COUPLING A VEHICLE MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM TO AT LEAST ONE MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20170353693A1
• Filed: 12/16/2015
• Published: 12/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH (Continental AG)
• Original Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH (Continental AG)
• Inventors: SEMSEY, Akos, NAU, Dieter
• Application Number:
  US15/538,999
• Publication Number:
  US 20170353693A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/002 Seats provided with an occupancy detection means mounted therein or thereon detection means responsive to presence or absence of children B60N2/266
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6091 including a wireless interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724098 Interfacing with an on-board device of a vehicle for hands-free speaking in vehicles H04M1/6075
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/15 Conference systems

Abstract

A vehicle multimedia system includes a connection to a vehicle bus system in the vehicle; there is a data link, via the vehicle bus system, to a seat occupancy system that is used to determine which seats in the vehicle are occupied, and the occupancy of the seats is displayed via a visualization unit of the vehicle multimedia system in accordance with the determined seat occupancy; the display is designed in such a way that at least one mobile terminal of a vehicle passenger can establish a data connection to the vehicle multimedia system in a coupling process, and said mobile terminal/s is/are associated with the respective vehicle passenger via the vehicle multimedia system.

Claims

1. A vehicle multimedia system having a connection to a vehicle bus system of a vehicle, characterized in that it has a data link via the vehicle bus system to a seat occupancy system and the seat occupancy system is used to ascertain which seats in the vehicle are occupied and the occupancy of the seats is taken as a basis for displaying this occupancy via a visual display unit of the vehicle multimedia system, wherein the display is designed such that at least one mobile terminal of a vehicle passenger is connectable to the vehicle multimedia system in a data link by a coupling process and the respective mobile terminal is associated with the respective vehicle passenger via the vehicle multimedia system.

2. The vehicle multimedia system as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the connection to the vehicle bus system is in a wired and/or mobile embodiment.

3. A method for connecting a vehicle multimedia system to mobile terminals in a data link, characterized in that the connection setup is triggered by a common trigger event, wherein a check on the timing synchronism of the detection of the trigger events is performed and the common trigger event arises as a result of mechanical coupling of the vehicle multimedia system and the mobile terminal.

4. The method for connecting a vehicle multimedia system to mobile terminals as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that the detection of the trigger event is implemented in one or both devices by a mechanical switch or by detection of a mechanical action of force on a surface.

5. The method for connecting a vehicle multimedia system to mobile terminals as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that the detection of the trigger event is implemented in one or both devices by recognition of specific signal profile patterns of motion sensor signals.

6. The method for connecting a vehicle multimedia system to mobile terminals as claimed claim 5, characterized in that the check on the timing synchronism of the trigger events is based on a comparison between time information that is communicated between the two devices wirelessly at least in one direction after the trigger event.