DYNAMIC DEVICE HOUSING FOR A TRANSPORTATION APPARATUS

• US 20180065570A1
• Filed: 09/05/2017
• Published: 03/08/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Thunder Power New Energy Vehicle Development Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Thunder Power New Energy Vehicle Development Company Limited
• Inventors: Brusco, Massimiliano
• Application Number:
  US15/695,262
• Publication Number:
  US 20180065570A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/184 Displaying the same information on different displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/48 Sensors
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/563 Vehicle displaying mobile device information
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/577 Mirror link with mobile devices
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/589 Wireless data transfers
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/5911 Bluetooth
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/691 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/152 Displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/184 Displaying the same information on different displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/48 Sensors
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/52 Control of displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/563 Vehicle displaying mobile device information
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/577 Mirror link with mobile devices
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/589 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/5911 Bluetooth
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/691 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/22 Display screens
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/29 Instruments characterised by the way in which information is handled, e.g. showing information on plural displays or prioritising information according to driving conditions
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/50 Instruments characterised by their means of attachment to or integration in the vehicle B60K35/231 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/80 : Arrangements for controlling instruments
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/81 : for controlling displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/85 : Arrangements for transferring vehicle- or driver-related data
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/02 : for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0241 : for telephones
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0252 : for personal computers, e.g. laptops, notebooks
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0005 : Dashboard
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0043 : for integrated articles, i.e. not substantially protruding from the surrounding parts
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0049 : for non integrated articles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0075 : using a containment or docking space
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0082 : collapsible, e.g. for storing after use
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0094 : characterised by means for covering after user, e.g. boxes, shutters or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/06 : mounted on or below dashboards
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/12 : having electrical weight-sensitive devices
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 23/18 : Indicating devices, e.g. for remote indication; Recording devices; Scales, e.g. graduated
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/44 : for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]

Abstract

Embodiments can provide a dynamic housing system in a transportation apparatus for facilitating a user or users of the transportation apparatus to place portable devices of different sizes into the dynamic housing. The dynamic housing may comprise a device detector configured to detect a presence of a portable device in the housing, a Bluetooth connection unit configured to connect to the portable device via a Bluetooth link when the portable device is detected as being present in the dynamic housing and/or any other components. In some embodiments, the dynamic housing may be a sliding small drawer on a dashboard of the transportation apparatus.

Claims

1. A housing system for housing a portable device, the housing system being located within a dashboard of a transportation apparatus, the housing system comprising:

a housing configured to house the portable device;

a device detection component arranged under or within a bottom surface of the housing, wherein the device detection component is configured to;

detect a presence of the portable device in the housing;

generate a signal indicating the presence of the portable device in the housing; and

transmit the signal to a vehicle control unit (VCU) of the transportation apparatus; and

, wherein the VCU is configured to;

in response to receiving the signal, connecting the portable device via a wireless link; and

facilitating a display of a content of the portable device on a display of the transportation apparatus.

2. The housing system of claim 1, wherein the housing is a drawer on the dashboard.

3. The housing system of claim 1, wherein the device detection component is a weigh sensitive device configured to detect the presence of the portable device in the housing by detecting a weight of the portable device.

4. The housing system of claim 1, wherein the housing system further comprises a wireless charging module configured to charge the portable device when the portable device is inside the housing.

5. The housing system of claim 1, wherein the wireless link is Bluetooth.

6. The housing system of claim 1, wherein facilitating the display of the content of the portable device on the display of the transportation apparatus comprises mirroring the portable device onto the display.

7. The housing system of claim 1, wherein the portable device is a smartphone, a tablet computer, or a laptop computer.

8. The housing system of claim 1, wherein the transportation apparatus includes a car, a bus, a train, a truck, or a tram.