Driver's communication assistance infra system and method for abiding by driver's mobile phone regulations using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10244119-B2
Application number	US-201715855857-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 27, 2017
Priority date	Jul 25, 2017
Publication date	Mar 26, 2019
Grant date	Mar 26, 2019

Abstract

A driver's communication assistance infra system may include a vehicle terminal device mounted in a vehicle and obtaining mobile phone information related to portable communication devices of a driver and a passenger in the vehicle using a mobile phone pairing; and a connected vehicle center receiving and storing the mobile phone information transmitted from the vehicle terminal device and connecting a calling number to the passenger via a mobile communication network upon receipt of the calling number transmitted by the caller while the driver is driving; and the use of the portable communication device of the driver while driving is switched by the connected vehicle center, thus abiding by the driver's mobile phone regulations.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A communication assistance infra system, comprising:
a connected vehicle center communicating with a vehicle via a wireless network and connecting a caller signal, which is transmitted to a driver while driving, to the driver's passenger;
a vehicle terminal device mounted in the vehicle and transmitting/receiving with the connected vehicle center; and
a portable communication device of the driver and a passenger transmitting a mobile phone information to the vehicle terminal device using a mobile phone pairing,
wherein the vehicle terminal device performs the mobile phone pairing between the portable communication device and the vehicle terminal device, and the connected vehicle center performs a mobile phone data collection/analysis function through the vehicle terminal device,
wherein the connected vehicle center operates a program recognizing the driver receiving the caller's signal which is received in the connected vehicle center and performing the mobile phone data collection/analysis function for abiding by the driver's regulations, and
wherein the program is configured for a message importance classification according to a big data technology based on storing/using history of a mobile phone of the driver and the driver's passenger for minimizing the driver's dissatisfaction.

2. The communication assistance infra system of claim 1 , wherein the wireless network is a mobile communication network.

3. The communication assistance infra system of claim 1 , wherein the portable communication device includes:
a phone storing unit storing the mobile phone information; and
a phone communication unit transmitting the mobile phone information.

4. The communication assistance infra system of claim 3 , wherein the phone communication unit transmits or mirrors the mobile phone information.

5. The communication assistance infra system of claim 3 , wherein the phone storing unit includes a phone book repository storing phone numbers of the driver and the passenger, respectively; a call record repository storing call records of the driver and the passenger, respectively; a message record repository storing message transmission/receipt records of the driver and the passenger, respectively; and a scheduler storing schedules of the driver and the passenger, respectively.

6. The communication assistance infra system of claim 5 , wherein the call record repository stores a call record in a last call sequence; the message record repository stores a message record in a last message sequence; and the call record repository or the message record repository includes a location search information.

7. The communication assistance infra system of claim 1 , wherein the mobile phone pairing of the vehicle terminal device is configured to perform with respect to portable communication devices of the driver and the passenger, respectively.

8. The communication assistance infra system of claim 7 , wherein the vehicle terminal device includes;
a terminal storing unit storing the mobile phone information; and
a terminal communication unit receiving the mobile phone information, transmitting the mobile phone information to the terminal storing unit, and then transmitting mobile phone information to an outside thereof.

9. The communication assistance infra system of claim 8 , wherein the terminal storing unit includes a phone book repository storing phone numbers of the driver and the passenger, respectively, among the mobile phone information; a call record repository storing call records of the driver and the passenger, respectively, among the mobile phone information; a message record repository storing message transmission/receipt records of the driver and the passenger, respectively, among the mobile phone information; and a scheduler storing schedules of the driver and the passenger, respectively, among the mobile phone information.

10. The communication assistance infra system of claim 1 , wherein the connected vehicle center divides into the driver and the passenger, receives and stores the mobile phone information transmitted from the vehicle terminal device; and connects a caller number upon receipt of the caller signal.

11. The communication assistance infra system of claim 10 , wherein the connected vehicle center includes: a center server unit performing collection and analysis of the mobile phone information collected through the vehicle terminal device; and a center communication unit performing transmission/receipt via the wireless network.

12. The communication assistance infra system of claim 11 , wherein the center server unit includes;
a center storing unit storing the mobile phone information;
a center analyzing unit configured for receiving the caller's calling number, comparing and analyzing the calling number with a stored information related to the center storing unit, and then generating a signal with respect to a call request determination or a message transmission determination;
a center call switching request unit generating a call request signal according to the call request determination; and
a center guide unit generating a message request signal according to the message transmission determination with the call request signal.

13. A method for abiding by a driver's mobile phone regulations comprising:
receiving each of mobile phone information related to the driver and a passenger and storing the mobile phone information in a connected vehicle center;
recognizing the driver receiving a caller signal that is received in the connected vehicle center; and
controlling an intervention of a connected vehicle connecting the caller signal to the driver's passenger via a wireless network with the vehicle,
wherein a vehicle terminal device performs a mobile phone pairing between a portable communication device and the vehicle terminal device, and the connected vehicle center performs a mobile phone data collection/analysis function through the vehicle terminal device,
wherein the connected vehicle center operates a program recognizing the driver receiving the caller's signal which is received in the connected vehicle center and performing the method for abiding by the driver's regulations, and
wherein the program is configured for a message importance classification according to a big data technology based on storing/using history of a mobile phone of the driver and the driver's passenger for minimizing the driver's dissatisfaction.

14. The method for abiding by the driver's mobile phone regulations of claim 13 , wherein the controlling of the intervention of the connected vehicle including:
dividing the caller signal into signals of a call request determination and a message transmission request determination on the passenger by the connected vehicle center; and
connecting, upon a call request, a calling number to a portable communication device of the passenger via a mobile communication network, and upon a message transmission request, transmitting a message to the portable communication device of the passenger via the mobile communication network.

15. The method for abiding by the driver's mobile phone regulations of clam 14 ,
wherein the storing includes driver's regulations setting mode including the mobile phone information obtained and transmitted using the mobile phone pairing of the portable communication device by a vehicle terminal device of the vehicle;
wherein the signal determination includes driver's event detection mode confirming a calling signal and a phone number of the driver, and then connecting the calling signal and the phone number to the portable communica

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Kim Sung-Ho
• Kim Jun-Tae

Classifications

• H04M1/72463 Primary

  to restrict the functionality of the device · CPC title

• H04W76/10

  Connection setup · CPC title

• H04W64/003

  locating network equipment · CPC title

• H04W4/16 Primary

  Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold · CPC title

• H04W8/24

  Transfer of terminal data · CPC title