Information Providing Apparatus And Method Thereof

• US 20160335038A1
• Filed: 07/22/2016
• Published: 11/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: CHOI, Sungha, LEE, Seyoung, PARK, Yunhui
• Granted Patent: US 10,282,156 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/1438 Touch screens
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/573 Mobile devices controlling vehicle functions
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/10 Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/80 Arrangements for controlling instruments
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/81 for controlling displays
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/12 Overlay of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of switching between the corresponding input pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/125 wherein one of the images is motion video
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/10 Automotive applications
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/77 for interrogation
• 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: H04N 21/2146 located in mass transportation means, e.g. aircraft, train or bus flight-deck installations for entertainment or communications B64D11/0015; arrangements specially adapted for transportation systems in broadcast systems H04H20/62; moving wireless networks H04W84/005
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25841 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 : Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 : involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4524 : involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; systems specially adapted for using geographical information in broadcast systems H04H60/70; protocols in which the network application is adapted for the location of the user terminal in communication control or processing H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 : End-user interface for client configuration
• 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 4/029 : Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/30 : Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/33 : for indoor environments, e.g. buildings
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 : for in-vehicle communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 : Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 : Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 : Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/24 : Transfer of terminal data

Abstract

Provided are an information providing apparatus and a method thereof capable of easily and effectively using information stored in each of a plurality of terminals. The information providing apparatus includes a communication unit configured to establish a communication network with a mobile terminal within a vehicle, a display unit configured to display a vehicle image, and a control unit configured to receive identification information of the mobile terminal and position information of the mobile terminal through the communication unit, and to control the display unit to display the received position information of the mobile terminal in the vehicle image and display a mobile terminal image corresponding to the identification information in the displayed position information of the mobile terminal.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. An information providing apparatus comprising:

a communication unit configured to establish a communication network with a mobile terminal within a vehicle;

a display unit; and

a control unit configured to;

receive position information of the mobile terminal within the vehicle through the communication unit;

display the received position information of the mobile terminal on the display unit; and

control the display unit to display a mobile terminal image corresponding to the mobile terminal at the displayed position information of the mobile terminal.

3. The information providing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the display unit displays a vehicle image.

4. The information providing apparatus of claim 3, wherein the control unit is configured to control the display unit to display the received position information of the mobile terminal at the vehicle image.

5. The information providing apparatus of claim 3, wherein the control unit is further configured to:

receive identification information of the mobile terminal through the communication unit; and

control the display unit to display the mobile terminal image corresponding to the identification information at the vehicle image.

6. The information providing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the control unit is further configured to:

receive position information of a plurality of mobile terminals within the vehicle through the communication; and

use data of at least one of a first mobile terminal or a second mobile terminal of the plurality of mobile terminals based on a first image associated with the first mobile terminal being drag-and-dropped to a second image associated with the second mobile terminal.

7. The information providing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the control unit is configured to detect the position information of the mobile terminal within the vehicle based on signals from a plurality of beacons installed within the vehicle.

8. The information providing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the position information is position information selected from a position setting menu of the mobile terminal.

9. The information providing apparatus of claim 8, wherein the position setting menu comprises:

a first item indicating a position of a driver'"'"'s seat;

a second item indicating a position of a passenger seat;

a third item indicating a position of a back seat of the passenger seat; and

a fourth item indicating a position of a back seat of the driver'"'"'s seat.

10. The information providing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the control unit is configured to:

receive content from the mobile terminal based on the mobile terminal image being selected; and

display the received content on the display unit.

11. The information providing apparatus of claim 10, wherein the content is an application program of the mobile terminal.

12. The information providing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the control unit is configured to control the display unit to display a plurality of mobile terminal images corresponding to a plurality of mobile terminals in seat positions of the vehicle, based on position information of each of the plurality of mobile terminals within the vehicle.

13. The information providing apparatus of claim 12, wherein the control unit is configured to:

receive a first data from a first mobile terminal based on the first mobile terminal image being selected from among the plurality of mobile terminal images; and

control the display unit to display the received first data on the display unit.

14. The information providing apparatus of claim 2, further comprising:

a position information generating unit configured to;

generate the position information corresponding to a seat position of the vehicle; and

transmit the generated position information to the mobile terminal,

wherein the mobile terminal is further configured to transmit the position information transmitted from the position information generating unit to the control unit.

15. The information providing apparatus of claim 14, wherein the position information generating unit comprises:

a first near field communication (NFC) tag installed in the driver'"'"'s seat of the vehicle and configured to generate first position information indicating a position of the driver'"'"'s seat of the vehicle;

a second NFC tag installed in the passenger seat of the vehicle and configured to generate second position information indicating a position of the passenger seat of the vehicle;

a third NFC tag installed in the back seat of the passenger seat of the vehicle and configured to generate third position information indicating a position of the back seat of the passenger seat of the vehicle; and

a fourth NFC tag installed in the back seat of the driver'"'"'s seat of the vehicle and configured to generate fourth position information indicating a position of the back seat of the driver'"'"'s seat of the vehicle.

16. The information providing apparatus of claim 14, wherein the position information generating unit comprises:

a first USB module installed in the driver'"'"'s seat of the vehicle and configured to provide the first position information indicating a position of the driver'"'"'s seat of the vehicle to the control unit;

a second USB module installed in the passenger seat of the vehicle and configured to provide the second position information indicating a position of the passenger seat of the vehicle to the control unit;

a third USB module installed in the back seat of the passenger seat of the vehicle and configured to provide the third position information indicating a position of the back seat of the passenger seat of the vehicle to the control unit; and

a fourth USB module installed in the back seat of the driver'"'"'s seat of the vehicle and configured to provide the fourth position information indicating a position of the back seat of the driver'"'"'s seat of the vehicle to the control unit.

17. An information providing method comprising:

establishing a communication network with a mobile terminal within a vehicle;

receiving position information of the mobile terminal within the vehicle through the communication network; and

controlling a display unit to display the received position information of the mobile terminal on the display unit and to display a mobile terminal image corresponding to the mobile terminal at the displayed position information of the mobile terminal.

18. The information providing method of claim 17, further comprising:

displaying a vehicle image on the display unit.

19. The information providing method of claim 18, further comprising:

displaying the received position information of the mobile terminal at the vehicle image.

20. The information providing method of claim 18, further comprising:

receiving identification information of the mobile terminal through the communication unit; and

displaying the mobile terminal image corresponding to the identification information at the vehicle image.

21. The information providing method of claim 18, further comprising:

receiving position information of a plurality of mobile terminals within the vehicle through the communication; and

using data of at least one of a first mobile terminal or a second mobile terminal of the plurality of mobile terminals based on a first image associated with the first mobile terminal being drag-and-dropped to a second image associated with the second mobile terminal.