Server, vehicle control system, and vehicle control method thereof

• US 8,989,919 B2
• Filed: 01/07/2013
• Issued: 03/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jang, Young-shil, Rhee, Young-ho, Chang, Il-ku, Jin, Young-kyu
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheung, Mary
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sweeney, Brian P
• Application Number:
  US13/735,600
• Publication Number:
  US 20130190947A1
• Time in Patent Office: 806 Days
• Field of Search: 701/2, 701/36, 340/5.64, 340/5.31, 340/5.61, 340/5.6, 340/5.32
• US Class Current: 701/2
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/02 electric constitutive elements
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/037 for occupant comfort , e.g. for automatic adjustment of appliances according to personal settings, e.g. seats, mirrors, steering wheel
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/00 Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00

Abstract

A vehicle control method of a server is provided. The vehicle control method includes receiving, when a user terminal is connected, user information from the user terminal, searching for vehicle environment information corresponding to the user information, and controlling an environment of a vehicle using the searched vehicle environment information.

Claims

1. A vehicle control method of a server, the vehicle control method comprising:

analyzing, by the server, a distance between a user terminal and the vehicle based on information on a location of the user terminal and the vehicle;

receiving, at the server, when the analyzed distance is within a predetermined distance range, user information from the user terminal, the user information being one of body size of a user, user identification information and identification information of the user terminal;

searching, by the server, for vehicle component information corresponding to the user information, the vehicle component information comprising guide information on a seat that is provided in the vehicle; and

controlling, by the server, at least one component of a vehicle using the searched vehicle component information.

2. The vehicle control method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user information is a body size of a user, which is input through the user terminal.

3. The vehicle control method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the vehicle component information further comprises guide information on at least one of a rearview mirror a navigation system, a multimedia apparatus that is provided in the vehicle, and a temperature of the vehicle.

4. The vehicle control method as claimed in claim 1, wherein searching for the vehicle component information comprises searching for vehicle component information corresponding to the user information from an external data server.

5. A vehicle control method of a vehicle control system which comprises a server and a user terminal, the vehicle control method comprising:

analyzing, by the server, a distance between the user terminal and the vehicle based on information on a location of the user terminal and the vehicle;

transmitting, by the user terminal, user information to the server when the analyzed distance is within a predetermined distance range, the user information being one of body size of a user, user identification information and identification information of the user terminal;

receiving, by the server, the user information from the user terminal and searching for vehicle component information corresponding to the user information, the vehicle component information comprising guide information on a seat that is provided in the vehicle; and

controlling, by the server, at least one component of a vehicle using the searched vehicle component information.

6. The vehicle control method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the user information is input through a User Interface (UI) screen, which is provided by the user terminal according to a user command.

7. The vehicle control method as claimed in claim 5, wherein transmitting the user information occurs when the analyzed distance is within a predetermined distance range and a user command is input through a UI screen provided through the user terminal.

8. A server, comprising:

a communication unit which receives, when analyzed distance between a user terminal and the vehicle based on information on a location of the user terminal and the vehicle is within a predetermined distance range, user information from the user terminal, the user information being one of body size of a user, user identification information and identification information of the user terminal;

a search unit which searches for vehicle component information corresponding to the user information, the vehicle component information comprising guide information on a seat that is provided in the vehicle; and

a controller which generates a control signal to change at least one component of a vehicle using the searched vehicle component information and controls the vehicle.

9. The server as claimed in claim 8, wherein the user information is a body size of a user, which is input through the user terminal.

10. The server as claimed in claim 8, wherein the vehicle component information further comprises guide information on at least one of a rearview mirror, a navigation system, a multimedia apparatus that is provided in the vehicle, and a temperature of the vehicle.

11. The server as claimed in claim 8, wherein the search unit searches for vehicle component information corresponding to the user information from an external data server.

12. A vehicle control system, comprising:

a server which analyzes a distance between a user terminal and the vehicle based on information on a location of the user terminal and the vehicle; and

a user terminal which transmits user information to the server when the user terminal is located within a predetermined distance range from the vehicle, the user information being one of body size of a user, user identification information and identification information of the user terminal,

wherein the server searches for, when user information is received from the user terminal, vehicle component information corresponding to the user information and controls at least one component of a vehicle using the searched vehicle component information, the vehicle component information comprising guide information on a seat that is provided in the vehicle.

13. The vehicle control system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the user information is input through a User Interface (UI) screen, which is provided by the user terminal according to a user command.

14. The vehicle control system as claimed in claim 12, wherein transmitting the user information occurs when the analyzed distance is within a predetermined distance range and a user command is input through a UI screen provided by the user terminal.

15. The vehicle control system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the user information is at least one of a body size of a user and identification information of the user terminal, which are input through the user terminal.