Method of adjusting the operation of a transportation vehicle control system, apparatus for use in the method, and transportation vehicle and computer program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11370300-B2
Application number	US-201916366579-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2019
Priority date	Mar 28, 2018
Publication date	Jun 28, 2022
Grant date	Jun 28, 2022

Abstract

A method for adjusting the operation of a transportation vehicle control system which takes place via one or several operating menus of a user interface depicted on a display unit. Statistics are compiled of menu settings which the user has made for the transportation vehicle control system at least in a certain period of time. The statistics are stored in a memory unit of the transportation vehicle and are transferred to a management unit for evaluation. A software update is created for a program of the transportation vehicle control system customized to the needs of the driver and is transmitted to and installed in the transportation vehicle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for adjusting operation of a transportation vehicle control system, the device comprising:
a display unit, wherein the operation of the transportation vehicle control system takes place via at least one user interface menu which is depicted on the display unit;
a computing unit with a memory unit, wherein the computing unit records at least one statistic that includes a frequency of use during a period of time of each user setting of a plurality of user settings of the at least one transportation vehicle control system, and stores the at least one statistic in the memory unit; and
a communication module, for transmitting the at least one statistic to an external management unit, wherein the at least one statistic is evaluated in the external management unit to generate a software update for a program of the transportation vehicle control system, which is based at least in part on the recorded frequency of use of the at least one statistic and which is customized to needs of the user, and transmitted to the transportation vehicle for installation in the computing unit of the transportation vehicle,
wherein the arrangement of operating menu items in the at least one user interface menu is changed by the customization so that the operating menu items which the user has used more frequently according to the at least one statistic are positioned in the at least one user interface menu at a relatively more accessible location in comparison to operating menu items which are used less or not at all by the user according to the at least one statistic.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the computing unit is programmable and wherein the period of time for recording the at least one statistic is programmable.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the display unit is a touch-sensitive display unit via which the settings are made in the at least one user interface menu.

4. A transportation vehicle comprising the device of claim 1 .

5. A non-transitory computer readable medium including a computer program, which, when executed on a computer processor controls a method for adjusting operation of a transportation vehicle control system, the method comprising:
recording, by a computing unit with a memory unit, at least one statistic that includes a frequency of use during a period of time of each user setting of a plurality of user settings of at least one transportation vehicle control system, wherein operation of the transportation vehicle control system takes place via at least one user interface menu which is depicted on a display unit;
storing, by the computing unit, the at least one statistic in the memory unit;
transmitting, by a communication module, the at least one statistic to an external management unit, wherein the at least one statistic are evaluated in the external management unit to generate a software update for a program of the transportation vehicle control system, which is based at least in part on the recorded frequency of use of the at least one statistic and which is customized to needs of the user, and transmitted to the transportation vehicle for installation in the computing unit of the transportation vehicle;
receiving, by the communication module, the software update; and
installing the software update for the transportation vehicle control system,
wherein the arrangement of operating menu items in the at least one user interface menu is changed by the customization so that the operating menu items which the user has used more frequently according to the at least one statistic are positioned in the at least one user interface menu at a relatively more accessible location in comparison to operating menu items which are used less or not at all by the user according to the at least one statistic.

6. A method for adjusting operation of a transportation vehicle control system, the method comprising:
recording, by a computing unit with a memory unit, at least one statistic that includes a frequency of use during a period of time of each user setting of a plurality of user settings of at least one transportation vehicle control system, wherein operation of the transportation vehicle control system takes place via at least one user interface menu which is depicted on a display unit;
storing, by the computing unit, the at least one statistic in the memory unit;
transmitting, by a communication module, the at least one statistic to an external management unit, wherein the at least one statistic are evaluated in the external management unit to generate a software update for a program of the transportation vehicle control system, which is based at least in part on the recorded frequency of use of the at least one statistic and which is customized to needs of the user, and transmitted to the transportation vehicle for installation in the computing unit of the transportation vehicle;
receiving, by the communication module, the software update; and
installing the software update for the transportation vehicle control system,
wherein the arrangement of operating menu items in the at least one user interface menu is changed by the customization so that the operating menu items which the user has used more frequently according to the at least one statistic are positioned in the at least one user interface menu at a relatively more accessible location in comparison to operating menu items which are used less or not at all by the user according to the at least one statistic.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the operating menu items which are used less or not at all by the user according to the at least one statistic are placed in a submenu.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising recording the settings values in the at least one statistic.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein a driving situation of the transportation vehicle during which the setting was made is also recorded in the at least one statistic.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein driver behavior recorded by the at least one statistic is learned so customization of settings for the driver are automatically chosen in the future in the relevant driving situations without the driver explicitly having to select these settings.

Assignees

• Volkswagen Ag

Inventors

• Aminev Timur

Classifications

• G06F8/65 Primary

  Updates (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57) · CPC title

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title

• B60K35/85

  Arrangements for transferring vehicle- or driver-related data · CPC title

• B60K35/10

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

• G06F9/451

  Execution arrangements for user interfaces · CPC title