Method and system for remotely controlling telematics unit of vehicle

• US 9,801,230 B2
• Filed: 12/05/2014
• Issued: 10/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Chun, Chang Woo
• Primary Examiner(s): Black, Thomas G
• Assistant Examiner(s): THOMAS, ANA D
• Application Number:
  US14/562,186
• Publication Number:
  US 20160075293A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,054 Days
• 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: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/25 Maintenance of established connections

Abstract

A method for remotely controlling a telematics unit (TMU) of a vehicle includes: receiving, by a telematics multimedia system (TMS) center, login information of a vehicle remote control application of a user terminal using a vehicle remote control service; transmitting, by the TMS center, a wake-up message for enabling the TMU of the vehicle to the TMU of the vehicle as soon as the login information is received; and transmitting, by the TMS center, a remote control signal for controlling the TMU of the vehicle to the TMU of the vehicle after the wake-up message is transmitted.

Claims

1. A method for remotely controlling a telematics unit (TMU) of a vehicle, comprising:

receiving, by a telematics multimedia system (TMS) center, login information of a vehicle remote control application of a user terminal using a vehicle remote control service;

transmitting, by the TMS center, to the TMU of the vehicle, a wake-up message for enabling the TMU of the vehicle when the login information is received; and

transmitting, by the TMS center, to the TMU of the vehicle, a remote control signal for controlling the TMU of the vehicle after the wake-up message is transmitted,

wherein the TMS center classifies use pattern information of the user terminal collected from an access to the TMS center by the user terminal or a user and transmits the wake-up message to the TMU of the vehicle based on the classified use pattern information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the use pattern information includes information on types of services, position, and use time of the user terminal using the vehicle remote control service.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the classifying of the use pattern information of the user terminal is executed with k-nearest neighbor (KNN) algorithms.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the remote control service included in the use pattern information classified by the KNN algorithms includes a remote wake-up on service, a remote wake-up off service, a door lock service, a door unlock service, a horn and light operation service, a light operation service, and a parking position confirming service.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein in the case in which the TMU of the vehicle enters a sleep state, the TMS center again transmits the wake-up message for enabling the TMU of the vehicle.

6. A method for remotely controlling a TMU of a vehicle, comprising:

transmitting, by a TMS center, to the TMU of the vehicle, a wake-up message for enabling the TMU of the vehicle based on use pattern information of a user terminal using a vehicle remote control service;

receiving, by the TMS center, login information and authentication information of a vehicle remote control application of the user terminal after the wake-up message is transmitted to the TMU of the vehicle; and

transmitting, by the TMS center, to the TMU of the vehicle, a remote control signal for controlling the TMU of the vehicle after the login information and the authentication information are received,

wherein the TMS center classifies use pattern information of the user terminal collected from an access to the TMS center by the user terminal or a user and transmits the wake-up message to the TMU of the vehicle based on the classified use pattern information.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the use pattern information includes information on types of services, position, and use time of the user terminal using the vehicle remote control service.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the use pattern information is N high ranking pattern information frequently used among pattern information executing the vehicle remote control service.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the TMS center and the TMU of the vehicle maintain wireless communication therebetween during a wireless communication connection maintaining time having the highest likelihood among wireless communication connection maintaining times between the TMS center and the TMU of the vehicle executed by the N high ranking pattern information.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions, execution of which causes a processor to perform the method of claim 6.

10. A system for remotely controlling a TMU of a vehicle, comprising:

a user terminal receiving login information;

a TMS center transmitting a wake-up message when the TMS center receives the login information from the user terminal; and

the TMU of the vehicle enabled in response to the wake-up message,

wherein the TMS center classifies use pattern information of the user terminal collected from an access to the TMS center by the user terminal or a user and transmits the wake-up message to the TMU of the vehicle based on the classified use pattern information.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the use pattern information includes information on types of services, position, and use time of the user terminal using a vehicle remote control service.