Selective message presentation by in-vehicle computing system

• US 9,381,813 B2
• Filed: 03/24/2014
• Issued: 07/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Harman International Industries Incorporated (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Harman International Industries Incorporated (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Hampiholi, Vallabha Vasant, Ganapathy, Girisha
• Primary Examiner(s): Addy, Anthony
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nam, Ki Ha
• Application Number:
  US14/223,077
• Publication Number:
  US 20150266377A1
• Time in Patent Office: 834 Days
• Field of Search: 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 455/466, 455/569.2, 455/575.9, 455/99, 455/238.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/023 for transmission of signals between vehicle parts or subsystems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/226 Delivery according to priorities
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 for in-vehicle communication

Abstract

Embodiments are disclosed for selectively presenting received messages in a vehicle via an in-vehicle computing system. In some embodiments, a method of selectively presenting the received messages includes extracting information of a received message and determining an operating condition of the vehicle. The method further includes selectively presenting the received message based on the operating condition of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A method of selectively presenting received messages in a vehicle via an in-vehicle computing system, the method comprising:

extracting information of a received message;

determining an operating condition of the vehicle;

assigning a priority to the received message based on one or more of the extracted information and the operating condition of the vehicle, the priority being selectively updated based on a change in the operating condition of the vehicle;

insert the received message into an ordered list of received messages based on the priority of the received message, the ordered list being re-ordered responsive to receiving a new message and responsive to detecting a change in the operating condition of the vehicle; and

selectively presenting the information of the received message from the ordered list in order of priority based on a selected operating condition of the vehicle being satisfied, the received messages from the ordered list being continuously presented in order of priority until the selected operating condition of the vehicle is no longer satisfied.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the extracting includes extracting text, the method further comprising inserting the received message in an ordered list of received messages based upon the prioritization, and wherein selectively presenting the received message includes presenting a first received message in the ordered list of received messages, the first received message having a highest priority assignment, the ordered list of received messages being continuously re-ordered as the operating condition of the vehicle changes.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising processing the extracted text of the received message to determine whether the extracted text includes keywords corresponding to a calendar item of a user of the in-vehicle computing system, wherein received messages that include keywords corresponding to a calendar item are prioritized higher than received messages that do not include keywords corresponding to a calendar item.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising determining one or more of a sender and other receivers of the received messages and prioritizing the message based upon the determined sender and other receivers, the ordered list of received messages being continuously re-ordered as new messages are received.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising processing the extracted text of the received message to determine whether the extracted text includes keywords corresponding to routing information of the vehicle or vehicle-specific keywords, wherein received messages that include keywords corresponding to the routing information or vehicle-specific keywords are prioritized higher than received messages that do not include keywords corresponding to the routing information or vehicle-specific keywords.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the operating condition of the vehicle includes a vehicle speed, and wherein selectively presenting the received message includes automatically presenting the received message responsive to determining that the vehicle speed is below a speed threshold and not presenting the received message when one or more vehicle operating conditions are not satisfied, the one or more vehicle operating conditions including the vehicle speed being above the speed threshold.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the speed threshold is dynamically determined based on one or more of a measured vehicle speed and a predicted vehicle speed, the speed threshold being set to the measured and/or predicted vehicle speed responsive to the measured and/or predicted vehicle speed changing by less than a threshold for a period of time.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising determining the predicted vehicle speed based upon one or more of traffic signal information, real-time traffic status, historical data, and information from one or more other vehicles.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising overriding the selective presentation of the received message by presenting the received message responsive to user input requesting a presentation of the received message regardless of the operating condition of the vehicle, and wherein selectively presenting the information of the received message comprises presenting the information of the received message via an output device selected based on one or more of a type of received message and the operating condition of the vehicle.

10. The method of claim 2, wherein the extracting includes extracting text, and wherein the operating condition of the vehicle includes routing information from a navigation system of the in-vehicle computing system indicating one or more of a location of the vehicle, a destination of the vehicle, and a route of the vehicle, the method further comprising interpreting semantics of the message based on the operating condition of the vehicle and prioritizing the received message based on the interpreted semantics of the message.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising processing the extracted text of the received message to determine whether the extracted text includes keywords corresponding to the routing information and wherein selectively presenting the received message includes presenting the received message if the extracted text includes one or more keywords corresponding to the routing information and not presenting the received message if the extracted text does not include one or more keywords corresponding to the routing information.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the extracting includes extracting text, and wherein selectively presenting the received message includes performing a text to speech conversion to the extracted text of the received message to form speech data representing the received message and audibly presenting the speech data via one or more speakers in the vehicle.

13. An in-vehicle computing system of a vehicle, the in-vehicle computing system comprising:

a display;

a processor;

a storage device that stores instructions executable by the processor to;

extract text of received messages;

identify senders and/or receivers of the received messages;

prioritize the received messages based on the extracted text and the identified senders and/or receivers to assign a priority to each received message;

insert the received messages into an ordered list based on the priority of each received message, the ordered list being re-ordered responsive to receiving a new message and responsive to detecting a change in an operating condition of the vehicle; and

selectively present the received messages from the ordered list in order of priority based on a selected operating condition of the vehicle being satisfied, the received messages from the ordered list being continuously presented in order of priority until the selected operating condition of the vehicle is no longer satisfied.

14. The in-vehicle computing system of claim 13, wherein the instructions are further executable to determine whether the extracted text includes keywords related to a social networking profile of a user of the in-vehicle computing system and prioritize received messages that include keywords corresponding to the social networking profile as higher than received messages that do not include keywords corresponding to the social networking profile.

15. The in-vehicle computing system of claim 13, wherein the instructions are further executable to prioritize the received messages based on an operating condition of the vehicle.

16. The in-vehicle computing system of claim 13, further comprising an inter-vehicle system communication module communicatively connected to one or more speakers of the vehicle, the instructions further executable to present the received message audibly via the one or more speakers of the vehicle.

17. The in-vehicle computing system of claim 13, wherein selectively presenting the received messages includes selectively presenting the received messages visually via the display of the in-vehicle computing system.

18. An in-vehicle computing system of a vehicle, the in-vehicle computing system comprising:

a display;

a processor; and

a storage device that stores instructions executable by the processor to;

extract text of a received message;

prioritize the received message based on the extracted text to assign a priority to the received message;

insert the received message in an ordered list of received messages, a position of the received message in the ordered list being selected based upon the priority of the received message;

reorder the ordered list responsive to receiving a new message and responsive to detecting a change in an operating condition of the vehicle; and

selectively present a first received message of the ordered list based on the priority of the first received message and based on a selected operating condition of the vehicle being satisfied, the received messages from the ordered list being continuously presented in order of priority until the selected operating condition of the vehicle is no longer satisfied.

19. The in-vehicle computing system of claim 18, wherein the instructions are further executable to determine the operating condition of the vehicle based upon information received from a controller area network (CAN) bus of the vehicle.

20. The in-vehicle computing system of claim 18, further comprising an external device interface communicatively connected to one or more of another in-vehicle computing system of another vehicle, an infrastructure associated with one or more routes of the vehicle, and a camera service, the instructions further executable to determine the operating condition of the vehicle based upon information received from the other vehicle, the infrastructure, and/or the camera service via the external device interface.