Method for providing integrated information to head unit of vehicle by using template-based UI, and head unit and computer-readable recoding media using the same

• US 8,880,331 B1
• Filed: 05/21/2014
• Issued: 11/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: OBIGO Inc.
• Original Assignee: OBIGO Inc.
• Inventors: Song, Hyung Woon, Kang, Shin Gyu, Kang, Won Hui
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Shelley
• Application Number:
  US14/283,645
• Time in Patent Office: 167 Days
• Field of Search: 701/400
• US Class Current: 701/400
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/005 with correlation of navigation data from several sources, e.g. map or contour matching G01C21/30 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3688 Systems comprising multiple parts or multiple output devices (not client-server), e.g. detachable faceplates, key fobs or multiple output screens
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 7/00 Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled logic circuits H03K19/00

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for integrating information on external application with information on internal application. The method includes steps of: (a) classifying information inputted from internal application and external application into either common information or specialized information; (b) deciding whether common information of the external application should be matched with that of the internal application by referring to a matching algorithm and then matching the common information of the external application with that of the internal application, if necessary, and matching the specialized information of the external application with that of the internal application; and (c) providing common information at states of being matched or unmatched according to the matching algorithm through the template and the matched specialized information through the template.

Claims

1. A method for integrating information on at least one external application stored in a mobile terminal connected with a head unit of a vehicle with information on at least one internal application built in the head unit of the vehicle and providing the integrated information by using a template-based user interface, comprising steps of:

(a) classifying respective pieces of information inputted from at least one internal application belonging to a specific category among all the internal applications connected with a template of the head unit and information inputted from at least one external application belonging thereto among all the external applications connected therewith into either common information or specialized information;

(b) deciding whether common information of the external application belonging to the specific category should be matched with that of the internal application belonging thereto by referring to a matching algorithm under a matching method, if being selected among (i) a full coordination matching method for matching the common information of the external application belonging to the specific category with that of the internal application belonging thereto and matching the specialized information of the external application belonging thereto with that of the internal application belonging thereto, (ii) a partial coordination matching method for requesting information on a selection of a user of the vehicle to be inputted as a condition for matching the common information of the external application belonging thereto with that of the internal application belonging thereto and matching the specialized information of the external application belonging thereto with that of the internal application belonging thereto, and (iii) a no coordination matching method for not matching the common information of the external application belonging thereto with that of the internal application belonging thereto and matching the specialized information of the external application belonging thereto with that of the internal application belonging thereto and matching the common information of the external application belonging thereto with that of the internal application belonging thereto, if necessary, and matching the specialized information of the external application belonging thereto with that of the internal application belonging thereto; and

(c) providing common information at states of being matched or unmatched according to the matching algorithm through the template and the matched specialized information through the template.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein one among (i) the full coordination matching method, (ii) the partial coordination method, and (iii) the no coordination matching method is selected by referring to policy information of the vehicle regarding applications belonging to the specific category.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the common information is preset by a maker of the head unit.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the specialized information is the other information excluding the common information inputted from the internal application and the external one.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the internal application and the external one belonging to the specific category are navigation applications.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the common information includes at least one piece of information on direction, speed, distance, location and time.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the specialized information includes at least one piece of information on traffic volume, GPS accuracy, lanes, map shape, and view modes.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of (b) includes the steps of:

(b1) classifying the multiple pieces of common information depending on types of pieces of information if matching the common information is necessary and classifying the multiple pieces of specialized information depending on types of pieces of information; and

(b2) deciding average value of the multiple pieces of common information as the matched common information if difference value comparing respective figures of multiple pieces of common information classified in the same type with a figure acquired through electronic device of the vehicle or difference value comparing an average figure of the multiple pieces of common information classified in the same type with the figure acquired therethrough less than a prefixed reference value or if variance value among figures of multiple pieces of common information classified in the same type is less than a certain reference value, and deciding average value of the multiple pieces of specialized information as the matched specialized information if variance value among figures of multiple pieces of specialized information classified in the same type is less than a predetermined reference value by referring to one of the difference values or the variance value.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the multiple pieces of specialized information are matched under one of (i) the full coordination matching method, (ii) the partial coordination matching method and (iii) the no coordination matching method after the multiple pieces of specialized information are filtered by using at least one of a security filter, a policy filter, a subdividing filter, an combining filter, and a classifying filter.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the steps of (a) through (c) are performed whenever a predecided time interval elapses or a predefined event occurs.

11. A head unit for integrating information on at least one external application stored in a mobile terminal with that on at least one built-in internal application, and providing the integrated information by using a template-based user interface, comprising:

an application information classifying part for classifying respective pieces of information inputted from at least one internal application belonging to a specific category among all the internal applications connected with a template of the head unit and information inputted from at least one external application belonging thereto among all the external applications connected therewith into either common information or specialized information;

a matching managing part for deciding whether common information of the external application belonging to the specific category should be matched with that of the internal application belonging thereto by referring to a matching algorithm under a matching method, if being selected among (i) a full coordination matching method for matching the common information of the external application belonging to the specific category with that of the internal application belonging thereto and matching the specialized information of the external application belonging thereto with that of the internal application belonging thereto, (ii) a partial coordination matching method for requesting information on a selection of a user of the vehicle to be inputted as a condition for matching the common information of the external application belonging thereto with that of the internal application belonging thereto and matching the specialized information of the external application belonging thereto with that of the internal application belonging thereto, and (iii) a no coordination matching method for not matching the common information of the external application belonging thereto with that of the internal application belonging thereto and matching the specialized information of the external application belonging thereto with that of the internal application belonging thereto and matching the common information of the external application belonging thereto with that of the internal application belonging thereto, if necessary, and matching the specialized information of the external application belonging thereto with that of the internal application belonging thereto; and

a display managing part for providing common information at states of being matched or unmatched according to the matching algorithm through the template and the matched specialized information through the template.

12. The head unit of claim 11, wherein one of (i) the full coordination matching method, (ii) the partial coordination method, and (iii) the no coordination matching method is selected by referring to policy information of the vehicle regarding applications belonging to the specific category.

13. The head unit of claim 12, wherein the common information classified by the application information classifying part is information preset by its maker.

14. The head unit of claim 12, wherein the specialized information classified by the application information classifying part is the other information excluding the common information inputted from the internal application and the external one.

15. The head unit of claim 12, wherein information classified by the application information classifying part is inputted from internal and external navigation applications belonging to the specific category.

16. The head unit of claim 15, wherein the common information classified by the application information classifying part includes at least one piece of information on direction, speed, distance, location and time.

17. The head unit of claim 15, wherein the specialized information classified by the application information classifying part at least one piece of information on traffic volume, GPS accuracy, lanes, map shape, and view modes.

18. The head unit of claim 12, wherein the application information classifying part classifies the multiple pieces of common information depending on types of pieces of information if matching the common information is necessary and classifying the multiple pieces of specialized information depending on types of pieces of information;

and

the matching managing part decides average value of the multiple pieces of common information as the matched common information if difference value comparing respective figures of multiple pieces of common information classified in the same type with a figure acquired through electronic device of the vehicle or difference value comparing an average figure of the multiple pieces of common information classified in the same type with the figure acquired therethrough is less than a prefixed reference value or if variance value among figures of multiple pieces of common information classified in the same type is less than a certain reference value, and decides average value of the multiple pieces of specialized information as the matched specialized information if variance value among figures of multiple pieces of specialized information classified in the same type is less than a predetermined reference value by referring to one of the difference values or the variance value.

19. The head unit of claim 12, wherein the matching managing part matches the multiple pieces of specialized information under one of (i) the full coordination matching method, (ii) the partial coordination matching method and (iii) the no coordination matching method after filtering the multiple pieces of specialized information by using at least one of a security filter, a policy filter, a subdividing filter, an combining filter, and a classifying filter.

20. One or more computer-readable recording media having stored thereon a computer program that, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform acts including:

(a) classifying respective pieces of information inputted from at least one internal application belonging to a specific category among all the internal applications connected with a template of the head unit and information inputted from at least one external application belonging thereto among all the external applications connected therewith into either common information or specialized information;

(b) deciding whether common information of the external application belonging to the specific category should be matched with that of the internal application belonging thereto by referring to a matching algorithm under a matching method, if being selected among (i) a full coordination matching method for matching the common information of the external application belonging to the specific category with that of the internal application belonging thereto and matching the specialized information of the external application belonging thereto with that of the internal application belonging thereto, (ii) a partial coordination matching method for requesting information on a selection of a user of the vehicle to be inputted as a condition for matching the common information of the external application belonging thereto with that of the internal application belonging thereto and matching the specialized information of the external application belonging thereto with that of the internal application belonging thereto, and (iii) a no coordination matching method for not matching the common information of the external application belonging thereto with that of the internal application belonging thereto and matching the specialized information of the external application belonging thereto with that of the internal application belonging thereto and matching the common information of the external application belonging thereto with that of the internal application belonging thereto, if necessary, and matching the specialized information of the external application belonging thereto with that of the internal application belonging thereto; and

(c) providing common information at states of being matched or unmatched according to the matching algorithm through the template and the matched specialized information through the template.