System and method for adaptable mobile user interface

• US 6,591,168 B2
• Filed: 09/17/2001
• Issued: 07/08/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Intellisist, Inc. dba Spoken Communications (Avaya Incorporated)
• Inventors: Kostepen, Hakan, Odinak, Gilad
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuchlinski, Jr., William A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hernandez, Olga
• Application Number:
  US09/955,475
• Publication Number:
  US 20030055537A1
• Time in Patent Office: 659 Days
• Field of Search: 701/1, 701/29, 701/32, 701/34, 701/35, 701/36, 180/313, 280/1, 340/933, 340/425.5, 340/500, 340/999
• US Class Current: 701/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/1868 according to driving situations
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• 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: 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 21/3655 Timing of guidance instructions
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/367 Details, e.g. road map scale, orientation, zooming, illumination, level of detail, scrolling of road map or positioning of current position marker
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3673 Labelling using text of road map data items, e.g. road names, POI names

Abstract

A system, method, and computer program product for automatically adjusting the output of presentation content based upon vehicle conditions. The method determines whether one of a plurality of vehicle conditions exists, such as conditions related to vehicle speed, rate of change in vehicle speed, rate of change in vehicle direction, vehicle emergencies, cellular phone or headphone activation, radar detector activation, noise level decibels above a certain value, etc. The method determines an output format based on the determined vehicle conditions. The method outputs at least a portion of the presentation content based on the determined output format. The determined output format includes display format information, such as text font or icon size information or map detail. The presentation content can also include audio content.

Claims

1. A computer program product for automatically adjusting display format, the product comprising:

a means for receiving content for output in a first display format;

a means for determining a vehicle condition;

a means for determining a second display format based on the determined vehicle condition; and

a means for outputting at least a portion of the received content based on the determined second display format.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the display formats comprise text font size information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the display formats comprise icon size information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the display formats comprise map detail information.

5. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the means for receiving content comprises a means for receiving the content from a server over a network link.

6. The computer program product of claim 5, wherein at least a portion of the network link is a wireless link.

7. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the means for determining a vehicle condition comprises a means for determining if the vehicle condition is an emergency.

8. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the means for determining a vehicle condition comprises a means for determining vehicle speed.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the means for determining a vehicle condition comprises a means for determining rate of change in vehicle speed.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the means for determining a vehicle condition comprises a means for determining rate of change in vehicle direction.

11. An apparatus for automatically adjusting output content, the apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to receive content for output in a first display format;

a user interface; and

a processor coupled to the receiver and the user interface, the processor comprising;

a first component configured to determine a vehicle condition;

a second component configured to determine a second display format based on the determined vehicle condition; and

a third component configured to output at least a portion of the received output content to the user interface based on the determined second display format.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the display formats comprise text font information.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the display formats comprise icon size information.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the display formats comprise map detail information.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the receiver receives the content from a server over a network link.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein at least a portion of the network link is a wireless link.

17. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first component determines if the vehicle condition is an emergency.

18. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first component determines vehicle speed.

19. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first component determines rate of change in vehicle speed.

20. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first component determines rate of change in vehicle direction.

21. A method for automatically changing output display format in a vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving content in a first display format;

determining a condition of the vehicle;

automatically changing the first display format to a second display format based on the determined vehicle condition; and

outputting the received output content based on the second display format.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the output formats are display formats.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the display formats comprise text font size information.

24. The method of claim 22, wherein the display formats comprise icon size information.

25. The method of claim 22, wherein the display formats comprise map detail information.

26. The method of claim 21, wherein the received content comprises receiving the content from a server over a network link.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein at least a portion of the network link is a wireless link.

28. The method of claim 21, wherein determining a vehicle condition comprises determining an emergency vehicle condition.

29. The method of claim 21, wherein determining a vehicle condition comprises determining vehicle speed.

30. The method of claim 21, wherein determining a vehicle condition comprises determining rate of change in vehicle speed.

31. The method of claim 21, wherein determining a vehicle condition comprises determining rate of change in vehicle direction.