VEHICLE, CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF AND MULTIMEDIA APPARATUS INCLUDED THEREIN

• US 20160119782A1
• Filed: 04/01/2015
• Published: 04/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: KIM, Jeong Hun
• Granted Patent: US 9,585,010 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6083 by interfacing with the vehicle audio system
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]

Abstract

A vehicle includes a touchscreen configured to receive a touch input of a driver and display image information corresponding to the touch input, a passenger sensing unit configured to sense whether the passenger is present in the vehicle, a communication unit configured to communicate with a mobile terminal of the driver, and a controller configured to display a call request reception message and identification information of a third party when a call request is received from the third party via the mobile terminal and to provide an audio function of a hands-free service. When the passenger is sensed and the call request of the third party is received in a privacy mode, the controller displays the call request reception message and limits displaying of the identification information of the third party and the audio function.

Claims

1. A vehicle, comprising:

a touchscreen configured to receive a touch input of a driver and display image information corresponding to the touch input;

a passenger sensing unit configured to sense whether a passenger is present in the vehicle;

a communication unit configured to communicate with a mobile terminal of the driver; and

a controller configured to selectively display a call request reception message and identification information of a third party on the touchscreen when a call request is received from the third party via the mobile terminal and to provide an audio function of a hands-free service,

wherein when presence of the passenger is sensed and the call request of the third party is received in a privacy mode, the controller displays the call request reception message and limits displaying of the identification information of the third party and the audio function.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the controller blocks an audio path for the audio function while maintaining a communication with the mobile terminal in the privacy mode.

3. The vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the hands-free service comprises an audio function between the mobile terminal and the vehicle, a call request accepting function via the vehicle, a call request declining function via the vehicle, and a call ending function via the vehicle.

4. The vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the controller limits the audio function while maintaining the call request accepting function, the call request declining function, and the call ending function in the privacy mode.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the controller switches an audio path for the audio function to the mobile terminal while maintaining a communication with the mobile terminal in the privacy mode.

6. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the controller restores the audio function when the call with the third party ends.

7. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein when the presence of the passenger is sensed and the call request is received from the third party in the privacy mode, the controller deactivates the privacy mode in accordance with a selection of the driver.

8. The vehicle according to claim 7, wherein, when the privacy mode is deactivated, the controller displays the call request reception message and identification information of the third party and restores the audio function.

9. The vehicle according to claim 8, wherein, when the call with the third party ends, the controller activates the privacy mode.

10. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the passenger sensing unit comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a seat belt sensor installed at a seat and configured to sense whether the passenger wears a seat belt and a seating sensor installed at the seat and configured to sense whether the passenger is present.

11. A method of controlling a vehicle, the method comprising:

establishing a communication with a mobile terminal of a driver; and

displaying a call request reception message and identification information of a third party and providing an audio function of a hands-free service when a call request of the third party is received via the mobile terminal, or displaying the call request reception message and limiting the identification information of the third party and the audio function when presence of a passenger in the vehicle is sensed and the call request of the third party is received in a privacy mode.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the limiting of the audio function comprises blocking an audio path for the audio function while maintaining the communication with the mobile terminal.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the limiting of the audio function comprises switching the audio path for the audio function to the mobile terminal while maintaining the communication with the mobile terminal.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein the hands-free service comprises an audio function between the mobile terminal and the vehicle, a call request accepting function via the vehicle, a call request declining function via the vehicle, and a call ending function via the vehicle.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the limiting of the audio function comprises limiting the audio function while maintaining the call request accepting function, the call request declining function, and the call ending function.

16. The method according to claim 11, further comprising restoring the audio function when a call with the third party ends.

17. The method according to claim 11, further comprising deactivating the privacy mode in accordance with a selection of the driver when the presence of the passenger is sensed and a call request of a third party is received in the privacy mode.

18. The method according to claim 17, further comprising displaying the call request reception message and identification information of the third party and restoring the audio function when the privacy mode is deactivated.

19. The method according to claim 18, further comprising activating the privacy mode when a call with the third party ends.

20. A multimedia apparatus installed in a vehicle, the multimedia apparatus comprising:

a touchscreen configured to receive a touch input of a driver and display image information corresponding to the touch input;

a communication unit configured to communicate with a mobile terminal of the driver and receive information regarding whether a passenger is present in the vehicle from electronic devices comprised in the vehicle; and

a controller configured to display a call request reception message and identification information of a third party when a call request is received from the third party via the mobile terminal and to provide an audio function of a hands-free service,

wherein when presence of the passenger is sensed and the call request of the third party is received in a privacy mode, the controller displays the call request reception message and limits displaying of the identification information of the third party and the audio function.

21. The multimedia apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the controller blocks an audio path for the audio function while maintaining a communication with the mobile terminal in the privacy mode.

22. The multimedia apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the controller switches an audio path for the audio function to the mobile terminal while maintaining a communication with the mobile terminal in the privacy mode.

23. The multimedia apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the controller restores the audio function when the call with the third party ends.