Autonomous vehicle and method of controlling the autonomous vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018266834-A1
Application number	US-201615744489-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 29, 2016
Priority date	Jul 30, 2015
Publication date	Sep 20, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

Disclosed are an autonomous driving method of implementing adaptive autonomous driving for a user based on device information that is obtained from a device of the user, and an autonomous vehicle. In particular, disclosed are an autonomous driving method of implementing autonomous driving appropriate for a situation of the user by controlling a function of an autonomous vehicle that corresponds to device information obtained from a wearable device, and the autonomous vehicle.

First claim

1 .- 35 . (canceled)

36 . An autonomous vehicle comprising:
a communication device configured to receive device information obtained from a device configured to communicate with the autonomous vehicle, from the device; and a processor configured to, based on guidelines for associating the device information obtained from the device with vehicle control information used to control at least one function of the autonomous vehicle, determine the vehicle control information corresponding to the received device information and control the autonomous vehicle based on the determined vehicle control information.

37 . The autonomous vehicle of claim 36 , wherein, when the received device information comprises schedule information of a device user, the processor is configured to set a driving route corresponding to a location of the schedule information by activating a navigation function of the autonomous vehicle.

38 . The autonomous vehicle of claim 36 , wherein, when the received device information comprises schedule information of a device user, the processor is configured to set an average driving speed corresponding to a time of the schedule information by activating an accelerator function of the autonomous vehicle.

39 . The autonomous vehicle of claim 36 , wherein, when the received device information comprises biometric information indicating an emergency of a device user, the processor is configured to add a stop to a driving route of the autonomous vehicle based on the biometric information by activating a navigation function of the autonomous vehicle.

40 . The autonomous vehicle of claim 39 , wherein the processor is configured to obtain vehicle information of the autonomous vehicle, and
the stop is determined based on the biometric information and a possible driving distance determined based on the vehicle information.

41 . The autonomous vehicle of claim 36 , wherein, when the received device information comprises biometric information of a device user, the processor is configured to control a drive system of the autonomous vehicle in order to determine a driving mode of the autonomous vehicle based on the biometric information.

42 . The autonomous vehicle of claim 36 , wherein, when the received device information comprises biometric information of a device user, the processor is configured to activate an internal brightness function of the autonomous vehicle in order to determine internal brightness of the autonomous vehicle based on the biometric information.

43 . The autonomous vehicle of claim 36 , wherein, when the received device information comprises biometric information of a device user, the processor is configured to turn on at least one of an air conditioning device, a heating device, and a ventilation device of the autonomous vehicle in order to determine an indoor setting temperature of the autonomous vehicle based on the biometric information indicating physical and mental states of the device user.

44 . The autonomous vehicle of claim 36 , wherein, when the received device information comprises biometric information of a device user, the processor is configured to turn on an audio/video device of the autonomous vehicle in order to reproduce content determined based on the biometric information indicating physical and mental states of the device user.

45 . The autonomous vehicle of claim 36 , wherein, when the received device information comprises driving environment information indicating that detouring is required, the processor is configured to control a navigation function of the autonomous vehicle based on the driving environment information in order to change a driving route of the autonomous vehicle to a detour route.

46 . The autonomous vehicle of claim 36 , wherein, when the received device information comprises driving environment information indicating that autonomous driving is impossible, the processor is configured to control an autonomous driving function of the autonomous vehicle in order to stop autonomous driving based on the driving environment information.

47 . The autonomous vehicle of claim 36 , wherein, when the received device information comprises driving environment information indicating local information corresponding to a current location of a device user, the processor is configured to activate a drive system of the autonomous vehicle in order to determine a driving mode of the autonomous vehicle based on the driving environment information.

48 . The autonomous vehicle of claim 36 , wherein, when the received device information comprises weather information, the processor is configured to activate a temperature adjusting function of the autonomous vehicle in order to determine an indoor setting temperature of the autonomous vehicle based on the weather information.

49 . The autonomous vehicle of claim 36 , wherein the communication device is configured to send a communication request to the device within a certain range from the autonomous vehicle and receive the device information in response to the communication request.

50 . The autonomous vehicle of claim 36 , wherein the processor is configured to set, based on the guidelines, at least one of control parameters for respectively controlling devices configured to activate functions of the autonomous vehicle in accordance with the received device information.

51 . A method of controlling an autonomous vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving device information obtained from a device configured to communicate with the autonomous vehicle, from the device; based on guidelines for associating the device information obtained from the device with vehicle control information used to control at least one function of the autonomous vehicle, determining the vehicle control information corresponding to the received device information; and controlling the autonomous vehicle based on the determined vehicle control information.

52 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program which, when executed by a computer, performs the method of claim 51 .

53 . A method of controlling a vehicle, the method comprising:
providing a user with mapping information between functions of the vehicle and functions of a device configured to communicate with the vehicle; receiving a user input regarding a control condition of a first function of the vehicle among the functions of the vehicle; and controlling the first function of the vehicle when information received from the device satisfies the control condition, wherein the control condition is related to a second function of the device that corresponds to the first function according to the mapping information.

54 . The method of claim 53 , further comprising receiving a user input regarding a method of controlling the first function according to the control condition,
wherein the controlling of the first function comprises controlling the first function according to the method of controlling the first function.

55 . A method of controlling a vehicle, the method comprising:
providing a user with mapping information between functions of a device and functions of the vehicle configured to communicate with the device; receiving a user input regarding a control condition of a first function of the vehicle among the functions of the vehicle according to the mapping information, the first function corresponding to a second function; transmitting the user input regarding the control condition to the vehicle; and tra

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cronin John
• Huffines Christopher Michael

Classifications

• B60W2540/045

  Occupant permissions · CPC title

• B60W2540/221

  Physiology, e.g. weight, heartbeat, health or special needs · CPC title

• G01C21/3415 Primary

  Dynamic re-routing, e.g. recalculating the route when the user deviates from calculated route or after detecting real-time traffic data or accidents · CPC title

• G08B21/0453

  worn on the body to detect health condition by physiological monitoring, e.g. electrocardiogram, temperature, breathing (detecting, measuring or recording for diagnostic purposes A61B5/00) · CPC title

• G01C21/3664

  Details of the user input interface, e.g. buttons, knobs or sliders, including those provided on a touch screen; remote controllers; input using gestures · CPC title