METHOD FOR SETTING DIFFERENT TUNER AND HMI SETTINGS

• US 20160211932A1
• Filed: 01/18/2016
• Published: 07/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Gammert, Dominik, Boetcher, Matthias, Schmauderer, Philipp, Benz, Christoph
• Application Number:
  US14/997,732
• Publication Number:
  US 20160211932A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/57 for mobile receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/71 Wireless systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/88 Stereophonic broadcast systems multiplex system in general H04J
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 2201/13 radio data system/radio broadcast data system [RDS/RBDS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 40/45 for FM stereophonic broadcast systems receiving
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/51 of receiving stations
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/65 for using the result on users' side
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

Abstract

A method for setting different tuner and human machine interface, HMI, settings of a radio tuner with RDS functionality, comprising evaluating the at least one RDS signal of a broadcast received by the radio tuner; determining current country and/or current region in accordance with the at least one RDS signal; adjusting tuner settings of the radio tuner in accordance with the determined current country and/or current region; and updating the HMI settings of the radio tuner in accordance with the current country and/or current region.

Claims

1. A method for setting different tuner and human machine interface, HMI, settings of a radio tuner with RDS functionality, the method comprising:

evaluating the at least one RDS signal of a broadcast received by the radio tuner;

determining current country and/or current region in accordance with the at least one RDS signal;

adjusting tuner settings of the radio tuner in accordance with the determined current country and/or current region; and

updating the HMI settings of the radio tuner in accordance with the current country and/or current region.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising providing a database of different predetermined tuner parameters stored in a storage unit comprised in the radio tuner.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising loading specific tuner parameters from the database based on the evaluating.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein adjusting tuner settings of the radio tuner comprises adjusting tuner settings in accordance with the loaded specific tuner parameters.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining the current country and/or current region comprises decoding the PI code and/or the Extended Country Code, ECC and determining the current country and/or current region from the decoded PI code and/or ECC.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the PI code and/or the ECC are decoded from RDS group 1A.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein adjusting tuner settings of the radio tuner comprises adjusting concealment settings for the current country and/or current region.

8. The method according to claim 2, further comprising updating the database with an amended set of different predetermined tuner parameters.

9. A radio tuner with RDS functionality, the radio tuner comprising:

an evaluation unit configured to evaluate at least one RDS signal of a broadcast received by the radio tuner;

a determining unit configured to determine current country and/or current region in accordance with the at least one RDS signal;

an adjusting unit configured to adjust tuner settings of the radio tuner in accordance with the determined current country and/or current region; and

an updating unit configured to update HMI settings of the radio tuner in accordance with the determined current country and/or current region.

10. The radio tuner according to claim 9, further comprising a storage unit configured to store a database of different predetermined tuner parameters.

11. The radio tuner according to claim 10, wherein the adjusting unit is further configured to load specific tuner parameters from the database based on the evaluating, and is configured to adjust tuner settings in accordance with the loaded specific tuner parameters.

12. The radio tuner according to claim 9, wherein the determining unit is further configured to decode the PI code and/or the Extended Country Code, ECC and is configured to determine the current country and/or current region from the decoded PI code and/or ECC.

13. The radio tuner according to claim 12, wherein the determining unit is configured to decode the PI code and/or the ECC from RDS group 1A.

14. The radio tuner according to claim 9, wherein the radio tuner is installed in a portable device.

15. An infotainment system installed in a vehicle, the infotainment system comprising:

a radio tuner with RDS functionality, the radio tuner comprising;

an evaluation unit configured to evaluate at least one RDS signal of a broadcast received by the radio tuner;

a determining unit configured to determine current country and/or current region in accordance with the at least one RDS signal;

an adjusting unit configured to adjust tuner settings of the radio tuner in accordance with the determined current country and/or current region; and

an updating unit configured to update HMI settings of the radio tuner in accordance with the determined current country and/or current region.

16. The infotainment system of claim 15, further comprising a storage unit configured to store a database of different predetermined tuner parameters.

17. The infotainment system of claim 16, wherein the adjusting unit is further configured to load specific tuner parameters from the database based on the evaluating.

18. The infotainment system of claim 17, wherein the adjusting unit is further configured to adjust tuner settings in accordance with the loaded specific tuner parameters.

19. The infotainment system of claim 15, wherein the determining unit is further configured to decode the PI code and/or the Extended Country Code, ECC and is configured to determine the current country and/or current region from the decoded PI code and/or ECC.

20. The infotainment system of claim 19, wherein the determining unit is configured to decode the PI code and/or the ECC from RDS group 1A.