System and method of facilitating communication between a mobile device and vehicle computer system

• US 9,992,317 B2
• Filed: 02/16/2015
• Issued: 06/05/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Elliott, Doron M., Hermiz, Sena, Frischmuth, Florian
• Primary Examiner(s): PATEL, DHAVAL V
• Application Number:
  US14/623,413
• Publication Number:
  US 20160241695A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,205 Days
• Field of Search: 4555692, 4554042, 455411, 455418, 455447, 4555561, 4554564, 340254, 340347
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6091 including a wireless interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/74 with voice recognition means

Abstract

A vehicle computer system comprising a wireless transceiver configured to communicate with a mobile device. The vehicle computer system further includes a processor in communication with the wireless transceiver. The processor is configured to transmit a request to the mobile device to activate a voice recognition session of the mobile device, determine an inhibition status of the voice recognition session based feedback to the request, and transmit a resolution instruction relating to a inhibition status of the voice recognition session.

Claims

1. A vehicle computer system comprising:

a wireless transceiver configured to communicate with a mobile device;

a processor in communication with the wireless transceiver, configured to;

(i) transmit a voice recognition (VR) request to the mobile device to activate a voice recognition session of the mobile device;

(ii) determine an error status of the VR session based on feedback from the mobile device related to the VR request not capable of activating the VR session of the mobile phone based upon an error on the mobile device;

(iii) output a resolution instruction relating to the error status of the VR session.

2. The vehicle computer system of claim 1, wherein the resolution instruction includes an operation instruction for operating the mobile device.

3. The vehicle computer system of claim 1, wherein the error status includes an indication that operation of the mobile device is locked.

4. The vehicle computer system of claim 3, wherein the resolution instruction includes an operation instruction for unlocking operation of the mobile device.

5. The vehicle computer system of claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured to transmit the operation instruction for unlocking the mobile device via a human interface device profile using the wireless transceiver.

6. The vehicle computer system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle computer system further includes a vehicle display and the processor is further configured to output the resolution instruction to the vehicle display.

7. The vehicle system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle computer system further includes a vehicle speaker and the processor is further configured to output the resolution instruction to the vehicle speaker.

8. The vehicle computer system of claim 1, wherein the feedback is a response or a lack of response to the request.

9. The vehicle computer system of claim 1, wherein the VR session utilizes input and output components of the vehicle computer system.

10. A method, comprising:

connecting with a mobile device via a wireless transceiver;

transmitting a voice recognition (VR) request to the mobile device to activate a voice recognition session of the mobile device;

determining an error status of the VR session based on feedback from the mobile device related to the VR request not capable of activating the VR session of the mobile phone based upon an error on the mobile device; and

outputting a resolution instruction relating to the error status of the VR session.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the resolution instruction includes an operation instruction for unlocking the mobile device.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the method further includes outputting the resolution instruction to a vehicle display.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the method further includes outputting the resolution instruction to a vehicle speaker.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the resolution instructions includes an operation instruction for operating the mobile device.

15. A mobile device comprising:

a processor in the mobile device configured to, in response to receiving a voice recognition (VR) request from a vehicle computer system to activate a VR session on the mobile device,

transmit feedback regarding an error status indicating the VR request not being capable of activating the VR session due to a mobile device error; and

output a resolution instruction to the vehicle computer system relating to the error status.

16. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the feedback includes a response or a lack of response to the VCS.

17. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the resolution instruction includes an operation instruction for operating the mobile device.

18. The mobile device of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to:

(i) utilize the operation instruction for operating a function of the mobile device as related to the mobile device error; and

(iii) activate the VR session upon executing instructions to operate the function.

19. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the resolution instruction is received from the vehicle computer system via a human interface device profile.

20. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to determine an inhibition status of the VR session.