APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RUNNING CAR APPLICATION CONNECTED TO MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20140073308A1
• Filed: 08/27/2013
• Published: 03/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Sang-Don
• Granted Patent: US 9,363,647 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/046 involving vehicles, e.g. floating traffic data [FTD] or vehicle traffic prediction
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

Abstract

A method of running a car application connected to a mobile device is provided. The method includes determining, by the mobile device, whether a wireless charging event occurs; determining, by the mobile device, whether the mobile device is located in a car, if the wireless charging event occurs; and running the car application if the mobile device is determined to be located in the car.

Claims

1. A method of running a car application connected to a mobile device, the method comprising:

determining, by the mobile device, whether a wireless charging event occurs;

determining, by the mobile device, whether the mobile device is located in a car if the wireless charging event occurs; and

running the car application if the mobile device is determined to be located in the car.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the mobile device is located in the car comprises:

determining if company information included in a short-range wireless communication signal from a short-range wireless communication device connected to the mobile device is a car manufacturer; and

determining that the mobile device is located in the car if the company information is the car manufacturer.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the short-range wireless communication signal comprises at least one of a Bluetooth communication signal and a Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) communication signal.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the mobile device is located in the car comprises:

detecting an On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) interface through short-range communication with the mobile device; and

determining that the mobile device is located in the car if the OBD interface is detected.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein determining whether the mobile device is located in the car comprises:

determining whether Message Access Profile (MAP) is used in Bluetooth communication with the mobile device; and

determining that the mobile device is located in the car if the MAP is used.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless charging event includes one of a commencement of a charging of the mobile device and an interruption of an existing charging process.

7. A mobile device, comprising:

a wireless power receiver configured to wirelessly receive power to perform wireless charging;

a short-range wireless communication unit configured to perform short-range wireless communication with a head unit of a car; and

a controller configured to determine whether the mobile device is located in the car when a wireless charging event occurs and to run a car application if the mobile device is determined to be located in the car.

8. The mobile device of claim 7, wherein the controller determines that the mobile device is located in the car if company information included in a short-range communication signal from a short-range wireless communication device connected to the mobile device is a car manufacturer.

9. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the short-range wireless communication unit comprises at least one of a Bluetooth communication unit and a Wi-Fi communication unit.

10. The mobile device of claim 7, wherein the controller determines that the mobile device is located in the car if an OBD interface is detected through short-range wireless communication with the head unit.

11. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein the controller determines that the mobile device is located in the car if MAP is used in Bluetooth communication between the mobile device and the head unit.

12. The mobile device of claim 7, wherein the wireless charging event includes one of a commencement of a charging of the mobile device and an interruption of an existing charging process.