Michael, Gerlach, Simon
• Application Number:
  US14/786,662
• Publication Number:
  US 20160068123A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00 Heating, cooling or ventilating [HVAC] devices heating, cooling or ventilating devices providing other air treatment, the other treatment being relevant, B60H3/00; ventilating solely by opening windows, doors, roof parts, or the like B60J; heating or ventilating devices for vehicle seats B60N2/56; vehicle window or windscreen cleaners using air, e.g. defrosters, B60S1/54
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/037 for occupant comfort , e.g. for automatic adjustment of appliances according to personal settings, e.g. seats, mirrors, steering wheel
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/34 Route searching; Route guidance
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/62 for transportation systems, e.g. in vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A method for communication between a transmitter and a vehicle includes transmitting information in the form of a text message in machine-readable form from the transmitter to the vehicle, receiving and analyzing the information of the vehicle, and automatically executing an application of the vehicle as a function of the information. A device by which the method of the invention may be implemented is also described.

Claims

1-14. -14. (canceled)

15. A method for communication between a transmitter and a vehicle, the method comprising:

transmitting information in the form of a text message in machine-readable form from the transmitter to the vehicle;

receiving the information of the vehicle;

analyzing the information of the vehicle; and

automatically executing an application of the vehicle as a function of the information.

16. The method as recited in claim 15,

wherein the information includes a location stored in a navigation system of the vehicle;

and

wherein a route for the vehicle is determined as a function of the location.

17. The method as recited in claim 16,

wherein the information includes a station identification;

and

wherein a radio station that corresponds to the transmitter information is turned on in a radio of the vehicle.

18. A method for transmitting information of a vehicle, the method comprising:

detecting a piece of information of the vehicle;

encoding the information in machine-readable form into a text message; and

transmitting the information by mobile radio communication.

19. The method as recited in claim 18, wherein the encoding of the information into the text message includes encoding the information in the form of a hyperlink, and embedding the hyperlink in the text message.

20. The method as recited in claim 18, wherein the transmission of the text message is implemented by a standard communications mechanism via a mobile radio network.

21. A method for receiving information for a vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving a text message via mobile radio communication;

decoding the text message in order to acquire the information within the text message; and

transmitting the information to the vehicle in order to execute an application of the vehicle as a function of the information.

22. The method as recited in claim 21, wherein the receiving of the text message is implemented by a standard communications mechanism via a mobile radio network.

23. The method as recited in claim 21, wherein the decoding of the text message includes an extraction of a hyperlink within the text message and an interpretation of the hyperlink.

24. A device for a vehicle, comprising:

a controller configured to;

receive text messages via a communications device,

receive and analyze information in the form of a text message in machine-readable form with the aid of the communications device, and

carry out an application of the vehicle as a function of the information.

25. The device as recited in claim 24, wherein the controller is further configured to:

transmit text messages via the communications device,

transmit the information in the form of the text message in machine-readable form with the aid of the communications device.

26. The device as recited in claim 24, wherein the controller is further configured to induce a state change of the vehicle by executing the application.

27. The device as recited in claim 24,

wherein the controller is further configured to

acquire at least one of (i) vehicle data of the vehicle, and/or (ii) data in connection with a driving operation of the vehicle, and

transmit the at least one of (i) vehicle data of the vehicle, and/or (ii) data in connection with a driving operation of the vehicle as the information in the form of the text message;

and

receive and analyze as information the at least one of (i) vehicle data of the vehicle, and/or (ii) data in connection with a driving operation of the vehicle.

28. The device as recited in claim 24, wherein the controller is configured to encode the information in the form of a hyperlink and to embed this hyperlink in the text message.

29. The device as recited in claim 24, further comprising:

an output device; and

an input device;

the controller further configured to offer an execution of the application via the output device and to execute the application only if the controller has detected a positive confirmation via the input device in response of the execution offer.

30. The device as recited in claim 24, further comprising:

an infotainment system;

the controller further configured store the information in the infotainment system when executing the application.