AUDIO VIDEO NAVIGATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CHARGING STATION INFORMATION USING THE AUDIO VIDEO NAVIGATION DEVICE

• US 20170167887A1
• Filed: 05/19/2016
• Published: 06/15/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Choi, Hye Jin, Lim, Sang Yeon, Gin, Jake, Kim, Yeonji, Lee, Yongho, Lee, Jeong Won, Yang, Hyun Seung, Cho, Sung Tae
• Application Number:
  US15/159,056
• Publication Number:
  US 20170167887A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3629 Guidance using speech or audio output, e.g. text-to-speech text to speech systems per se G10L13/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3679 Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities G01C21/3611 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility

Abstract

An audio-video-navigation device of a vehicle includes: an input interface receiving power information of the vehicle through inter-vehicle communication; a memory storing map information; a user input portion generating an input signal corresponding to a demand of a user; a global positioning system (GPS) receiving a signal transmitted from a GPS satellite; a controller connected to the input interface, the memory, the user input portion, and the GPS; and a display portion displaying information processed by the controller. When power of the vehicle is turned on, the controller determines whether first information regarding a charging station nearest to a position of the vehicle at a time at which power of the vehicle was previously turned off is stored in the memory and controls the display portion so as to display an object representing the first information when the first information is stored in the memory.

Claims

1. An audio-video-navigation device of a vehicle, comprising:

an input interface receiving power information of the vehicle through inter-vehicle communication;

a memory storing map information;

a user input portion generating an input signal corresponding to a demand of a user;

a global positioning system (GPS) receiving a signal transmitted from a GPS satellite;

a controller connected to the input interface, the memory, the user input portion, and the GPS; and

a display portion displaying information processed by the controller,

wherein when power of the vehicle is turned on, the controller determines whether first information regarding a charging station nearest to a position of the vehicle at a time at which power of the vehicle was previously turned off is stored in the memory and controls the display portion so as to display an object representing the first information when the first information is stored in the memory.

2. The audio-video-navigation device of claim 1, wherein the first information includes an identifier of the charging station and a distance between the position of the vehicle at the time at which the power of the vehicle was previously turned off and a position of the charging station.

3. The audio-video-navigation device of claim 1, further comprising a communicator wirelessly communicating with a telematics server,

wherein the controller receives second information regarding the charging station from the telematics server and controls the display portion so as to display the second information when the object representing the first information is selected.

4. The audio-video-navigation device of claim 3, wherein the second information includes an identifier of the charging station, a distance between a current position of the vehicle and a position of the charging station, and a current state of the charging station.

5. The audio-video-navigation device of claim 3, wherein when the vehicle is stopped, the controller stores information regarding a charging station nearest to a current position of the vehicle in the memory as the first information based on charging station information received from the telematics server.

6. The audio-video-navigation device of claim 1, wherein when the object representing the first information is selected, the controller controls the display portion so as to display a route from a current position of the vehicle to a position of the charging station.

7. The audio-video-navigation device of claim 1, wherein while the vehicle is traveling, the controller stores information regarding a charging station nearest to a current position of the vehicle in the memory as the first information using map information stored in the memory.

8. The audio-video-navigation device of claim 1, wherein:

the input interface receives fuel amount information of the vehicle through the inter-vehicle communication, and

the controller displays the object representing the first information when the first information is stored in the memory and a fuel amount of the vehicle based on the fuel amount information is less than a predetermined level.

9. The audio-video-navigation device of claim 1, wherein fuel of the vehicle is electricity or hydrogen.

10. The audio-video-navigation device of claim 1, wherein the vehicle is driven by a motor generating torque through electrical energy.

11. A method for providing charging station information using an audio-video-navigation device of a vehicle, comprising:

determining whether power of the vehicle is turned on;

when the power of the vehicle is turned on, determining whether first information regarding a charging station nearest to a position of the vehicle at a time at which the power of the vehicle was previously turned off is stored in a memory; and

when the first information is stored in the memory, displaying an object representing the first information.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first information includes an identifier of the charging station and a distance between the position of the vehicle at the time at which the power of the vehicle was previously turned off and a position of the charging station.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving second information regarding the charging station from a telematics server; and

displaying the second information when the object representing the first information is selected.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the second information includes an identifier of the charging station, a distance between a current position of the vehicle and a position of the charging station, and a current state of the charging station.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising storing information regarding a charging station nearest to a current position of the vehicle in the memory as the first information based on charging station information received from the telematics server when the vehicle is stopped.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising displaying a route from a current position of the vehicle to a position of the charging station when the object representing the first information is selected.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising storing information regarding a charging station nearest to a current position of the vehicle in the memory as the first information using map information stored in the memory while the vehicle is traveling.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving fuel amount information of the vehicle through inter-vehicle communication; and

displaying the object representing the first information when the first information is stored in the memory and a fuel amount of the vehicle based on the fuel amount information is less than a predetermined level.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein fuel of the vehicle is electricity or hydrogen.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein the vehicle is a driven by a motor generating torque through electrical energy.