Vehicle control apparatus and method using private medical information, and mobile terminal

• US 9,164,956 B2
• Filed: 02/28/2013
• Issued: 10/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Jun-Hyung, So, Young-Wan, Lee, Jong-Hyo
• Primary Examiner(s): MARC-COLEMAN, MARTHE Y
• Application Number:
  US13/781,036
• Publication Number:
  US 20130226372A1
• Time in Patent Office: 964 Days
• Field of Search: 701/1, 701/2, 701/36, 370/331, 705/2, 705/3
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0064 using a remote, e.g. cordless, transmitter or receiver unit, e.g. remote keypad or mobile phone
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0085 Setting or resetting initial positions
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/22 Psychological state; Stress level or workload
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/221 Physiology, e.g. weight, heartbeat, health or special needs
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/45 External transmission of data to or from the vehicle
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/70 relating to mental therapies, e.g. psychological therapy or autogenous training
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A vehicle control apparatus and method using private medical information, and a mobile terminal are provided. An optimized driving environment is provided by searching controllable vehicle control nodes in a vehicle, upon reception of a driver'"'"'s private medical information; determining if there is vehicle control information for controlling the searched vehicle control node; and controlling the vehicle control nodes using vehicle control information that corresponds to the received driver'"'"'s private medical information if there is the vehicle control information for controlling the searched control nodes.

Claims

1. A vehicle control apparatus using a driver'"'"'s medical information, the apparatus comprising:

a transceiver configure to transmit/receive vehicle information used to control a vehicle; and

a vehicle controller configure to;

search vehicle control nodes to be controlled in the vehicle upon reception of the driver'"'"'s medical information from a medical information server;

select at least one vehicle control node that corresponds to the driver'"'"'s medical information from among the searched vehicle control nodes;

identify vehicle control information for controlling the selected at least one vehicle control node from among vehicle control information received from a vehicle control information server; and

control the selected at least one vehicle control node using the identified vehicle control information.

2. The vehicle control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the vehicle controller obtains the vehicle control information from the vehicle control information server having pieces of vehicle control information predetermined to correspond to at least a piece of medical information, if there is no vehicle control information for controlling the searched vehicle control node.

3. The vehicle control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the vehicle controller, at a request of a mobile terminal for a control nodes list of the vehicle control nodes, transfers the requested control nodes list to the mobile terminal via the transceiver.

4. The vehicle control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the vehicle controller, upon reception of a vehicle control command in response to the vehicle control information via the transceiver, controls the searched vehicle control node according to the received vehicle control command.

5. A mobile terminal for controlling a vehicle using a driver'"'"'s medical information, the mobile terminal comprising:

a transceiver configure to transmit/receive information used to control a vehicle;

a terminal controller configure to;

obtain the driver'"'"'s medical information for adjustment of a driving condition from a medical information server having the driver'"'"'s medical information;

obtain a control nodes list of controllable vehicle control nodes in the vehicle from a head unit of the vehicle;

obtain vehicle control information predetermined to correspond to at least one piece of medical information from a vehicle control information server;

generate a vehicle control command to control the vehicle control nodes according to the vehicle control information in response to the obtained driver'"'"'s medical information; and

send the generated vehicle control command to the head unit.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the terminal controller identifies vehicle control information for the obtained control nodes list in response to the obtained driver'"'"'s medical information.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the terminal controller forwards the driver'"'"'s medical information obtained from the medical information server to the head unit.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the terminal controller obtains the control nodes list from the head unit;

sends a request for the driver'"'"'s medical information to the medical information server;

receives the vehicle control information that corresponds to the driver'"'"'s medical information from the medical information server; and

forwards the vehicle control information to the head unit.

9. A vehicle control method using a driver'"'"'s medical information, the method comprising:

searching, by a vehicle controller, vehicle control nodes to be controlled in a vehicle upon reception of the driver'"'"'s medical information from a medical information server;

selecting, by the vehicle controller, at least one vehicle control node that corresponds to the driver'"'"'s medical information from among the searched vehicle control nodes;

identifying vehicle control information for controlling the selected at least one vehicle control node from among vehicle control information received from a vehicle control information server; and

controlling, by the vehicle controller, the selected at least one vehicle control node using the identified vehicle control information.

10. The vehicle control method of claim 9, further comprising:

obtaining, by the vehicle controller, the vehicle control information from the vehicle control information server having pieces of vehicle control information predetermined to correspond to at least a piece of medical information, if there is no vehicle control information for controlling the searched vehicle control node.

11. The vehicle control method of claim 9, further comprising:

transferring, by the vehicle controller, at a request of a mobile terminal for a control nodes list of the vehicle control nodes in the vehicle, the requested control nodes list to the mobile terminal.

12. The vehicle control method of claim 9, further comprising:

controlling, by the vehicle controller, upon reception of the vehicle control information that corresponds to the driver'"'"'s medical information, the searched vehicle control node using the received vehicle control information.

13. The vehicle control method of claim 9, further comprising:

controlling, by the vehicle controller, upon reception of a vehicle control command in response to the vehicle control information, the searched vehicle control node according to the received vehicle control command.

14. A method of controlling a vehicle using a driver'"'"'s medical information in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

obtaining, by a terminal controller, the driver'"'"'s medical information for adjustment of a driving condition from a medical information server having the driver'"'"'s medical information;

obtaining, by the terminal controller, a control nodes list of controllable vehicle control nodes in the vehicle from a head unit of the vehicle;

obtaining, by the terminal controller, vehicle control information predetermined to correspond to at least one piece of medical information from a vehicle control information server;

generating, by the terminal controller, a vehicle control command to control the vehicle control nodes according to the vehicle control information in response to the obtained driver'"'"'s medical information; and

sending, by the terminal controller, the generated vehicle control command to the head unit.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein controlling the vehicle control nodes comprises,

identifying, by the terminal controller, the vehicle control information for the obtained control nodes list in response to the obtained driver'"'"'s medical information.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

forwarding, by the terminal controller, the driver'"'"'s medical information obtained from the medical information server to the head unit.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

obtaining, by the terminal controller, the control nodes list from the head unit, sending a request for the driver'"'"'s medical information to the medical information server, and receiving the vehicle control information that corresponds to the driver'"'"'s medical information from the medical information server; and

forwarding the received vehicle control information to the head unit.