Methods and Systems to Synchronize Vehicle Settings Via a Home Network Connection

• US 20170075366A1
• Filed: 09/11/2015
• Published: 03/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: FARRER, Rebecca Helen, ESSELINK, Chad Evert, BROWN, Jason Robert
• Application Number:
  US14/851,816
• Publication Number:
  US 20170075366A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/343 Calculating itineraries, i.e. routes leading from a starting point to a series of categorical destinations using a global route restraint, round trips, touristic trips travelling salesman problem G06Q10/04; optimisation of routes G06Q10/047
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2642 Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C

Abstract

A vehicle system includes a processor programmed to synchronize a vehicle setting based on a home setting received from a home network. The processor is in communication with the home network via a transceiver. The processor is programmed to establish communication with the home network based on a vehicle start request, receive the home system setting from the home network if a vehicle location is less than a predefined distance, and synchronize one or more vehicle settings based on the home system setting.

Claims

1. A vehicle system comprising:

a vehicle processor configured with a transceiver and programmed to, in response to a vehicle start request, establish communication with a home network via the transceiver;

if a vehicle location is less than a predefined distance, receive a home system setting from the home network; and

synchronize one or more vehicle settings based on the home system setting.

2. The vehicle system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle processor is further programmed to synchronize a radio setting as being the one or more vehicle settings to a radio station based on the home system setting being a television channel associated with the radio station.

3. The vehicle system of claim 2, wherein the vehicle processor is further programmed to synchronize a heating and air conditioning setting as being the one or more vehicle settings to a temperature value based on the home system setting being a house temperature setting.

4. The vehicle system of claim 1, wherein the predefined distance is a range value associated with a distance between a home location having the home network to the vehicle location.

5. The vehicle system of claim 1, wherein the home system setting is at least one of climate settings, music selection, television selection, light adjustment, and appliance notification.

6. The vehicle system of claim 5, wherein the appliance notification is a grocery reminder from a smart refrigerator.

7. The vehicle system of claim 6, wherein the processor is further programmed to output a grocery notification via a vehicle display as being the one or more vehicle settings based on the grocery reminder.

8. The vehicle system of claim 1, wherein the home network is configured to communicate with one or more appliance sensors and systems.

9. The vehicle system of claim 8, wherein the one or more appliance sensors and systems is at least one of a refrigerator, thermostat, television, stove, light, and radio.

10. The vehicle system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further programmed to generate one or more messages for the home network based on vehicle data.

11. The vehicle system of claim 10, wherein the processor is further programmed to transmit the vehicle data to the home network based on the predefined distance.

12. The vehicle system of claim 11, wherein the vehicle data is a home arrival notification.

13. The vehicle system of claim 11, wherein the vehicle data is at least one of a radio setting, climate setting, vehicle location and light setting.

14. A home network synchronization method comprising:

comparing a vehicle location to a predefined home distance based on a vehicle start request;

in response to the vehicle location being within the predefined home distance, receiving current settings associated with one or more home devices via a home network; and

synchronizing, via a vehicle processor, one or more infotainment settings based on the current settings of the one or more home devices.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising synchronizing the one or more infotainment settings to a radio station based on the received current settings being a radio broadcast channel.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising synchronizing a navigation system as being the one or more infotainment settings based on the received current settings being an errand list having a task associated with an address and outputting a route at a vehicle display based on the address via the navigation system.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the errand list is generated at the home network based on received input from at least one sensor and system at the one or more home devices.

18. A computer-program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored instructions for programming a processor, comprising instructions for:

in response to communication with a vehicle processor, receiving a vehicle setting;

generating a configuration message for a home system based on the vehicle setting;

transmitting the configuration message to the home system; and

in response to synchronization of the home system based on the configuration message, transmitting a confirmation message to the vehicle processor.

19. The computer-program product of claim 18, wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium further comprises instructions for:

synchronizing the home system to a climate setting based on the vehicle setting being a temperature value associated with the climate setting.

20. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the confirmation message is configured to output at a vehicle display verifying that the configuration message was received by the home system.