Vehicle with wearable to provide intelligent user settings

• US 20170151918A1
• Filed: 11/21/2016
• Published: 06/01/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bragi GmbH
• Original Assignee: Bragi GmbH
• Inventors: Boesen, Peter Vincent
• Granted Patent: US 10,099,636 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/117 Identification of persons methods or arrangements for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints, G06F18/00, G06V40/00; identification of persons by analysing their voice or speech G10L17/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6803 Head-worn items, e.g. helmets, masks, headphones or goggles
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0248 with memory of positions
• 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: B60W 2040/0809 Driver authorisation; Driver identity check
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2040/0872 Driver physiology
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2040/0881 Seat occupation; Driver or passenger presence
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/08 related to drivers or passengers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/33 using wearable devices, e.g. using a smartwatch or smart-glasses
• 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

Abstract

A system includes a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a vehicle network. The system further includes a wearable device in operative communication with the vehicle network. The vehicle is configured to determine user settings for the vehicle from data received from the wearable device and implement the user settings for the vehicle A method for adjusting user settings associated with a vehicle based on data from a wearable device includes acquiring user data from a wearable device at a vehicle, based on the user data, determining by the vehicle one or more user settings, and automatically adjusting by the vehicle of one or more vehicle features based on the one or more user settings.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a vehicle network,

a wearable device in operative communication with the vehicle network;

wherein the vehicle is configured to determine user settings for the vehicle from data received from the wearable device and implement the user settings for the vehicle.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the data is biometric data.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the biometric data is determined using one or more sensors of the wearable device.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein the one or more sensors include a physiological sensor.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein the one or more sensors include an inertial sensor.

6. The system of claim 2 wherein the biometric data comprises biometric data stored on the wearable device.

7. The system of claim 2 wherein the user settings comprise seat settings and wherein the biometric data includes height information.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the user settings comprise entertainment settings and wherein the data comprises entertainment data.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the entertainment settings include radio presets and wherein the entertainment data includes playlist data.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein the wearable device comprises a transceiver in operative communication with the vehicle network.

11. A method for adjusting user settings associated with a vehicle based on data from a wearable device, the method comprising:

acquiring user data from a wearable device at a vehicle;

based on the user data, determining by the vehicle one or more user settings;

automatically adjusting by the vehicle of one or more vehicle features based on the one or more user settings.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the acquiring user data from the wearable device at a vehicle comprises operatively communicating the user data over a wireless linkage between the wearable device and the vehicle.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the user data comprises biometric data.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the user settings include seat position settings.

15. The method of claim 11 wherein the user data comprises music preference data.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the user settings include entertainment system settings.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the entertainment system settings include radio preset settings.

18. The method of claim 11 wherein the wearable device comprises an inertial sensor and wherein the user data is based on data received from the inertial sensor.

19. The method of claim 11 wherein the wearable device comprises an ear piece.