Method for producing a communications link between a motor vehicle and a mobile user terminal, computer program product, mobile user terminal, system and motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10407082-B2
Application number	US-201715476600-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 31, 2017
Priority date	Apr 1, 2016
Publication date	Sep 10, 2019
Grant date	Sep 10, 2019

Abstract

A method is disclosed for producing a communications link between a motor vehicle and a mobile user terminal. The mobile user terminal and/or the motor vehicle send a request to establish a communications link between the motor vehicle and the mobile user terminal. A check is carried out as to whether the mobile user terminal is configured to output a transfer indication sent from the motor vehicle to the mobile user terminal. A communications link is established between motor vehicle and mobile user terminal if the check is successful. A communications link is not established between motor vehicle and mobile user terminal if the check is unsuccessful.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for producing a communications link between a motor vehicle and a mobile user terminal when the motor vehicle is operating in an autonomous driving mode, comprising:
sending, by a processor of the motor vehicle, a request to establish a communications link between the motor vehicle and the mobile user terminal;
checking, by the processor of the motor vehicle, whether the mobile user terminal includes an applications configured to output a transfer indication sent from the motor vehicle to the mobile user terminal, the transfer indication requesting that a user of the mobile user terminal take manual control of the motor vehicle;
sending, by the processor of the motor vehicle, a request to install the application on the mobile user terminal, when the mobile user terminal does not include the application configured to output the transfer indication;
enabling, by the processor of the motor vehicle, the communications link between motor vehicle and mobile user terminal when the mobile user terminal includes the application configured to output the transfer indication; and
sending, by the processor of the motor vehicle, the transfer indication to the mobile user terminal by the communications link when the motor vehicle determines that the motor vehicle should cease the autonomous driving mode,
wherein the automated driving mode is disabled when the mobile user terminal does not include or have installed the application configured to output the transfer indication in response to the request.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
outputting, by the mobile user terminal, the transfer indication on the mobile user terminal in a manner perceptible to the driver.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the transfer indication is output in at least one of a visual manner, an audible manner or haptic manner.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising establishing a resource priority in the processor of the mobile user terminal for the application.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising outputting the transfer indication via a communications system of the motor vehicle.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wirelessly sending the transfer indication over a wireless communications link.

7. The method according to claim 1 , outputting the transfer indication on a plurality of mobile user terminals simultaneously.

8. The mobile user terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the mobile user terminal is selected from the group consisting of a mobile telephone, a tablet, an electronic book-reading device, a smart watch and a music-playing device.

Assignees

• Gm Global Tech Operations Llc

Inventors

• Wagner Nikolas
• Schmidt Gerald

Classifications

• B60W50/14 Primary

  Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention · CPC title

• B60W2050/146

  Display means · CPC title

• H04W76/14

  Direct-mode setup · CPC title

• H04L67/14 Primary

  Session management (for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066) · CPC title

• H04L67/125

  involving control of end-device applications over a network · CPC title