Vehicle, driving assistance system and driving assistance device

• US 9,671,827 B2
• Filed: 05/30/2014
• Issued: 06/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Liao, Kuang-Yao
• Primary Examiner(s): AYNALEM, NATHNAEL B
• Application Number:
  US14/291,266
• Publication Number:
  US 20140354881A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,103 Days
• Field of Search: 348 49, 348148, 348376, 36167941, 345173
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/12 Mirror assemblies combined with other articles, e.g. clocks
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/02 for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2001/1284 with communication systems other than radio-receivers, e.g. keyless entry systems, navigation systems; with anti-collision systems
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0033 Rear-view mirrors
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/265 constructional aspects of navigation devices, e.g. housings, mountings, displays G01C21/3688 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display

Abstract

A driving assistance device includes a housing, a controller, a plug connector, and a power line. The controller is received in the housing and includes a microprocessor, a supply line, a signal line, and a storage module. The storage module is electrically coupled to the microprocessor. The plug connector is assembled within the housing, and electrically coupled to the microprocessor via the supply line and the signal line. The power line is electrically coupled to the supply line. The present disclosure further discloses a driving assistance system and a vehicle employing the driving assistance device.

Claims

1. A driving assistance device detachably coupled to a portable smart device, wherein the portable smart device executes recordings of images in front of a vehicle and recordings of sounds within the vehicle, the driving assistance device comprising:

a housing;

a controller received in the housing, the controller comprising;

a microprocessor, a supply line, a signal line, and a storage module electrically coupled to the microprocessor;

a plug connector electrically coupled to the microprocessor by the supply line and the signal line, wherein the plug connector is configured to be detached from the portable smart device, and electrically coupled to the portable smart device, whereby the plug connector charges the portable smart device; and

a power line electrically coupled to the supply line, wherein the microprocessor is configured to;

exchange signal data and the recordings with the portable smart device by the signal line and the plug connector,

transfer the signal data and the recordings to the storage module to be saved; and

receive electrical power from the power line;

wherein the housing contains a receiving chamber at an end of the housing, a first surface and a second surface at opposite sides of the first surface facing a windshield of the vehicle, the housing further contains an opening at the second surface, the opening is coupled to the receiving chamber, the receiving chamber is configured for receiving the portable smart device, the opening is configured for exposing part of the portable smart device, the plug connector is disposed in the receiving chamber, wherein a touch screen is assembled to the first surface for displaying images the same as the portable smart device, and a camera of the portable smart device is aligned with the opening on the second surface facing the windshield of the vehicle for recording the images in front of the vehicle.

2. The driving assistance device of claim 1, wherein the controller further comprises a detection module electrically coupled to the microprocessor, the touch screen electrically is coupled to the detection module, the touch screen is configured to generate a touch command, the detection module detects the touch command and transfers the touch command to the microprocessor, causing the microprocessor to control the portable smart device.

3. A driving assistance system, comprising:

a portable smart device, wherein the portable smart device executes recordings of images in front of a vehicle and recordings of sounds within the vehicle; and

a driving assistance device detachably coupled to the portable smart device, the driving assistance device comprising;

a housing;

a controller received within the housing, the controller comprising;

a microprocessor;

a supply line;

a signal line; and

a storage module electrically coupled to the microprocessor;

a plug connector assembled within the housing, and electrically coupled to the microprocessor by the supply line and the signal line; and

a power line electrically coupled to the supply line;

wherein the plug connector is configured to be detached from the portable smart device, and electrically coupled to the portable smart device, the microprocessor exchanges signal data and the recordings with the portable smart device by the signal line and the plug connector, and transfers the signal data and the recordings to the storage module to be saved, the microprocessor is capable of getting electrical power from the power line, and the plug connector charges the portable smart device;

wherein the housing contains a receiving chamber at an end of the housing, a first surface and a second surface at opposite sides of the first surface facing a windshield of the vehicle, the housing further contains an opening at the second surface, the opening is coupled to the receiving chamber, the receiving chamber is configured for receiving the portable smart device, the opening is configured for exposing part of the portable smart device, the plug connector is disposed in the receiving chamber, wherein a touch screen is assembled to the first surface for displaying images the same as the portable smart device, and a camera of the portable smart device is aligned with the opening on the second surface facing the windshield of the vehicle for recording the images in front of the vehicle.

4. The driving assistance device of claim 3, wherein the controller further comprises a detection module electrically coupled to the microprocessor, the touch screen is electrically coupled to the detection module, the touch screen is configured to generate a touch command, the detection module detects the touch command and transfers the touch command to the microprocessor, causing the microprocessor to control the portable smart device.

5. The driving assistance system of claim 3, wherein the driving assistance device further comprises a supporting member secured to the second surface of the housing, an end of the supporting member away from the housing is secured to the vehicle.

6. The driving assistance system of claim 3, wherein the portable smart device comprises a main body, a plug interface, and a camera lens, the plug interface and the camera lens are assembled to the main body, the main body and the plug interface are received in the receiving chamber, the camera lens is aligned to the opening of the second surface.

7. The driving assistance system of claim 6, wherein the main body comprises a processor, a user interface module, and a voice recognition module, the plug interface, the user interface module and the voice recognition module are electrically coupled to the processor, the touch screen is electrically coupled to the microprocessor, when the plug connector is electrically coupled to the plug interface, the processor is capable of transferring audio signal to the microprocessor, the microprocessor transfers the audio signal to the touch screen to enable the touch screen to display an image of the audio signal thereon.

8. The driving assistance system of claim 7, wherein driving assistance software downloaded from internet is installed in the portable smart device, when a touch command is generated by the touch screen, the microprocessor transfers the touch command to the processor of the portable smart device by the plug connector, the processor controls the user interface module to display an image of corresponding driving assistance software and start the driving assistance software to execute action according to the touch command, simultaneously, the processor sends a signal to the microprocessor, causing the microprocessor to control the touch screen to display images the same as the portable smart device displayed.

9. The driving assistance system of claim 7, wherein when the voice recognition module identifies a voice command from user, the voice recognition module sends the voice command to the processor, the processor controls the user interface module to display an image of corresponding driving assistance software and start the driving assistance software to execute actions according the voice command, the driving assistance software is capable of recording the image in front of the vehicle by the camera lens, and recording the sound within the vehicle by recording components of the portable smart device.