Control system and switch method for screen of vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11548389-B2
Application number	US-202016890255-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 2, 2020
Priority date	Jun 2, 2020
Publication date	Jan 10, 2023
Grant date	Jan 10, 2023

Abstract

A control system for a screen of a vehicle includes a global positioning system (GPS), an inertia sensor and a control circuit. The GPS detects a satellite signal from a satellite. The inertia sensor senses motion of the vehicle and correspondingly generates a motion state value. The control circuit performs one of a first determination procedure and a second determination procedure according to the state of the satellite signal. In the first determination procedure, the control circuit calculates the vehicle speed of the vehicle according to the satellite signal, and selectively locks the screen of the vehicle according to the vehicle speed. In the second determination procedure, the control circuit generates a motion signal according to the motion state value, and selectively locks the screen of the vehicle according to the motion signal. Accordingly, driving safety can still be effectively ensured even in the case of poor satellite signals.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A switch method for a screen of a vehicle, comprising:
detecting at least one satellite signal from at least one satellite;
performing one of a first determination procedure and a second determination procedure according to a state of the at least one satellite signal;
in the first determination procedure, calculating a vehicle speed of the vehicle according to the at least one satellite signal, and selectively locking the screen of the vehicle according to the vehicle speed; and
in the second determination procedure, generating a motion signal by an inertia sensor of the vehicle, and selectively locking the screen of the vehicle according to the motion signal,
wherein the step of generating the motion signal by the inertia sensor of the vehicle comprises:
receiving a first-axis acceleration value, a second-axis acceleration value and a third-axis acceleration value from the inertia sensor of the vehicle;
performing gain calculation of the first-axis acceleration value to obtain a first calculation value;
performing gain calculation of the second-axis acceleration value to obtain a second calculation value; and
performing vector calculation of the third-axis acceleration value, the first calculation value and the second calculation value to obtain the motion signal.

2. The switch method for a screen of a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the step of performing one of the first determination procedure and the second determination procedure according to the state of the at least one satellite signal comprises:
obtaining a satellite quantity of the at least one satellite according to the state of the at least one satellite signal;
comparing the satellite quantity with a quantity threshold;
performing the first determination procedure if the satellite quantity is more than the quantity threshold; and
performing the second determination procedure if the satellite quantity is not more than the quantity threshold.

3. The switch method for a screen of a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the step of selectively locking the screen of the vehicle according to the vehicle speed comprises:
comparing the vehicle speed with a speed threshold;
locking the screen of the vehicle if the vehicle speed is more than the speed threshold; and
not locking the screen of the vehicle if the vehicle speed is not more than the speed threshold.

4. The switch method for a screen of a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the step of selectively locking the screen of the vehicle according to the motion signal comprises:
comparing the motion signal with a vibration threshold;
locking the screen of the vehicle if the motion signal is more than the vibration threshold; and
not locking the screen of the vehicle if the motion signal is not more than the vibration threshold.

5. The switch method for a screen of a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the step of performing the vector calculation of the third-axis acceleration value, the first calculation value and the second calculation value to obtain the motion signal is calculated according to an equation:
| {right arrow over (A)}|= 2 √{square root over ( a 2 +b 2 +c 2 )};

where |{right arrow over (A)}| represents the motion signal, a represents the third-axis acceleration value, b represents the first calculation value, and c represents the second calculation value.

6. A control system for a screen of a vehicle, comprising:
a global positioning system (GPS), detecting at least one satellite signal from at least one satellite;
an inertia sensor, sensing motion of a vehicle and correspondingly generating at least one motion state value; and
a control circuit, coupled to the GPS and the inertia sensor, performing one of a first determination procedure and a second determination procedure according to a state of the at least one satellite signal;
wherein, in the first determination procedure, the control circuit calculates a vehicle speed of the vehicle according to the at least one satellite signal and selectively locks the screen of the vehicle according to the vehicle speed; in the second determination procedure, the control circuit generates a motion signal according to the at least one motion state value and selectively locks the screen of the vehicle according to the motion signal,
wherein the at least one motion state value comprises a first-axis acceleration value, a second-axis acceleration value and a third-axis acceleration value; the control circuit realizes the generating the motion signal according to the at least one motion state value by:
receiving the first-axis acceleration value, the second-axis acceleration value and the third-axis acceleration value from the inertia sensor of the vehicle;
performing gain calculation of the first-axis acceleration value to obtain a first calculation value;
performing gain calculation of the second-axis acceleration value to obtain a second calculation value; and
performing vector calculation of the third-axis acceleration value, the first calculation value and the second calculation value to obtain the motion signal.

7. The control system for a screen of a vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein the control circuit realizes the performing one of the first determination procedure and the second determination procedure according to the state of the at least one satellite signal by:
obtaining a satellite quantity of the at least one satellite according to the state of the at least one satellite signal;
comparing the satellite quantity with a quantity threshold;
performing the first determination procedure if the satellite quantity is more than the quantity threshold; and
performing the second determination procedure if the satellite quantity is not more than the quantity threshold.

8. The control system for a screen of a vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein the control circuit realizes the selectively locking the screen of the vehicle according to the vehicle speed by:
comparing the vehicle speed with a speed threshold;
locking the screen of the vehicle if the vehicle speed is more than the speed threshold; and
not locking the screen of the vehicle if the vehicle speed is not more than the speed threshold.

9. The control system for a screen of a vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein the control circuit realizes the selectively locking the screen of the vehicle according to the motion signal by:
comparing the motion signal with a vibration threshold;
locking the screen of the vehicle if the motion signal is more than the vibration threshold; and
not locking the screen of the vehicle if the motion signal is not more than the vibration threshold.

10. The control system for a screen of a vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the control circuit realizes the performing vector calculation of the third-axis acceleration value, the first calculation value and the second calculation value to obtain the motion signal according to an equation:
| {right arrow over (A)}|= 2 √{square root over ( a 2 +b 2 +c 2 )};

where |{right arrow over (A)}| represents the motion signal, a represents the third-axis acceleration value, b represents the first calculation value, and c represents the second calculation value.

11. A control system for a screen of a vehicle, comprising:
a global positioning system (GPS), detecting at least one satellite signal from at least one satellite;
an inertia sensor, sensing motion of a vehicle and correspondingly generating at least one motion state value; and
a control circuit, coupled to the GPS and the inertia sensor, performing one of a first determination procedure and a second determination

Assignees

• Getac Technology Corp

Inventors

• Cheng Hsueh-Mao

Classifications

• G01S19/52 Primary

  Determining velocity · CPC title

• G01P15/08

  with conversion into electric or magnetic values · CPC title

• G01S5/011

  Identifying the radio environment · CPC title

• G01S19/396

  Determining accuracy or reliability of position or pseudorange measurements · CPC title

• G01P15/0891

  with indication of predetermined acceleration values (G01P15/135 takes precedence) · CPC title