VEHICLE SETTING SHARING SYSTEM

• US 20130151035A1
• Filed: 06/12/2012
• Published: 06/13/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Lee, So Jin, Kim, Min Su, Yun, Jeong Gi, Park, Kang Won, Kim, Nak Hyun, Kim, Sun Min, Yang, Chang Min
• Application Number:
  US13/494,555
• Publication Number:
  US 20130151035A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/2
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/037 for occupant comfort , e.g. for automatic adjustment of appliances according to personal settings, e.g. seats, mirrors, steering wheel

Abstract

Disclosed is a vehicle setting sharing system and, more particularly, to a vehicle setting sharing system, which applies vehicle settings, which have been provided for a driver'"'"'s vehicle, to another person'"'"'s vehicle as well as to the driver'"'"'s vehicle to improve the convenience of the driver. The vehicle setting sharing system includes a storage medium configured to store vehicle settings of respective drivers, and a function setting unit configured/structured to receive the vehicle settings of respective drivers from the storage medium and reset functions of a function-executing vehicle based on the stored vehicle settings.

Claims

1. A vehicle setting sharing system, comprising:

a storage medium configured and structure to store one or more personal vehicle settings of one or more respective drivers; and

a function setting unit configured to receive the personal vehicle settings of respective drivers from the storage medium and automatically reset functions of a function-executing vehicle based on the personal vehicle settings.

2. The vehicle setting sharing system according to claim 1, wherein the function setting unit comprises:

a control unit configured to receive the personal vehicle settings of respective drivers from the storage medium; and

an execution unit configured to execute function setting of the vehicle based on the personal vehicle settings provided from the control unit.

3. The vehicle setting sharing system according to claim 1, wherein the storage medium is connected to a function setting unit of a relevant vehicle via either a wired or wireless communication.

4. The vehicle setting sharing system according to claim 1, wherein the storage medium is a portable device configured to store information.

5. The vehicle setting sharing system according to claim 1, wherein the storage medium is a remote server connected to the function setting unit via wireless communication.

6. The vehicle setting sharing system according to claim 2, wherein the control unit converts data related to personal vehicle settings received from the storage medium to conform to an environment of a vehicle to which the vehicle settings are to be applied.

7. The vehicle setting sharing system according to claim 1, wherein the function setting unit is configured to transmit vehicle settings for a relevant vehicle to the storage medium.

8. The vehicle setting sharing system according to claim 2, wherein the control unit transmits the vehicle settings to the storage medium.

9. The vehicle setting sharing system according to claim 2, wherein the execution unit transmits the vehicle settings to the control unit.

10. A method of sharing personal vehicle settings with another vehicle, comprising:

storing, on a storage medium, one or more personal vehicle settings of one or more respective drivers;

receiving, by a function setting unit, the personal vehicle settings of respective drivers from the storage medium; and

automatically resetting functions, by the function setting unit, of a function-executing vehicle based on the personal vehicle settings.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising converting, by the function setting unit, data related to personal vehicle settings received from the storage medium to conform to an environment of a vehicle to which the vehicle settings are to be applied.

12. The method according to claim 10, further comprising transmitting the personal vehicle settings for a relevant vehicle to the storage medium by the function setting unit.

13. The vehicle setting sharing system according to claim 10, further comprising transmitting, by the function setting unit, the vehicle settings to the storage medium.

14. The vehicle setting sharing system according to claim 10, further comprising, transmitting, by an execution unit within the function setting unit the personal vehicle settings to a control unit within the function setting unit.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions executed by a processor or controller, the computer readable medium comprising:

program instructions configured to interpret and receive the personal vehicle settings of respective drivers from a storage medium that stores one or more personal vehicle settings of one or more respective drivers; and

program instructions that automatically reset functions of a function-executing vehicle based on the personal vehicle settings.