Method of operating AVN, AVN, and vehicle including the same

• US 9,973,911 B2
• Filed: 11/21/2016
• Issued: 05/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Lee, Ki Ra, Lee, Seong Jin
• Primary Examiner(s): SIVJI, NIZAR N
• Application Number:
  US15/357,381
• Publication Number:
  US 20170171734A1
• Time in Patent Office: 540 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/0027 Post collision measures, e.g. notifying emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/00 Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks safety belts or body harnesses in vehicles B60R22/00; devices, apparatus or methods for life-saving in general A62B; safety devices for propulsion unit control specially adapted for, or arranged in, vehicles B60K28/00; seats constructed to protect the occupant from the effect of abnormal g-forces, e.g. crash or safety seats, B60N2/42; energy-absorbing arrangements for hand wheels for steering vehicles B62D1/11; energy-absorbing arrangements for vehicle steering columns B62D1/19; harnessing in aircraft B64D25/00
• 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: H04M 1/6083 by interfacing with the vehicle audio system
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72421 with automatic activation of emergency service functions, e.g. upon sensing an alarm
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

A method of operating audio, video, navigation (AVN), an AVN, and a vehicle including the same are disclosed. The method includes determining whether a vehicle speaker and a vehicle microphone connected to the AVN is abnormal when a car accident occurs, releasing pairing with a paired terminal and performing role change of changing the terminal to a hands-free unit (HF) when at least one of the vehicle speaker and the vehicle microphone is abnormal, and performing voice call using a speaker and microphone of the terminal.

Claims

1. A method of operating an audio, video, navigation (AVN), the method comprising:

determining whether a vehicle speaker and a vehicle microphone connected to the AVN are operational when a car accident occurs;

releasing pairing with a paired terminal and performing role change of changing the terminal to a hands-free unit (HF) when at least one of the vehicle speaker and the vehicle microphone is not operational; and

performing, by the AVN, voice call using a speaker and microphone of the terminal after the role change is completed,

wherein the role change is an operation of exchanging functions of the AVN and the terminal with each other such that the AVN operates as an audio gateway (AG) and the terminal operates as the HF.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving an automatic crash notification (ACN) signal or an SOS (save or ship) signal to detect whether the car accident occurs.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising determining whether a terminal Bluetooth-paired with the AVN is present when the at least one of the vehicle speaker and the vehicle microphone is not operational,

wherein the pairing is released and performing the role change when the paired terminal is present.

4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising:

determining whether a peripheral terminal from which a discovery signal is detected is contained in a basic pairing list when the paired terminal is not present; and

performing forcible pairing with the peripheral terminal when the peripheral terminal is contained in the basic pairing list.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the peripheral terminal on which the forcible pairing is to be performed is determined according to priority of the basic pairing list when a plurality of peripheral terminals are contained in the basic pairing list.

6. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

determining whether the peripheral terminal is contained in an emergency pairing list when the peripheral terminal is not contained in the basic pairing list; and

performing forcible pairing with the peripheral terminal when the peripheral terminal is contained in the emergency pairing list.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the peripheral terminal on which the forcible pairing is to be performed is determined according to priority of the emergency pairing list when a plurality of peripheral terminals are contained in the emergency pairing list.

8. The method according to claim 6, further comprising transmitting, to a telematics center, information indicating that the speakers and the microphones of the vehicle and the peripheral terminal are not available to be used when the peripheral terminal is not contained in the emergency pairing list.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising, after the performing of the role change, transmitting, to a telematics center, information indicating that voice call is performed through the speaker and the microphone of the terminal.

10. An audio, video, navigation (AVN) for providing an SOS save our ship) service, the AVN comprising:

a central controller for determining whether a vehicle speaker and a vehicle microphone connected to the AVN is operational upon a detection that a car accident occurs; and

a local area communication module for releasing pairing with a paired terminal and performing role change of changing the terminal to a hands-free unit (HF) in response to a determination that at least one of the vehicle speaker and the vehicle microphone is not operational,

wherein the central controller performs voice call using a speaker and microphone of the terminal after the role change is completed,

wherein the role change is an operation of exchanging functions of the AVN and the terminal with each other such that the AVN operates as an audio gateway (AG) and the terminal operates as the HF.

11. The AVN according to claim 10, wherein the central controller detects that the car accident occurs upon receiving an automatic crash notification (ACN) signal or an SOS (save our ship) signal.

12. The AVN according to claim 10, wherein:

the central controller determines whether a terminal Bluetooth-paired with the AVN is present in response to the determination that the at least one of the vehicle speaker and the vehicle microphone is not operational; and

the local area communication module release the pairing and performs the role change in response to a determination that the paired terminal is present.

13. The AVN according to claim 12, wherein:

the local area communication module determines whether a peripheral terminal from which a discovery signal is detected is contained in a basic pairing list in response to a determination that the paired terminal is not present; and

the local area communication module performs forcible pairing with the peripheral terminal in response to a determination that the peripheral terminal is contained in the basic pairing list.

14. The AVN according to claim 13, wherein the peripheral terminal on which the forcible pairing is to be performed is determined according to priority of the basic pairing list in response to a determination that a plurality of peripheral terminals are contained in the basic pairing list.

15. The AVN according to claim 13, wherein:

the local area communication module determines whether the peripheral terminal is contained in an emergency pairing list in response to a determination that the peripheral terminal is not contained in the basic pairing list; and

the local area communication module performs forcible pairing with the peripheral terminal in response to a determination that the peripheral terminal is contained in the emergency pairing list.

16. The AVN according to claim 15, wherein the peripheral terminal on which the forcible pairing is to be performed is determined according to priority of the emergency pairing list in response to a determination that a plurality of peripheral terminals are contained in the emergency pairing list.

17. The AVN according to claim 15, wherein the central controller transmits, to a telematics center, information indicating that the speakers and the microphones of the vehicle and the peripheral terminal are not available to be used in response to a determination that the peripheral terminal is not contained in the emergency pairing list.

18. The AVN according to claim 10, wherein the central controller transmits, to a telematics center, information indicating that voice call is performed through the speaker and the microphone of the terminal after performing the role change.

19. A vehicle comprising the AVN installed therein according to claim 10.

20. An audio, video, navigation (AVN) for providing an SOS (save our ship) service, the AVN comprising:

a central controller for determining whether a vehicle speaker and a vehicle microphone connected to the AVN is operational and, according to a result of the determination, transmitting, to a telematics center, audio state information on whether the vehicle speaker and the vehicle microphone are operational in response to a detection that a car accident occurs; and

a local area communication module for releasing pairing with a paired terminal and performing role change of changing the terminal to a hands-free unit (HF) in response to a determination that the at least one of the vehicle speaker and the vehicle microphone is not operational,

wherein the central controller performs voice call using a speaker and microphone of the terminal after the role change is completed,

wherein the role change is an operation of exchanging functions of the AVN and the terminal with each other such that the AVN operates as an audio gateway (AG) and the terminal operates as the HF.