Smart device vehicle integration

• US 9,870,696 B2
• Filed: 01/05/2015
• Issued: 01/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Aich, Sudipto, Feldman, Casey Bryan, Seagraves, Jamel, Redda, Yonathan Aklilu
• Primary Examiner(s): Torres, Juan A
• Application Number:
  US14/589,458
• Publication Number:
  US 20160196731A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,107 Days
• Field of Search: 34053917
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence

Abstract

A vehicle computing system includes at least one processor configured to communicate with a remote smoke detector device includes a smart device interface configured to provide access to the remote smoke detector device, a scripting application configured to utilize the smart device interface to execute scripting settings to manage the remote smoke detector, and a user interface of the scripting application configured to output one or more messages from the remote smoke detector.

Claims

1. A vehicle computing system comprising:

a processor including

a smart device interface configured to provide the vehicle computing system with access to a remote smoke detector device,

a scripting application configured to utilize the smart device interface to execute scripting settings to manage the remote smoke detector device, and

a user interface of the scripting application configured to output one or more messages from the remote smoke detector device when vehicle conditions satisfy predefined criteria, wherein the scripting settings output at the user interface display at least one of an unlock door request and open garage door request based on the one or more messages.

2. The vehicle computing system of claim 1, wherein the remote smoke detector device is at least one of a smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector exposed by network-connected smart devices over a network accessible to the smart device interface.

3. The vehicle computing system of claim 1, wherein the predefined criteria include a vehicle speed threshold acceptable for the output of the one or more messages at the user interface.

4. The vehicle computing system of claim 1, wherein the one or more messages includes at least one of a smoke alert notification and a carbon monoxide alert notification.

5. The vehicle computing system of claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured to, in response to the smoke alert notification, output to the user interface a warning message and an emergency contact number.

6. The vehicle computing system of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to establish a connection to the emergency contact number based on input received at the user interface.

7. A system comprising:

a user interface display; and

at least one vehicle processor in communication with a remote smoke detector device, the at least one vehicle processor configured to,

in response to receiving an alert message from the remote smoke detector, and vehicle speed being below a threshold, output an unlock door request or an open garage door request at the user interface display.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the at least one vehicle processor is further configured to communicate with a transceiver to establish the communication with the remote smoke detector, the transceiver configured to connect to the remote smoke detector device via a network connection.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the alert message is based on a detection of smoke or carbon monoxide by the remote smoke detector device.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the at least one vehicle processor is further configured to transmit an unlock door request to a remote locking system in response to user input from the user interface display.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the at least one vehicle processor is further configured to establish a connection to an emergency contact number based on input received at the user interface.

12. A remote smoke detection method comprising:

establishing, via a vehicle computing system (VCS), a communication link associated with a remote smoke detector device;

communicating information with the remote smoke detector device via the communication link;

receiving an emergency notification from the remote smoke detector device based on the information; and

outputting an unlock door or open garage door request at the display based on the emergency notification if current vehicle operating conditions satisfy predetermined criteria.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising configuring one or more remedial actions for the remote smoke detector device at the display.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the one or more remedial actions are at least one of an unlock door request, and an open garage door request.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the current vehicle operating conditions comprise a current vehicle speed and the predetermined criteria comprise a vehicle speed threshold acceptable for the output of the one or more remedial actions at the display.