System having an infotainment system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11225143-B2
Application number	US-201716328917-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 22, 2017
Priority date	Aug 29, 2016
Publication date	Jan 18, 2022
Grant date	Jan 18, 2022

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for an infotainment system. The infotainment system has a computing unit, on which a first operating system is installed and can be executed. The device has a computing unit, on which a second operating system is installed and can be executed. Radio-supported communication with the Internet can be carried out using the second operating system. The device has at least one generic interface to the infotainment system, whereby applications designed for the second operating system can be provided using the infotainment system.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
an infotainment system of a motor vehicle, wherein the infotainment system comprises:
a first computing unit, on which a first operating system is installed and executed;
a first generic interface; and
an antenna forming an integrated component of the infotainment system, wherein the antenna provides a generic radio interface; and

a device comprising:
a second computing unit, on which a second operating system is installed and executed, wherein communication with the Internet is carried out using the second operating system; and
a second generic interface, via which applications designed for the second operating system are made available using the infotainment system,

wherein the infotainment system and the device mutually exchange data using the first and second generic interfaces, and
wherein the device and the infotainment system exchange the data with the Internet using only the antenna of the infotainment system, and the device indirectly exchanges the data with the Internet using the antenna of the infotainment system.

2. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one input apparatus, which forms a second integrated component of the infotainment system, wherein the device and the infotainment system are operated using only the at least one input apparatus of the infotainment system.

3. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one input apparatus comprises a keypad or a touch-sensitive display field.

4. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one output apparatus, which forms a third integrated component of the infotainment system, wherein information or content of the device and of the infotainment system is output only using the at least one output apparatus of the infotainment system.

5. The system according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one output apparatus comprises a loudspeaker, a touch-sensitive display field, or a rotary pushbutton.

6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the device further comprises a first electromechanical generic interface and the infotainment system comprises a second electromechanical generic interface, and wherein the device and the infotainment system are physically connected to each other by means of the first and second electromechanical generic interfaces for mutually exchanging the data.

7. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the device further comprises a second antenna, and wherein the device and the infotainment system are connected to each other using the antenna and the second antenna for exchanging the data by using electromagnetic waves.

8. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the device is operated using the infotainment system.

9. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the device is configured to exchange the data with the infotainment system using the second generic interface.

10. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the device comprises a portable, mobile apparatus, which is also connected to another infotainment appliance independently of the infotainment system using the second generic interface.

11. A method for operating a device and an infotainment system of a motor vehicle, wherein the infotainment system comprises a first computing unit, on which a first operating system is installed and executed, a first generic interface, and an antenna providing a generic radio interface of the infotainment system, wherein the device comprises a second computing unit, on which a second operating system is installed and executed and radio-supported communication with the Internet is carried out using the second operating system, wherein the device further comprises a second generic interface, via which applications designed for the second operating system are made available using the infotainment system, the method comprising:
mutually exchanging data between the infotainment system and the device using the first and second generic interfaces; and
exchanging data between the device and the infotainment system with the Internet using only the antenna of the infotainment system, wherein the device indirectly exchanges data with the Internet using the antenna of the infotainment system.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the device is arranged in the motor vehicle and is connected to the infotainment system using the first and second generic interfaces.

13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the radio-supported communication between the device and the Internet is carried out using the generic radio interface of the infotainment system or the motor vehicle that is designed as the antenna.

14. The method according to claim 11 , wherein control data for controlling the device or the infotainment system and payload data are exchanged as the data between the device and the infotainment system.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the payload data comprises audio data and/or video data.

Assignees

• Audi Ag

Inventors

• Mittag Björn
• Dalke Christoph
• Paffen Matthijs
• Gruber Hans Georg

Classifications

• H04W4/40 Primary

  for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] · CPC title

• B60K35/60

  Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles (arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10) · CPC title

• B60K35/26

  using acoustic output · CPC title

• B60K35/28

  characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver · CPC title

• B60K35/10 Primary

  Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor · CPC title