Vehicle with wearable integration or communication

• US 20170153636A1
• Filed: 11/18/2016
• Published: 06/01/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bragi GmbH
• Original Assignee: Bragi GmbH
• Inventors: Boesen, Peter Vincent
• Application Number:
  US15/355,820
• Publication Number:
  US 20170153636A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt

Abstract

A system includes a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a control system and a wireless transceiver operatively connected to the control system. The control system is configured to wirelessly communicate with a wearable device worn by a user using the wireless transceiver and the control system is configured to receive input from one or more sensors of the wearable device.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a control system; and

a wireless transceiver operatively connected to the control system;

wherein the control system is configured to wirelessly communicate with a wearable device worn by a user using the wireless transceiver; and

wherein the control system is configured to receive input from one or more sensors of the wearable device.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the control system is configured to identify a user of the wearable device based on information from the wearable device.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the control system is configured to alter one or more vehicle settings based on the identity of the user.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the control system is configured to send the wearable device a geospatial location.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the control system is configured to receive a destination from the wearable device and communicate the destination to a navigation system operatively connected to the control system.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the control system is configured to send or receive content for text messages to the wearable device.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the control system is configured to connect a phone call to the wearable device.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the control system is configured to send or receive one or more files to or from the wearable device.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the control system is configured to perform one or more driving operations in response to the input from the one or more sensors of the wearable device.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein the wearable device comprises an earpiece.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein the earpiece is configured to allow ambient sound to pass to an external auditory canal of the user.

12. The system of claim 10 wherein the earpiece is configured to reproduce ambient sound at a speaker of the earpiece.

13. The system of claim 10 wherein the vehicle comprises a microphone positioned outside of a vehicle cabin to capture outside the vehicle sound and wherein the earpiece is configured to reproduce the outside the vehicle sound.

14. A system comprising:

a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a control system; and

a wireless transceiver operatively connected to the control system;

wherein the control system is configured to wirelessly communicate with a wearable device worn by a user using the wireless transceiver; and

wherein the control system is configured to receive biometric input from one or more sensors of the wearable device to identify an occupant of the vehicle or individual proximate the vehicle.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the control system is configured to provide access to the vehicle after identifying the occupant of the vehicle or the individual proximate the vehicle.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the access is provided by unlocking an ignition of the vehicle.

17. The system of claim 15 wherein the access is provided by opening a door or compartment of the vehicle.

18. The system of claim 14 wherein the control system is configured to deny access to the vehicle after identifying the occupant of the vehicle or the individual proximate the vehicle.

19. The system of claim 14 wherein the control system is configured to alter one or more vehicle settings based on an identity of the user or the individual proximate the vehicle.

20. The system of claim 14 wherein the wearable device comprises an earpiece.