VEHICLE AND METHOD OF SHARING INFORMATION WITH ADJACENT VEHICLES

• US 20160277513A1
• Filed: 12/02/2015
• Published: 09/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: KIM, Sung Un, KANG, Ki Dong, KANG, Kyunghyun, RO, Heejin, YOUN, Seok-Young, BAEK, Bitna, KIM, Ga Hee, HEO, Jong Hyuck, KIM, Chisung
• Application Number:
  US14/957,564
• Publication Number:
  US 20160277513A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3822 specially adapted for use in vehicles H04B1/3827 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0833 for reduction of network energy consumption
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0893 Assignment of logical groups to network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1044 Group management mechanisms management of multicast group membership H04L12/185; reconfiguring of node membership in a computing system to eliminate errors G06F11/1425
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• 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 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A vehicle includes a communication unit for forming a local area network with adjacent vehicles, wherein the vehicle is the center and configured to share information with the adjacent vehicles via the vehicle in response to a request of a terminal connected to the vehicle, and a display unit for displaying the shared information.

Claims

1. A vehicle comprising:

a communication unit for forming a local area network with adjacent vehicles, wherein the vehicle is the center and configured to share information with the adjacent vehicles via the vehicle in response to a request of a terminal connected to the vehicle; and

a display unit for displaying the shared information.

2. The vehicle of claim 1 wherein, the communication unit shares information with the adjacent vehicles via the vehicle in response to a request of an application stored in the terminal.

3. The vehicle of claim 2 wherein, the application provides an authentication service for the adjacent vehicles.

4. The vehicle of claim 2 wherein, the application provides an adapting service with other application.

5. The vehicle of claim 1 wherein the display unit displays a list of the adjacent vehicles and the terminal, both of which are included in a range of the local area network.

6. The vehicle of claim 5 wherein the display unit displays of a grouping list, which is a list of a grouped adjacent vehicle and a grouped terminal, both of which are grouped based on a pre-set reference.

7. The vehicle of claim 1 wherein the terminal is connected to the vehicle through a wired or a wireless communication.

8. The vehicle of claim 1 wherein the communication unit shares information with the adjacent vehicles via a server.

9. The vehicle of claim 8 wherein the communication unit shares information with the adjacent vehicles via the server when the adjacent vehicle has escaped from the local area network.

10. The vehicle of claim 1 wherein the communication unit forms a separate local area network in the vehicle.

11. The vehicle of claim 1 wherein the shared information comprises at least one common interest of the vehicle and the adjacent vehicle, wherein the at least one common interest is selected from the group consisting of education, games, Social Networking Service (SNS), road conditions, sights, restaurants and destination information.

12. A vehicle comprising:

a communication unit for forming a local area network with adjacent vehicles via a server and sharing information with the adjacent vehicles;

a display unit for displaying the shared information; and

a controller for controlling the communication unit to maintain or block a connection with the adjacent vehicles when the adjacent vehicles have escaped from the local area network.

13. A control method of a vehicle comprising:

forming a local area network with adjacent vehicles, wherein the vehicle is the center;

sharing information with the adjacent vehicles via the vehicle in response to a request of a terminal connected to the vehicle; and

displaying the shared information.

14. The control method of claim 13 wherein the step of sharing information with the adjacent vehicles comprises sharing information with the adjacent vehicles via the vehicle in response to a request of an application stored in the terminal.

15. The control method of claim 13 wherein the step of sharing information with the adjacent vehicles comprises sharing information with the adjacent vehicles via a server.

16. The control method of claim 15 wherein the step of sharing information with the adjacent vehicles comprises sharing information with the adjacent vehicles via a server when the adjacent vehicles have escaped from the local area network.

17. The control method of claim 13 further comprising forming a separate local area network in the vehicle.

18. The control method of claim 13 further comprising displaying a list of the adjacent vehicles and the terminal, both of which are present in a range of the local area network.

19. The control method of claim 18 wherein the step of displaying a list of the adjacent vehicles and the terminal, both of which are present in a range of the local area network, comprises displaying a list of grouped adjacent vehicles and a grouped terminal, both of which are grouped based on a pre-set reference.