Vehicle and Vehicle Remote Control System Including the Same

• US 20160272135A1
• Filed: 11/18/2015
• Published: 09/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Kang, Kyunghyun, Kim, Sung Un
• Granted Patent: US 9,669,783 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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: G05B 15/02 electric

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a vehicle remote control system capable of controlling in a vehicle an operation device that corresponds to an operation command when the operation command for an image transmitted from a user terminal is input in a remote terminal. The vehicle remote control system includes a user terminal configured to transmit an image of an operation object of a vehicle to a remote terminal, the remote terminal configured to display an image transmitted from the user terminal and when an operation command for an operation device displayed on the image is input, configured to transmit a control signal, which is to control an operation of the operation device corresponding to the input operation command, to the vehicle, and a vehicle configured to control a function of the operation device according to the control signal.

Claims

1. A vehicle remote control system comprising:

a user terminal configured to transmit an image of an operation device of a vehicle to a remote terminal;

the remote terminal configured to display an image transmitted from the user terminal, and when an operation command for an operation device displayed on the image is input, configured to transmit a control signal to the vehicle, the control signal configured to control an operation of the operation device corresponding to the input operation command; and

a vehicle configured to control a function of the operation device according to the control signal.

2. The vehicle remote control system of claim 1, wherein:

the remote terminal comprises a display unit configured to display an image transmitted from the user terminal, and configured to receive an input of the operation command for the operation device as a pre-determined touch gesture.

3. The vehicle remote control system of claim 1, wherein:

the remote terminal comprises an input unit configured to receive an input of the operation command for the operation device.

4. The vehicle remote control system of claim 3, wherein:

the input unit comprises a voice recognition device configured to receive an input of the operation command in a voice manner or a motion recognition device configured to receive an input of the operation command in a motion manner.

5. The vehicle remote control system of claim 1, wherein:

the remote terminal is configured to identify the input operation command and to identify an operation device corresponding to the input operation command when the operation command for the operation device is input, and configured to generate a control signal that is configured to remotely control a device of the vehicle configured to perform a function related to the identified operation device, according to the identified operation command.

6. The vehicle remote control system of claim 1, wherein:

the remote terminal further comprises a communication unit configured to receive an image transmitted from the user terminal and configured to transmit the control signal to the user terminal.

7. The vehicle remote control system of claim 6, wherein:

the communication unit performs a communication with the user terminal and the vehicle by using 3 generation communication technology, 4 generation communication technology or 5 generation communication technology.

8. The vehicle remote control system of claim 1, wherein:

the user terminal comprises a camera configured to acquire an image and a communication unit configured to transmit the acquired image to the remote terminal.

9. The vehicle remote control system of claim 1, wherein:

the vehicle comprises a communication unit configured to perform a communication with the remote terminal and a controller configured to control an operation of a device configured to perform a function related to the operation device according to the control signal transmitted from the remote terminal.

10. An operation method of a vehicle remote control system comprising:

transmitting an image of an operation object of a vehicle from a user terminal to a remote terminal;

receiving at the vehicle, from the remote terminal, a control signal to control an operation of the operation device after an operation command for an operation device displayed on the image is input in the remote terminal; and

controlling a function of the operation device according to the control signal in the vehicle.

11. The operation method of claim 10, further comprising:

displaying an image, which is transmitted from the user terminal, on the remote terminal; and

receiving an input of an operation command for an operation device among operation objects displayed on the image, in the remote terminal.

12. The operation method of claim 11, wherein:

receiving the input of an operation command comprises receiving an input of an operation command for the operation device as a pre-determined touch gesture on a display unit of the remote terminal.

13. The operation method of claim 11, wherein:

receiving the input of an operation command comprises receiving an input of an operation command for the operation device via an input unit of the remote terminal.

14. The operation method of claim 11, wherein:

receiving the input of an operation command comprises receiving an input of an operation command for the operation device in a voice or motion manner.

15. The operation method of claim 11, further comprising:

identifying the input operation command and an operation device corresponding to the input operation command, in the remote terminal when an operation command for the operation device is input; and

generating the control signal to remotely control a device of the vehicle configured to perform a function related to the identified operation device, according to the identified operation command.

16. The operation method of claim 15, wherein:

identifying the operation device and the input operation command comprises identifying an operation device by comparing an image transmitted from the user terminal with pre-stored information related to an operation device, and identifying the input operation command by using pre-stored information related to an operation method of the identified operation device.

17. The operation method of claim 11, further comprising:

transmitting the control signal to the vehicle using 3 generation communication technology, 4 generation communication technology or 5 generation communication technology.

18. The operation method of claim 10, wherein:

controlling the function of the operation device comprises controlling in the vehicle an operation of a device that is configured to perform a function related to the operation device according to a control signal transmitted from the remote terminal.

19. A vehicle comprising:

a communication unit configured to receive a control signal of an operation device transmitted from a remote terminal; and

a controller configured to control a function of the operation device according to the control signal transmitted from the remote terminal.

20. The vehicle of claim 19 wherein

the controller controls an operation of a device configured to perform a function related to the operation device according to the control signal transmitted from the remote terminal.

21. The vehicle of claim 19 further comprising:

a user terminal configured to transmit an image of the operation device of the vehicle to the remote terminal.

22. A control method of a vehicle comprising:

receiving in a communication unit of the vehicle a control signal of an operation device transmitted from a remote terminal; and

controlling, in a controller of the vehicle, a function of the operation device according to a control signal transmitted from the remote terminal.

23. The control method of claim 22, wherein:

controlling the function of the operation device comprises controlling, in the controller, an operation of a device configured to perform a function related to the operation device according to the control signal transmitted from the remote terminal.

24. The control method of claim 22 further comprising:

transmitting an image of the operation device of the vehicle from a user terminal to the remote terminal.