Vehicle information providing terminal, portable terminal, and operating method thereof

• US 9,674,332 B2
• Filed: 08/31/2015
• Issued: 06/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Infobank Corp.
• Original Assignee: Infobank Corp.
• Inventors: Kang, Hong Suk, Ah, Ji Hoon, Hong, Jong Cheol
• Primary Examiner(s): DEAN, JR, JOSEPH E
• Application Number:
  US14/840,563
• Publication Number:
  US 20160182701A1
• Time in Patent Office: 645 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3822 specially adapted for use in vehicles H04B1/3827 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6091 including a wireless interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

Provided is a vehicle interface providing terminal including: a wireless communication unit configured to receive a call signal transmitted from a base station; a terminal information collection unit configured to collect terminal information of other callable terminals; a vehicle interface generator configured to provide a vehicle interface to a vehicle information providing terminal and provide a selection list through the vehicle interface based on the terminal information when the call signal is received; and a call voice relay unit configured to relay a voice signal between a second terminal selected in the selection list and the base station, in which the call voice relay unit transmits the voice signal received from the base station and transmits the voice signal received from the second terminal to the base station, when the second terminal is selected.

Claims

1. A first mobile terminal providing a graphic user interface (UI) to a vehicle interface providing terminal comprising:

a wireless communication unit comprising a short range communication module and a mobile communication module and receiving a call signal transmitted from a base station through the mobile communication module;

a terminal information collection unit collecting terminal information of other callable terminals which are connected to the short range communication module of the first mobile terminal;

a vehicle interface generator providing the graphic user interface of a vehicle interface to the vehicle information providing terminal and providing a selection list through the vehicle interface based on the terminal information when the call signal is received; and

a call voice relay unit relaying a voice signal of a remote call between a second mobile terminal selected in the selection list and the base station,

wherein the call voice relay unit transmits through the short range communication module a voice signal received from the base station through the mobile communication module and transmits a voice signal received through the short range communication module from the second mobile terminal to the base station through the mobile communication module, while the remote call is being provided by the second mobile terminal'"'"'s accepting the remote call.

2. The first mobile terminal providing a graphic user interface (UI) to a vehicle interface providing terminal of claim 1, wherein

the vehicle interface generator further includes

a driving state determination unit generating driving state information for determining whether the driver is able to receive a call;

and

a UI determination unit determining a UI providing method of the vehicle interface based on the driving state information.

3. The first mobile terminal providing a graphic user interface(UI) to a vehicle interface providing terminal of claim 2, wherein the UI determination unit a direct call selection is provided through the vehicle interface in the case where it is determined that the driver is able to receive a call based on the driving state information.

4. The first mobile terminal providing a graphic user interface(UI) to a vehicle interface providing terminal of claim 2, wherein the UI determination unit determines the UI providing method of the vehicle interface as any one method of touch, voice recognition, and motion recognition and limits a partial function of the vehicle interface according to the driving state information.

5. The first mobile terminal providing a graphic user interface(UI) to a vehicle interface providing terminal of claim 1, wherein the call voice relay unit further includes a controller blocking a microphone input and a call voice output of the terminal or the vehicle information providing terminal.

6. A callable terminal including a microphone and positioned in a vehicle, the terminal comprising:

a wireless communication unit communicating through a short range communication module with a first mobile terminal providing a vehicle interface to a vehicle information providing terminal of the vehicle;

a terminal information providing unit providing terminal information to the first mobile terminal when a request for retrieving the callable terminal is received from the first mobile terminal;

an output unit outputting a remote call request message when a remote call request signal is received from the first terminal through the wireless communication unit; and

a user input unit receiving whether the remote call request message is accepted,

wherein the wireless communication unit receives a voice signal transmitted from the first mobile terminal and transmits a voice signal input through the microphone to the first mobile terminal when the remote call request is accepted, and

wherein a wireless communication unit of the first mobile terminal comprises a short range communication module and a mobile communication module,

wherein a call voice relay unit of the first mobile terminal relays a voice signal of the remote call between the callable terminal and the base station,

wherein the call voice relay unit of the first mobile terminal transmits through the short range communication module a voice signal received from the base station through the mobile communication module and transmits a voice signal received through the short range communication module from the callable terminal to the base station through the mobile communication module, while the remote call is being provided by the callable mobile terminal'"'"'s accepting the remote call.

7. The callable terminal of claim 6, wherein the terminal information providing unit transmits the terminal information through the short range communication module included in the wireless communication unit, and the terminal information includes at least one of information on a callable state and terminal identification information.

8. A vehicle information providing terminal comprising:

an interface unit connected with a first mobile terminal providing a vehicle interface;

an output unit receiving and outputting the vehicle interface provided to the interface unit and providing a selection list through the vehicle interface when a call signal is received by the first mobile terminal; and

a user input unit receiving a selection input for selecting a callable second mobile terminal from the selection list,

wherein the interface unit transfers the selection input to the first mobile terminal receiving the call signal for a remote call between the first mobile terminal receiving the call signal and the second mobile terminal, and

wherein the first mobile terminal further comprises;

a wireless communication unit comprises a short range communication module and a mobile communication module and receives a call signal transmitted from a base station through the mobile communication module, and

a call voice relay unit relays a voice signal of a remote call between the second mobile terminal, and

wherein the call voice relay unit transmits through the short range communication module a voice signal received from the base station through the mobile communication module and transmits a voice signal received through the short range communication module from the second mobile terminal to the base station through the mobile communication module, while the remote call is being provided by the second mobile terminal'"'"'s accepting the remote call.

9. The vehicle information providing terminal of claim 8, wherein the output unit provides a direct call selection through the vehicle interface when the driver is able to make a direct call.

10. The vehicle information providing terminal of claim 8, wherein the user input unit receives a selection input for selecting the second terminal in the selection list by using any one method of touch, voice recognition, and motion recognition.

11. The vehicle information providing terminal of claim 8, further comprising:

a vehicle information detection unit detecting at least one of a driving velocity of the vehicle, driving recording information, a driving state of the vehicle, and surrounding situation information of the vehicle to provide the detected information to the output unit.