Seamless handover of ongoing activities between a vehicle and a wearable device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10598500-B2
Application number	US-201615564839-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 5, 2016
Priority date	Apr 9, 2015
Publication date	Mar 24, 2020
Grant date	Mar 24, 2020

Abstract

Systems and methods for handover of activities between a vehicle and a wearable device involve pairing the wearable device and a vehicle device with a wireless telephone. The proximity of the wearable device and the intention of a wearer of the device are determined and used to transfer information between the wireless telephone and the wearable device and/or the vehicle device in a seamless manner. Depending upon whether the wearer is in the vehicle or outside of the vehicle an activity, such as navigation, will be performed either by the vehicle device or the wearable device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
inputting a destination into a wearable device;
transferring, by the wearable device, the destination to a wireless phone that is paired with the wearable device;
providing, by a wearable device, walking guidance to a vehicle;
determining, by the wireless phone, that the wearable device has reached the vehicle;
establishing a connection between the wireless phone and a device in the vehicle;
transferring the destination from the wireless phone to the device in the vehicle over the established connection; and
providing driving navigation guidance to the destination by the device in the vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, by the device in the vehicle, that a wearer of the wearable device is intending to leave the vehicle and transferring a final destination to the wireless phone;
calculating, by the wireless phone, walking guidance to the final destination; and
providing, by the wearable device, walking guidance to the final destination.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein when the final destination is transferred to the wireless phone, the wireless phone determines and saves a current location as a location at which the vehicle is parked.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the determination that the wearer of the wearable device is intending to leave the vehicle is based on unplugging of the wearable device, an ignition state of the vehicle, a parking state of the vehicle, a seat occupancy sensor, a proximity sensor, a biometric sensor, or action by the wearer of the wearable device.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
pairing the wearable device with the vehicle.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the pairing is performed using a direct connection between the wearable device and the vehicle.

7. A method, comprising:
inputting a destination into a wearable device;
providing, by a wearable device, walking guidance to a vehicle;
determining that the wearable device has reached the vehicle;
establishing a connection between the wearable device and a device in the vehicle;
transferring the destination from the wearable device to the device in the vehicle over the established connection; and
providing driving navigation guidance to the destination by the device in the vehicle.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
determining, by the device in the vehicle, that a wearer of the wearable device is intending to leave the vehicle and transferring a final destination to the wearable device;
calculating, by the wearable device, walking guidance to the final destination; and
providing, by the wearable device, walking guidance to the final destination.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein when the final destination is transferred to the wearable device, the wearable device determines and saves a current location as a location at which the vehicle is parked.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the determination that the wearer of the wearable device is intending to leave the vehicle is based on unplugging of the wearable device, an ignition state of the vehicle, a parking state of the vehicle, a seat occupancy sensor, a proximity sensor, a biometric sensor, or action by the wearer of the wearable device.

11. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
pairing the wearable device with the vehicle.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the pairing is performed using a direct connection between the wearable device and the vehicle.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the pairing is performed using an indirect connection between the wearable device and the vehicle, the indirect connection involving the internet.

14. A method, comprising:
inputting a destination into a wearable device;
transferring, by the wearable device, the destination to a wireless phone that is paired with the wearable device;
providing, by a wearable device, walking guidance to a vehicle;
determining, by the wireless phone, that the wearable device has reached the vehicle;
establishing a connection between the wireless phone and a device in the vehicle;
transferring the destination from the wireless phone to the device in the vehicle over the established connection; and

providing driving navigation guidance to the destination by the device in the vehicle, wherein the method further comprises
pairing the wearable device with the vehicle, wherein the pairing is performed using an indirect connection between the wearable device and the vehicle, the indirect connection involving the internet.

Assignees

• Daimler Ag

Inventors

• Gupta Sameer
• Smiroldo Rigel
• Winkler Thomas

Classifications

• H04W76/10

  Connection setup · CPC title

• G01C21/20

  Instruments for performing navigational calculations (G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence) · CPC title

• H04W4/024

  Guidance services · CPC title

• H04W4/48

  for in-vehicle communication · CPC title

• H04W4/70

  Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] · CPC title