MOBILE DEVICE SYSTEM FOR REMOTE STARTING AND MANAGEMENT OF A VEHICLE

• US 20170151928A1
• Filed: 03/06/2015
• Published: 06/01/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyungpook National University
• Original Assignee: Kyungpook National University
• Inventors: KANG, Soon Ju, LEE, JaeShin, LEE, Jae Geun
• Granted Patent: US 10,166,948 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2025/1013 Alarm systems characterised by the type of warning signal, e.g. visual, audible
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/01 operating on vehicle systems or fittings, e.g. on doors, seats or windscreens
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/04 operating on the propulsion system, e.g. engine or drive motor
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/10 actuating a signalling device
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/1001 Alarm systems associated with another car fitting or mechanism, e.g. door lock or knob, pedals features related to the general power supply B60R25/1018
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/2045 by hand gestures
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/209 Remote starting of engine
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/24 using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00373 whereby the wake-up circuit is situated in the lock

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal system for the remote starting and management of a vehicle, and provides a mobile terminal system for the remote starting and management of a vehicle, the system comprising: a wrist watch terminal provided in a wrist watch form, generating a response signal by being converted from an idle state into an activated state when a wake-up signal wirelessly transmitted from the outside is received, wirelessly transmitting the response signal to the outside, and performing a task for communicating with a vehicle on the basis of a real-time operating system; and a vehicle terminal provided to the vehicle, wirelessly transmitting the wake-up signal to the outside of the vehicle, receiving the response signal wirelessly transmitted from the wrist watch terminal by responding to the wake-up signal, and controlling an operation of the vehicle by analyzing the response signal.

Claims

1. A mobile device system for remote starting and management of a vehicle comprising:

a wrist watch device provided in a wrist watch form, the wrist watch device being configured to be converted from an idle state into an activated state to generate a response signal when a wake-up signal wirelessly transmitted from the outside is received, wirelessly transmit the response signal to the outside, and execute a task for communicating with a vehicle on the basis of a real-time operating system; and

a vehicle device provided in the vehicle, the vehicle device being configured to wirelessly transmit the wake-up signal to the outside of the vehicle, receive the response signal wirelessly transmitted from the wrist watch device in response to the transmitted wake-up signal, and analyze the response signal to control an operation of the vehicle.

2. The mobile device system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle device is configured to transmit the wake-up signal comprising an identifying ID of the vehicle and having different pattern for each of operations of the vehicle, to control different operations of the vehicle.

3. The mobile device system of claim 2, wherein the wrist watch device comprises received signal analysis part configured to analyze a pattern of the wake-up signal, and

wherein the wrist watch device is configured to transmit a response signal corresponding to the analyzed pattern to the vehicle.

4. The mobile device system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle device comprises at least one low frequency transmitter configured to transmit the wake-up signal having a frequency of 10-150kHz, and wherein the wrist watch device comprises a low frequency receiver configured to receive the wake-up signal having a frequency of 10-150 kHz.

5. The mobile device system of claim 1, wherein the wrist watch device comprises a wireless communication part configured to perform wireless communication with the vehicle device and a status converter part, the status converter part being configured to convert the wireless communication part into the activated state according to the wakeup signal, and activate a function corresponding to a pattern of the wake-up signal.

6. The mobile device system of claim 1, wherein the wrist watch device comprises:

a received signal strength measurement part configured to measure a received signal strength of the wake-up signal; and

a wrist watch control part configured to generate the response signal comprising the received signal strength, wherein the vehicle device comprises;

a response signal strength measurement part configured to measure a response signal strength of the response signal; and

a vehicle control part, the vehicle control part being configured to recognize a distance between the wrist watch device and the vehicle based on the received signal strength and the response signal strength, and open a door or a trunk of the vehicle or start the vehicle depending on the recognized distance.

7. The mobile device system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle device is configured to transmit the wake-up signal having a predetermined pattern to transmit a vehicle information to the wrist watch device, and

wherein the wrist watch device is configured to recognize a pattern of the wake-up signal to stop an executing task and a wireless communication connection with other device, and set a wireless communication connection with the vehicle device to receive the vehicle information.

8. The mobile device system of claim 7, wherein the wrist watch device comprises:

a vehicle information management part, the vehicle information management part being configured to display the vehicle information on a display part; and

an alarm part configured to generate an alarm depending on the vehicle information by at least one selected from a speaker and a vibration motor.

9. The mobile device system of claim 7, wherein the vehicle information comprises at least one selected from a door opening status, a startup status, a fuel status, a light lamp status, a tire pressure status, and a vehicle usage record.

10. The mobile device system of claim 1, wherein the wrist watch device is configured to send the response signal comprising an unique ID to the vehicle device, and

wherein the vehicle device is configured to open the door or trunk, or start the vehicle, after performing an user authentication using the unique ID.

11. The mobile device system of claim 10, wherein the wrist watch device further comprises at least one selected from a motion recognition part and a speech recognition part, wherein the motion recognition part is configured to recognize a predetermined user'"'"'s gesture, and the speech recognition part is configured to recognize a predetermined user'"'"'s speech or voiceprint, and wherein the wrist watch device additionally authenticates whether a user is authenticated to the vehicle or not by at least one selected from the motion recognition part and the speech recognition part.

12. The mobile device system of claim 1, wherein the wrist watch device comprises a vehicle environment setting part configured to set a vehicle environment information corresponding to a user, and send the vehicle environment information to the vehicle device.

13. The mobile device system of claim 12, wherein the vehicle environment information comprises at least one selected from a seat, a back mirror, a side mirror, and a navigation record of the vehicle.

14. The mobile device system of claim 12, wherein the vehicle device is configured to control an environment of the vehicle depending on the vehicle environment information.

15. The mobile device system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle device comprises a location recognition part configured to recognize a location of the vehicle, and is configured to send a location information of the vehicle to the wrist watch device when an ignition of the vehicle is switched off, and

wherein the wrist watch device comprises a vehicle parking location information provider configured to display the location information of the vehicle on a display part.

16. The mobile device system of claim 1, wherein the wrist watch device is configured to save a vehicle information of each of a plurality of vehicles respectively, and transmit the response signal to the outside to control an operation of a corresponding vehicle by using the vehicle information.

17. The mobile device system of claim 1, wherein the wrist watch device is configured to:

remotely receive a vehicle information and a restricted time information saved in a different device to temporarily control or manage the vehicle remotely in restricted time, or remotely transmit the restricted time information and the vehicle information to the different device for the different device to remotely control or manage the vehicle temporarily in a restricted time.

18. A wrist watch device provided in a wrist watch form, the wrist watch device being configured to:

be converted from an idle state into an activated state when a wake-up signal wirelessly transmitted from a vehicle is received, to generate a response signal, wirelessly transmit the response signal to the outside, and

execute a task for communicating with the vehicle on the basis of a real-time operating system.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein the wrist watch device has multiple task management function, the multiple task management function comprising:

receiving the wake-up signal transmitted in different patterns depending on operations from the vehicle;

recognizing a pattern of the wake-up signal to stop a task communicating with another device or a task performing another work;

setting a wireless communication connection with a vehicle device provided in the vehicle to receive a vehicle information; and

executing the stopped task.

20. The device of claim 18, wherein the wrist watch comprises:

a wireless communication part configured to perform a wireless communication with a vehicle device provided in the vehicle;

a status converter part configured to convert the wireless communication part into an activated state depending on the wake-up signal to activate a function corresponding to a pattern of the wake-up signal;

a received signal strength measurement part configured to measure a received signal strength of the wake-up signal;

a wrist watch control part configured to generate the response signal comprising the received signal strength;

a vehicle information management part configured to display a vehicle information, which is received from the vehicle device, on a display part;

an alarm part configured to generate an alarm depending on the vehicle information by at least one selected from a vibrating motor or a speaker; and

a vehicle environment setting part configured to set a vehicle environment information corresponding to a user.