METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE

• US 20160121817A1
• Filed: 01/14/2014
• Published: 05/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/04/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Launch Tech Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Launch Tech Company Limited
• Inventors: LIU, Jun, LIU, Zhi
• Application Number:
  US14/893,195
• Publication Number:
  US 20160121817A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00657 Remote control devices
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0224 Non-manual adjustments, e.g. with electrical operation
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0228 Hand-activated mechanical switches B60N2/0229 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/023 for transmission of signals between vehicle parts or subsystems
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/695 Control circuits therefor
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/77 using wireless control
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/55 Windows
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

A method and system for controlling a vehicle. The method comprises: a mobile terminal (301) receives a vehicle control instruction (101) issued by a user, the mobile terminal (301) transmits a first control instruction to a diagnostic card (302) on the basis of the vehicle control instruction to request for control of the vehicle (102), the diagnostic card (302) parses the received first control instruction to acquire a parsing result (103), and the diagnostic card (302) controls the vehicle according to the parsing result (104). This allows a backseat passenger to control the vehicle via the mobile terminal (301), while at the same time prevents a driver from having to divert attention to helping the backseat passenger in making an adjustment, thus facilitating the backseat passenger in controlling the vehicle.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a vehicle, comprising:

receiving, by a mobile terminal, a vehicle control instruction sent by a user;

transmitting, by the mobile terminal in response to the vehicle control instruction, a first control instruction to a diagnostic card to request for controlling the vehicle;

parsing, by the diagnostic card, the received first control instruction to obtain a parsing result; and

controlling, by the diagnostic card, the vehicle according to the parsing result.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein before the transmitting, by the mobile terminal in response to the vehicle control instruction, a first control instruction to a diagnostic card to request for controlling the vehicle, the method further comprises:

establishing a wireless communication connection between the mobile terminal and the diagnostic card,

wherein the wireless communication connection comprises;

a Bluetooth connection, a wireless fidelity WIFI connection, a near field communication NFC connection or an infrared connection.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the controlling, by the diagnostic card, the vehicle according to the parsing result comprises:

controlling, by the diagnostic card, to open or close a window of the vehicle in a case that the parsing result indicates controlling the window; and

/or

adjusting, by the diagnostic card, at least one of a height and an angle of a seat of the vehicle in a case that the parsing result indicates controlling the seat; and

/or

adjusting, by the diagnostic card, at least one of a temperature, humidity, a wind speed and a wind direction of an air conditioner of the vehicle in a case that the parsing result indicates controlling the air conditioner.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the controlling, by the diagnostic card, the vehicle according to the parsing result, the method further comprises:

transmitting, by the diagnostic card, the parsing result to the mobile terminal; and

storing, by the mobile terminal, the parsing result according to a category of the controlled object.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein after the storing, by the mobile terminal, the parsing result according to a category of the controlled object, the method further comprises:

analyzing, by the mobile terminal, a habit of the user based on stored history parsing results to obtain a user habitual parameter and storing, by the mobile terminal, the user habitual parameter; and

transmitting, by the mobile terminal, a second control instruction based on the user habitual parameter to the diagnostic card when the vehicle is started, wherein the diagnostic card controls the vehicle according to a parsing result of the second control instruction.

15. The method according to claim 2, wherein the controlling, by the diagnostic card, the vehicle according to the parsing result comprises:

controlling, by the diagnostic card, to open or close a window of the vehicle in a case that the parsing result indicates controlling the window; and

/or

adjusting, by the diagnostic card, at least one of a height and an angle of a seat of the vehicle in a case that the parsing result indicates controlling the seat; and

/or

adjusting, by the diagnostic card, at least one of a temperature, humidity, a wind speed and a wind direction of an air conditioner of the vehicle in a case that the parsing result indicates controlling the air conditioner.

6. A system for controlling a vehicle, comprising:

a mobile terminal, and a diagnostic card connected to the vehicle;

wherein

the mobile terminal is configured to receive a vehicle control instruction sent by a user, and transmit, in response to the vehicle control instruction, a first control instruction to the diagnostic card to request for controlling the vehicle; and

the diagnostic card is configured to parse the received first control instruction to obtain a parsing result and control the vehicle according to the parsing result.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the mobile terminal is further configured to establish a wireless communication connection with the diagnostic card by using Bluetooth, wireless fidelity WIFI, or near field communication NFC.

8. The system according to claim 6, wherein

the diagnostic card is further configured to control to open or close a window of the vehicle in a case that the parsing result indicates controlling the window;

and/or

the diagnostic card is further configured to adjust at least one of a height and an angle of a seat of the vehicle in a case that the parsing result indicates controlling the seat; and

/or

the diagnostic card is further configured to adjust at least one of a temperature, humidity, a wind speed and a wind direction of an air conditioner of the vehicle in a case that the parsing result indicates controlling the air conditioner.

9. The system according to claim 6, wherein the diagnostic card is further configured to transmit the parsing result to the mobile terminal;

and

the mobile terminal is further configured to store the parsing result according to a category of the controlled object.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein the mobile terminal is further configured to analyze a habit of the user based on stored history parsing results to obtain a user habitual parameter and store the user habitual parameter;

the mobile terminal is further configured to transmit a second control instruction based on the user habitual parameter to the diagnostic card when the vehicle is started; and

the diagnostic card is further configured to control the vehicle according to a parsing result of the second control instruction.

16. The system according to claim 7, wherein

the diagnostic card is further configured to control to open or close a window of the vehicle in a case that the parsing result indicates controlling the window;

and/or

the diagnostic card is further configured to adjust at least one of a height and an angle of a seat of the vehicle in a case that the parsing result indicates controlling the seat; and

/or

the diagnostic card is further configured to adjust at least one of a temperature, humidity, a wind speed and a wind direction of an air conditioner of the vehicle in a case that the parsing result indicates controlling the air conditioner.

11. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a memory, a central processing unit, a peripheral interface, an RF circuit, a power management chip, an input/output subsystem, other input/control device, and an external port, which communicate with each other via one or more communication bus or signal line;

wherein the central processing unit is configured to receive a vehicle control instruction sent by a user, and transmit a first control instruction to a diagnostic card in response to the vehicle control instruction to request for controlling the vehicle, wherein the diagnostic card parses the received first control instruction to obtain a parsing result and controls the vehicle according to the parsing result.

12. The mobile terminal according to claim 11, wherein the RF circuit is configured to establish a wireless communication connection between the mobile terminal and the diagnostic card using Bluetooth, wireless fidelity WIFI, or near field communication NFC.

13. The mobile terminal according to claim 11, wherein the central processing unit is further configured to store the parsing result transmitted from the diagnostic card according to a category of the controlled object.

14. The mobile terminal according to claim 13, wherein the central processing unit is further configured to analyze a habit of the user according to history parsing results stored in the memory to obtain a user habitual parameter, and store the user habitual parameter in the memory;

and

the central processing unit is further configured to transmit a second control instruction based on the user habitual parameter to the diagnostic card via the RF circuit when the vehicle is started, wherein the diagnostic card controls the vehicle according to a parsing result of the second control instruction.