Apparatus for managing article for vehicle and method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11257339-B2
Application number	US-202016985694-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 5, 2020
Priority date	Apr 7, 2020
Publication date	Feb 22, 2022
Grant date	Feb 22, 2022

Abstract

An apparatus for managing an article for a vehicle and a method thereof are provided to register various articles to which an ID tag is attached and which are provided from a user. The user is notified as to whether an article corresponding to a user situation is mounted on the vehicle to improve user convenience for various activities associated with a vehicle. The apparatus includes an input device that receives information about an article to which an ID tag is attached from a user and a communicator that communicates with an ID tag attached to the article. A controller manages the article to which the ID tag is attached and provides a notification to a user as to whether an article corresponding to a user situation is mounted on the vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for managing an article for a vehicle, comprising:
an input device configured to receive information regarding the article to which an identification (ID) tag is attached from a user;
a communicator configured to communicate with the ID tag attached to the article; and
a controller configured to manage the article to which the ID tag is attached,
wherein the controller is configured to output a notification to a user indicating whether an article corresponding to a user situation is mounted on the vehicle,
wherein the controller is configured to determine a location of the article in the vehicle and provide the notification to the user of the identified location in the vehicle in response to receiving a request for the location of the article in the vehicle from the user via the input device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to generate an article registration table in which at least one of an ID of the article, an article name, a receiving strength of the article measured at a reference location in the vehicle, and whether the article is mounted in the vehicle is stored.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to monitor whether each article is mounted on the vehicle via the communicator to update the article registration table.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to generate an article management table in which the article to which the ID tag is attached and which is registered by the user is classified into a category.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the category includes a destination of the vehicle and time.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to determine whether articles corresponding to a destination of the vehicle are mounted on the vehicle and output the notification to the user indicating that an article is not mounted on the vehicle when the destination of the vehicle is set.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to determine a location of the article in the vehicle and provide a notification to a portable terminal of the user of the identified location in the vehicle in response to receiving a request for the location of the article in the vehicle from the portable terminal of the user.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to determine that the article is stolen and provide a notification to a portable terminal of the user of article theft in response to determining that a location of the article in the vehicle is changed while the vehicle is parked.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to separately manage a fixed article of which a location in the vehicle is prohibited from being changed and provide a notification to the user of a location change of the fixed article in response to determining that the location of the fixed article in the vehicle is changed.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to provide a guidance to set up a destination corresponding to a purpose of a previously registered article in response to determining that the previously registered article is mounted on the vehicle.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to determine whether an article corresponding to a destination is mounted on the vehicle and provide information regarding a determination result to a portable terminal of the user in response to receiving a setting of a vehicle destination from the portable terminal of the user.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the article includes at least one of personal articles, office supplies, sports goods, and leisure articles.

13. A method of managing an article for a vehicle, comprising:
receiving, by an input device, information regarding an article to which an identification (ID) tag is attached from a user;
communicating, by a communicator, with the ID tag attached to the article; and
managing, by a controller, the article to which the ID tag is attached,
wherein the managing of the article includes providing a notification to the user regarding whether an article corresponding to a user situation is mounted on the vehicle, and
wherein the managing of the article to which the ID tag is attached further includes:
determining a location of the article in the vehicle when a request for the location of the article in the vehicle is received from a portable terminal of the user, and
providing a notification to the portable terminal of the user regarding the determined location in the vehicle.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the providing of a notification indicating whether the article is mounted on the vehicle includes:
determining whether articles corresponding to a destination of the vehicle are mounted on the vehicle; and
providing the notification to the user indicating that an article is not mounted on the vehicle.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the managing of the article to which the ID tag is attached further includes:
determining a location change of the article in the vehicle while the vehicle is parked; and
determining that the article is stolen and providing a notification to a portable terminal of the user regarding article theft.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the managing of the article to which the ID tag is attached further includes:
separately managing a fixed article of which a location in the vehicle is prohibited from being changed; and
providing a notification to the user of a location change of the fixed article in response to determining that the location of the fixed article in the vehicle is changed.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the providing of notification indicating whether the article is mounted on the vehicle includes:
receiving a setting of a vehicle destination from a portable terminal of the user;
determining whether an article corresponding to the destination is mounted on the vehicle; and
providing determined information to the portable terminal of the user.

18. The method of claim 13 , wherein the article includes at least one of personal articles, office supplies, sports goods, and leisure articles.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Yae Seong Soo

Classifications

• H04B17/318

  Received signal strength · CPC title

• B60R25/104

  characterised by the type of theft warning signal, e.g. visual or audible signals with special characteristics · CPC title

• G08B13/2414

  using inductive tags · CPC title

• G08B13/2462 Primary

  Asset location systems combined with EAS (inventory, tracking, logistic G06Q10/00; entrance control systems G07C9/00) · CPC title

• B60R16/023

  for transmission of signals between vehicle parts or subsystems · CPC title