Methods and systems for vehicle display data integration with mobile device data

• US 10,286,798 B1
• Filed: 08/22/2016
• Issued: 05/14/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Emerging Automotive, LLC
• Original Assignee: Emerging Automotive, LLC
• Inventors: Penilla, Angel A., Penilla, Albert S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Brushaber, Frederick M
• Application Number:
  US15/243,933
• Time in Patent Office: 995 Days
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Abstract

Methods and systems are provided, for sharing mobile device applications with a vehicle computer. One example method includes detecting a mobile device present in a vehicle, by a vehicle computer of the vehicle and generating a user interface on a display screen of the vehicle, as instructed by the vehicle computer. The method further includes identifying by the vehicle computer, a plurality of native applications of the vehicle for the user interface and identifying a plurality of mobile device applications from the mobile device for the user interface, while the mobile devices is present in the vehicle. The method enables system controls, using the vehicle computer, to enable access to the plurality of native applications and the plurality of mobile device applications, the system controls including one or more of button inputs of the vehicle, touch screen inputs via the user interface of the display screen of the vehicle, and voice input via microphones of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A method for integrating mobile device data with a vehicle, comprising:

providing a connection for the vehicle via an on-board computer to the Internet, the connection being predefined to a server of a cloud services for the vehicle, the cloud services is configured to manage user accounts to enable one or more vehicles to connect with the cloud services, and a user account is registered for a user and the user account saves custom settings for the vehicle of the user;

detecting, by the on-board computer, a mobile device present in the vehicle, pairing the mobile device with the on-board computer using credentials saved by the on-board computer from a previous paring or pairing the mobile device with the on-board computer via a pairing routine executed between the on-board computer and the mobile device;

automatically transferring, by the on-board computer, data associated with a mobile device application for rendering content to a display screen of the vehicle when paired, the mobile device is configured to access the Internet, separate from access by the on-board computer, to exchange data for the mobile device application;

identifying, by the on-board computer, a plurality of native applications of the vehicle for the display screen of the vehicle; and

providing, by the on-board computer, the data associated with the mobile device application and the plurality of native applications for rendering on the display screen of the vehicle in accordance with one or more the custom settings obtained from the user account of the user.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising,

enabling a user interface of the display screen, by the on-board computer, the user interface providing input access to any one of the plurality of native applications and the mobile device application;

processing, by the on-board computer, an input for the mobile device application via the display screen of the vehicle, such that processing associated with the input for the mobile device application is processed via the mobile device; and

processing, by the on-board computer, an input for one of the plurality of native applications via the display screen of the vehicle, such that processing associated with the input for the native application is processed via the on-board computer of the vehicle.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user account is accessible from the server of the cloud services to enable changes to the custom settings, the custom settings being synchronized to and from one or both of the mobile device and the on-board computer of the vehicle.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the user interface includes a plurality of icons that identify at least one of the native applications and the mobile device application, the icons being rendered on the display screen of the vehicle to enable interaction via at least one of a touch screen, or a voice input, or a button input, or a gesture input.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the credentials include information received from one or more of user input via the display screen, or prior saved input, or voice input, or facial recognition, or eye-retina scans, or fingerprint scans, or a combination of biometrics, or a touch surface defined on the display screen, or a glass of the vehicle, or a door, or dashboard, or an interface surface of the vehicle.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein mobile device application is selected from a set of mobile device applications installed on or accessible from the mobile device,

wherein select ones of the mobile device applications being pre-identified as safe by data read by the on-board computer or the server, or being identified as allowed by settings in the user account,

wherein pre-identified as safe requires that an application does not enable interaction that has been identified to cause distraction of a driver of the vehicle while the vehicle is in a drive mode, or is determined to be moving.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the display screen of the vehicle includes one or more of a main dashboard display, or a center console display, or a combined main dashboard and center console display, or a glass surface display, or a windshield display, or a window display, or a touch surface display, or a headrest display, or a movable display, or a wireless display, or a wire-connected display.

8. The method of claim 2, further comprising,

saving a history of inputs received via the on-board computer of the vehicle;

processing the history of inputs to learn patterns of the inputs;

automatically programming or requesting permission to program one or more features of at least one of the applications based on the learned patterns.

9. The method of claim 2, further comprising,

processing a history of inputs, associated with the user account, to learn patterns of the inputs, the learned patterns identifying information of factors of when the inputs were made;

and

providing a query to the user interface or audio output of the vehicle that requests a decision by an occupant of the vehicle in order to change a setting of the vehicle, based on the learned patters and a current state.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising,

associating biometrics to the user account, the biometrics being used to monitor use of the vehicle or determine if a user interface is to be enabled, or if a guest user interface is to be enabled, or if a public user interface is to be enabled;

wherein the biometrics include one or more of image data of a driver'"'"'s face, a passenger'"'"'s face, a fingerprint, a retina scan, a signature, a voice/audio signature, a gesture, a user input, a login, a key, or a paring device.