Inspection managing apparatus, inspection system, and inspection method for integrated multimedia of vehicle

• US 9,478,078 B2
• Filed: 11/25/2014
• Issued: 10/25/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Cho, Joon Kwon
• Primary Examiner(s): Olszewski, John R
• Assistant Examiner(s): McPherson, James M
• Application Number:
  US14/554,030
• Publication Number:
  US 20150348338A1
• Time in Patent Office: 700 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/021 adopting a different treatment of each operating region or a different mode of the monitored system, e.g. transient modes; different operating configurations of monitored system
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2205/02 using a vehicle scan tool
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/08 Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle or waiting time
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0808 Diagnosing performance data testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements

Abstract

An inspection system for an integrated multimedia of a vehicle includes: a wireless connector mounted in the vehicle; and a communication terminal requesting pairing with the integrated multimedia of the vehicle through a short range wireless communication using the wireless connector, and determining at least one of whether a phonebook is transmitted, whether a call sound is transmitted and received, and whether short range wireless communication is performed, by inspecting the integrated multimedia for the vehicle in the state in which the communication terminal is paired with the integrated multimedia of the vehicle through the short range wireless communication.

Claims

1. An inspection system for integrated multimedia of a vehicle, comprising:

a wireless connector mounted in the vehicle; and

a communication terminal (i) requesting pairing with the integrated multimedia of the vehicle through a short range wireless communication using the wireless connector, and (ii) determining at least one of whether a phonebook is transmitted, whether a call sound is transmitted and received, and whether short range wireless communication is performed, by inspecting the integrated multimedia for the vehicle while the communication terminal is paired with the integrated multimedia of the vehicle through the short range wireless communication,

wherein the communication terminal (i) requests a call using an arbitrary phone number in a phonebook list, (ii) accepts a call through the short range wireless communication, (ii) outputs a first inspection speech to the microphone of the vehicle through the speaker of the docking station in a call connected state, (iv) receives the first inspection speech through the microphone of the docking station in the state in which the communication terminal is paired with the integrated multimedia through the short range wireless communication, and (v) compares the output first inspection speech with the received first inspection speech to determine whether the call sound is transmitted and received.

2. The inspection system of claim 1, further comprising:

a docking station on which the communication terminal is mounted and which fixes the communication terminal to the vehicle.

3. The inspection system of claim 2, wherein

the docking station includes:

a speaker outputting inspection speech under control of the communication terminal; and

a microphone receiving the inspection speech from the integrated multimedia of the vehicle.

4. The inspection system of claim 3, wherein

the communication terminal transmits the phonebook list to the integrated multimedia of the vehicle to determine whether the phonebook is transmitted.

5. The inspection system of claim 3, wherein

the communication terminal (i) outputs a second inspection speech through the speaker of the docking station in the state in which the communication terminal is paired with the integrated multimedia of the vehicle through the short range wireless communication, (ii) receives the second inspection speech by the microphone of the docking station through the speaker of the vehicle, and (iii) compares the output second inspection speech with the received second inspection speech to determine whether the short range wireless communication is performed.

6. The inspection system of claim 1, wherein

the wireless connector (i) requests address information of the integrated multimedia of the vehicle, (ii) receives the address information from the integrated multimedia of the vehicle, and (iii) transmits the address information to the communication terminal when the wireless connector receives an address information request of the integrated multimedia of the vehicle from the communication terminal.

7. The inspection system of claim 1, wherein

the communication terminal receives an identification code of the vehicle through a code recognition unit of the docking station and stores and manages inspection results for each identification code.

8. An inspection managing apparatus for integrated multimedia of a vehicle, comprising:

a wireless connector mounted in the vehicle;

a docking station mounted in the vehicle; and

a communication terminal mounted in the docking station, requesting pairing with the integrated multimedia of the vehicle through a short range wireless communication using the wireless connector, and inspecting the integrated multimedia of the vehicle in a state in which the communication terminal is paired with the integrated multimedia of the vehicle through the short range wireless communication,

wherein the communication terminal (i) transmits a phonebook list to the integrated multimedia of the vehicle to determine whether the phonebook is transmitted, (ii) outputs a first inspection speech to the integrated multimedia of the vehicle in a call connected state with an arbitrary telephone number in the phonebook list, (iii) determines whether a call sound is transmitted and received based on the first inspection speech, (iv) outputs a second inspection speech to the integrated multimedia of the vehicle in a state in which the communication terminal is paired with the integrated multimedia of the vehicle through the short range wireless communication, and (v) determines whether the short range wireless communication is performed based on the second inspection speech.

9. The inspection managing apparatus of claim 8, wherein the docking station includes:

a main body having a seating part on which the communication terminal is mounted;

a microphone formed at the main body;

a speaker formed at the main body; and

a stand fixing the main body to the vehicle.

10. The inspection managing apparatus of claim 9, wherein

the docking station further includes a connection terminal which is formed at a lower end of the seating part and connects among the microphone, the speaker, and the communication terminal.

11. The inspection managing apparatus of claim 9, wherein

the docking station further includes a code recognition unit which is formed at one side of the main body and recognizes an identification code for the vehicle.

12. An inspection method for integrated multimedia of a vehicle by a communication terminal, comprising steps of:

requesting pairing with the integrated multimedia of the vehicle through a short range wireless communication using a wireless connector;

performing the pairing with the integrated multimedia of the vehicle through the short range wireless communication when the pairing is accepted through the short range wireless communication;

transmitting a phonebook list to the integrated multimedia for the vehicle to determine whether a phonebook is transmitted;

outputting a first inspection speech in a call connected state with an arbitrary telephone number in the phonebook list and determining whether a call sound is transmitted and received based on the first inspection speech;

outputting a second inspection speech to the integrated multimedia of the vehicle through the short range wireless communication and determining whether the short range wireless communication is performed based on the second inspection speech; and

releasing the pairing with the integrated multimedia of the vehicle through the short range wireless communication.

13. The inspection method of claim 12, wherein

the step of requesting the pairing with the integrated multimedia of the vehicle through short range wireless communication includes steps of:

requesting address information of the integrated multimedia of the vehicle through the wireless connector;

receiving the address information from the integrated multimedia of the vehicle through the wireless connector; and

requesting pairing with the integrated multimedia of the vehicle through the short range wireless communication using the address information.

14. The inspection method of claim 12, wherein

the step of determining whether the call sound is transmitted and received includes steps of:

outputting the first inspection speech to a microphone of the vehicle;

receiving the first inspection speech from the integrated multimedia of the vehicle through the short range wireless communication;

comparing the output first inspection speech with the received first inspection speech; and

determining that the call sound is transmitted and received through the short range wireless communication when the output first inspection speech is the same as the received first inspection speech.

15. The inspection method of claim 12, wherein

the step of determining whether the short range wireless communication is performed includes steps of:

transmitting the second inspection speech to the integrated multimedia for the vehicle in the state in which the communication terminal is paired with the integrated multimedia of the vehicle through the short range wireless communication;

receiving the second inspection speech from a speaker of the vehicle;

comparing the output second inspection speech with the received second inspection speech; and

determining that the short range wireless communication is performed when the output second inspection speech is the same as the received second inspection speech.

16. The inspection method of claim 12, further comprising a step of,

recognizing an identification code of the vehicle prior to the performing of the pairing with the integrated multimedia of the vehicle through the short range wireless communication.

17. The inspection method of claim 12, further comprising a step of, storing an inspection result including at least one of a determination result of whether the phonebook is transmitted, a determination result of whether the call sound is transmitted and received, and a determination result of whether the short range wireless communication is performed after determining whether the short range wireless communication is performed.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions which causes a communication terminal to perform the steps of the inspection method of claim 12.