Vehicle management system and method in telematics system

• US 7,542,832 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2006
• Issued: 06/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai AMCO Company Limited (Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai AMCO Company Limited (Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Nou, Seong Taeg
• Primary Examiner(s): Hellner; Mark
• Application Number:
  US11/428,285
• Publication Number:
  US 20070050126A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,068 Days
• Field of Search: 701/29, 701/30, 340/425.5
• US Class Current: 701/29
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/085 using electronic data carriers

Abstract

A vehicle management system and method in a telematics system. The vehicle management system includes: a telematics terminal for measuring a vehicle state at each first period, accumulating and storing the measured vehicle state during a second period, and transmitting accumulated and stored accumulation vehicle state information; and a telematics center connected with the telematics terminal, and receiving the accumulation vehicle state information from the telematics terminal, storing the received accumulation vehicle state information, checking a variation progress of state values of each vehicle part of the received accumulation vehicle state information and searching for corresponding diagnosis information, and generating and transmitting vehicle management information to the telematics terminal.

Claims

1. A vehicle management system in a telematics system connected with a personal communication terminal through an Internet network, the vehicle management system comprising:

a telematics terminal for measuring a vehicle state at each first period, accumulating and storing the measured vehicle state during a second period, and transmitting accumulated and stored accumulation vehicle state information; and

a telematics center having a vehicle diagnosis database for storing diagnosis information on states of each vehicle part, and connected with the telematics terminal through a mobile communication network, and receiving the accumulation vehicle state information from the telematics terminal, storing the received accumulation vehicle state information, checking a variation progress of state values of each vehicle part of the received accumulation vehicle state information and searching for corresponding diagnosis information with reference to the vehicle diagnosis database, and generating and transmitting vehicle management information to the telematics terminal, wherein the telematics center comprises;

a service server having the vehicle diagnosis database for storing the diagnosis information on the states of each vehicle part, and receiving and storing the accumulation vehicle state information, checking the variation progress of the state values of each vehicle part of the received accumulation vehicle state information and searching for the corresponding diagnosis information with reference to the vehicle diagnosis database, and generating and transmitting the vehicle management information to the telematics terminak and

a Web server for providing the vehicle management information to a telematics terminal user who connects to a Web site of the telematics center through the personal communication terminal, wherein the service server comprises;

a vehicle management database for storing the accumulation vehicle state information and the vehicle management information;

the vehicle diagnosis database for storing the diagnosis information on various states of each vehicle part and countermeasure information to the diagnosis information;

a first data communication unit for performing a data communication with the telematics terminal through the mobile communication network; and

a center controller for receiving the accumulation vehicle state information through the first data communication unit, storing the received vehicle state information in the vehicle management database, checking the variation progress of the state values of each vehicle part of the received vehicle state information and searching for the corresponding diagnosis information with reference to the vehicle diagnosis database, and generating and transmitting the vehicle management information to the telematics terminal.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the telematics terminal comprises:

a brake driver for detecting a brake press, and generating a brake press signal;

a vehicle diagnosis unit connected with the brake driver and a sensor of each vehicle part, and measuring the vehicle state and generating the vehicle state information;

a storage unit for storing the vehicle state information and vehicle repair information;

a wireless communication unit for performing a wireless data communication with the telematics center under predetermined control; and

a telematics controller for measuring the vehicle state through the vehicle diagnosis unit at each first period, accumulating and storing the measured vehicle state in the storage unit during the second period, and transmitting accumulated and stored accumulation vehicle state information through the wireless communication unit.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the vehicle diagnosis unit calculates a braking distance by the brake press signal inputted from the braking driver.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein the vehicle state information comprises a RPM (revolution per minute), the braking distance, and a time-based average running speed.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the first period is one day.

6. The system according to claim 4, wherein the second period is one month.

7. The system according to claim 5, wherein the second period is one month.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle diagnosis database further comprises season-based vehicle management information, and when a season is changed, season vehicle management information of a corresponding season is further included in a vehicle management information message and is transmitted to the telematics terminal.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the service server further comprises:

an input tin it for inputting a character and a numeral; and

a display unit for displaying the vehicle state information and the inputted numeral and character, and

receives the diagnosis information on the accumulation vehicle state information from a vehicle expert, and generates the vehicle management information.

10. A vehicle management system in a telematics system connected with a personal communication terminal through an Internet network, the vehicle management system comprising:

a telematics terminal for measuring and storing a vehicle state at each first period, transmitting stored vehicle state information, and receiving and displaying predetermined vehicle management information; and

a telematics center having a vehicle diagnosis database for storing diagnosis information on states of each vehicle part, and connected with the telematics terminal through a mobile communication network, and receiving the vehicle state information at each first period from the telematics terminal, accumulating and storing the received vehicle state information during a second period, checking a variation progress of state values of each vehicle part of the received vehicle state information and searching for corresponding diagnosis information with reference to the vehicle diagnosis database, and generating and transmitting vehicle management information to the telematics terminal, wherein the telematics center comprises;

a service server having the vehicle diagnosis database for storing the diagnosis information on the states of each vehicle pail, and receiving the vehicle state information at each first period, accumulating and storing the received vehicle state information during the second period, checking the variation progress of the state values of each vehicle pail of the accumulation vehicle state information and searching for the corresponding diagnosis information with reference to the vehicle diagnosis database, and generating and transmitting the vehicle management information to the telematics terminal; and

a Web server for providing the vehicle management information to a telematics terminal user who connects to a Web site of the telematics center through the personal communication terminal, wherein the service server comprises;

a vehicle management database for storing the accumulation vehicle state information and the vehicle management information;

the vehicle diagnosis database for storing the diagnosis information on various states of each vehicle part and countermeasure information to the diagnosis information;

a first data communication unit for performing a data communication with the telematics terminal through the mobile communication network; and

a center controller for receiving the accumulation vehicle state information through the first data communication unit, storing the received accumulation vehicle state information in the vehicle management database, accumulating the vehicle state information received at each first period, checking the variation progress of the state values of each vehicle part of the received vehicle state information and searching for the corresponding diagnosis information with reference to the vehicle diagnosis database, and generating and transmitting the vehicle management information to the telernatics terminal.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein the telematics terminal comprises:

a brake driver for detecting a brake press, and generating a brake press signal;

a vehicle diagnosis unit connected with the brake driver and a sensor of each vehicle part, and measuring the vehicle state and generating the vehicle state information;

a storage unit for storing the vehicle state information and vehicle repair information;

a wireless communication unit for performing a wireless data communication with the telematics center under predetermined control; and

a telematics controller for measuring and storing the vehicle state through the vehicle diagnosis unit at each first period, and transmitting the stored vehicle state information through the wireless communication unit.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein the vehicle diagnosis unit calculates a braking distance by the brake press signal inputted from the braking driver.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the vehicle state information comprises a RPM (revolution per minute), the braking distance, and a time-based average running speed.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein the first period is one day.

15. The system according to claim 13, wherein the second period is one month.

16. The system according to claim 14, wherein the second period is one month

17. The system according to claim 10, wherein the vehicle diagnosis database further comprises season-based vehicle management information. and when a season is changed, season vehicle management information of a corresponding season is further included in a vehicle management information message and is transmitted to the telematics terminal.

18. The system according to claim 17, wherein the service server further comprises:

an input unit for inputting a character and a numeral; and

a display unit for displaying the vehicle state information and the inputted numeral and character, and

receives the diagnosis information on the accumulation vehicle state information from a vehicle expert, and generates the vehicle management information.

19. A vehicle management method in a telematics system having a telematics terminal, a telematics center connected with the telematics terminal through a mobile communication network and having a vehicle diagnosis database for storing diagnosis information on states of each vehicle part, and a personal communication terminal connected with the telematics terminal through an Internet network, the method comprising:

a first step of, in the telematics terminal, measuring a vehicle state at each first period, accumulating and storing the measured vehicle state during a second period, and transmitting accumulated and stored accumulation vehicle state information;

a second step of, in the telematics center connected with the telematics terminal through a mobile communication network, receiving the accumulation vehicle state information from the telematics terminal, storing the received accumulation vehicle state information, checking a variation progress of state values of each vehicle part of the received accumulation vehicle state information and searching for corresponding diagnosis information with reference to the vehicle diagnosis database, and generating and transmitting vehicle management information to the telematics terminal; and

a third step of, in the telematics terminal, receiving and displaying the vehicle management information, wherein the second step comprising the steps of;

determining whether or not the accumulation vehicle state information is received;

upon reception of the accumulation vehicle state information, checking the variation progress of the states of each vehicle part of the received accumulation vehicle state information and searching for corresponding diagnosis information and countermeasure information with reference to the vehicle diagnosis database, and generating the vehicle management information; and

transmitting the vehicle management information to the telematics terminal.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the first step comprising the steps of:

measuring and storing the vehicle state at each first period;

performing the measuring and storing, and accumulating and storing the vehicle state information during the second period; and

transmitting the accumulation vehicle state information accumulated for the second period, to the telematics center.