Vehicle information processing system and method

• US 10,013,823 B2
• Filed: 09/09/2013
• Issued: 07/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lim, Hun
• Primary Examiner(s): Olszewski, John
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ziaeianmehdizadeh, Navid
• Application Number:
  US14/021,442
• Publication Number:
  US 20140074318A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,758 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/20 involving the use of a pass
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 Grouping of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

A vehicle information processing system performed by using an external apparatus and method are provided. The vehicle information processing method performed by using an external apparatus connected to a vehicle includes identifying a control authority of an external apparatus, which is connected to the vehicle, for communication between the external apparatus and the vehicle, transmitting service information that may be used according to the identified control authority, and executing a service, according to the transmitted service information, that is selected by the external apparatus, by using a processor which is included in the external apparatus.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a vehicle, the method comprising:

generating, using a hardware processor of the vehicle, a first certification key about a first external device of a main user of the vehicle and a second certification key about a second external device of a sub-user of the vehicle;

setting, using the hardware processor of the vehicle, a first control authority of the first external device based on the first certification key and a second control authority of the second external device based on the second certification key;

determining whether an external device is the first external device or the second external device using a certification key of the external device connected to the vehicle;

identifying, using the hardware processor of the vehicle, a service list to be provided by the vehicle corresponding to the first control authority or the second control authority, the service list stored in a memory of the vehicle;

transmitting, using a transceiver of the vehicle, the service list and application information related to the service list to the external device connected to the vehicle;

receiving, using the transceiver of the vehicle, identification information of a service selected by the external device among the service list from the external device connected to the vehicle;

transmitting, using the transceiver of the vehicle, an application file from the vehicle to the external device, the application file used for executing the selected service;

receiving, using the transceiver of the vehicle, a control information regarding the service from the external device connected to the vehicle;

controlling, using the hardware processor of the vehicle, the service according to the identification information of the service and the control information regarding the service received from the external device connected to the vehicle, and

providing the service using one or more components of the vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying of the control authority of the external device comprises receiving certification information from the external device and identifying a control authority that corresponds to the received certification information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the certification information comprises a key value for distinguishing the main user from the sub-user of a vehicle.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the service may be at least one of a service regarding safety of the vehicle and a service for a convenience function that is provided by a vehicle, and

if a user who corresponds to the received certification information is the main user of the vehicle, the control authority corresponding to the received certification information is an authority for controlling the service regarding safety of the vehicle.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the service regarding the safety of the vehicle comprises a service that provides at least one of an automatic vehicle driving function and a drowsy driving prevention function, and

wherein the service regarding the convenience function, which is provided by the vehicle, comprises a service for at least one of a function of adjusting an indoor temperature of the vehicle, a navigation function, a voice recognition function, a content play function, and a phone call function.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing apparatus information to the external device, the apparatus information being about an internal apparatus of the vehicle for outputting a result of the executing of the selected service, and

wherein a result of the executing of the selected service by using a processor of the external device is output by the internal apparatus of the vehicle.

7. An apparatus of a vehicle, the apparatus controlling a service and comprising:

a transceiver configured to communicate with an external device;

a memory, and

a hardware processor configured to;

generate a first certification key about a first external device of a main user of the vehicle and a second certification key about a second external device of a sub-user of the vehicle;

set a first control authority of the first external device based on the first certification key and a second control authority of the second external device based on the second certification key;

determine whether an external device is the first external device or the second external device using a certification key of the external device connected to the vehicle;

identify a service list to be provided by the vehicle corresponding to the first control authority or the second control authority, the service list stored in the memory;

control the transceiver to;

transmit the service list and application information related to the service list to the external device connected to the vehicle,

receive an identification value of a service selected by the external device based on the service list from the external device connected to the vehicle,

transmit an application file from the vehicle to the external device, the application file used for executing the selected service, and

receive a control information regarding the service from the external device connected to the vehicle,

control the service according to the identification information of the service and the control information regarding the service received from the external device connected to the vehicle, and

provide the service using one or more components of the vehicle.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the transceiver receives certification information from the external device and identifies a control authority that corresponds to the received certification information.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the certification information comprises a key value for distinguishing the main user from the sub-user of a vehicle.

10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the service may be at least one of services regarding safety of the vehicle and services for a convenience function that is provided by a vehicle, and

if a user who corresponds to the received certification information is the main user of the vehicle, the control authority corresponding to the received certification information is an authority for controlling the service regarding safety of the vehicle.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the services regarding the safety of the vehicle comprises a service that provides at least one of an automatic vehicle driving function and a drowsy driving prevention function, and

wherein the services regarding the convenience function, which is provided by the vehicle, comprises a service for at least one of a function of adjusting an indoor temperature of the vehicle, a navigation function, a voice recognition function, a content play function, and a phone call function.