Method and system for controlling audio-video-navigation (avn) of vehicle through smart device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018338005-A1
Application number	US-201715833787-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 6, 2017
Priority date	May 16, 2017
Publication date	Nov 22, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method and system for controlling an Audio Video Navigation (AVN) of a vehicle by a smart device are disclosed, which control the AVN by a smart device including a mobile phone carried by a passenger accommodated on a back seat of the vehicle, using beacon and physical web technologies, controlling various functions of the AVN embedded in the vehicle may include constructing a virtual tunnel connected to an Internet of Things (IoT) server, acquiring an external Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for a service from the IoT server, generating the acquired external URL as a beacon packet, and transmitting the generated beacon packet to the smart device using a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) signal within the vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for controlling an Audio Video Navigation (AVN) of a vehicle using a smart device comprising:
constructing a virtual tunnel connected to an Internet of Things (IoT) server; acquiring an external Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for a service from the IoT server; generating the acquired external URL as a beacon packet; and transmitting the generated beacon packet to the smart device using a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) signal within the vehicle.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
executing a Web server configured to control at least one function of the AVN; connecting the Web server to the smart device through the IoT server; and controlling the at least one function in a response to a control signal transmitted from the smart device to the Web server.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the smart device is connected to the IoT server through execution of the beacon packet,
wherein the execution of the beacon packet is achieved using a physical-web application (App) downloaded to the smart device.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the smart device is configured to support a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) specification.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the external URL of the IoT server is periodically changed.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the BLE signal is a data signal having a format or a frame required in at least one of an iBeacon, Eddystone or RECO.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the beacon data signal of the Eddystone mode is an Eddystone-URL frame data signal.

8 . A system for controlling an Audio Video Navigation (AVN) of a vehicle using a smart device comprising:
a communication module configured to communicate with an Internet of Things (IoT) server; and a control module configured to control the AVN, wherein the control module of the AVN is configured to:
construct a virtual tunnel between the AVN and a virtual tunnel module of the IoT server through the communication module;
acquire an external Uniform Resource Locator (URL) generated in an external URL generator of the IoT server;
generate the acquired external URL as a beacon packet; and
transmit the generated beacon packet to the smart device using a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) signal within the vehicle.

9 . The system according to claim 8 , wherein
the control module of the AVN executes a Web server configured to control at least one function of the AVN, and then controls the at least one function in a response to a control signal transmitted from the smart device to the Web server when the Web server is connected to the smart device through the IoT server.

10 . The system according to claim 9 , wherein the smart device is connected to the IoT server through execution of the beacon packet,
wherein the execution of the beacon packet is achieved using a physical-web application (App) downloaded to the smart device.

11 . The system according to claim 9 , wherein the smart device is configured to support a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) specification.

12 . The system according to claim 9 , wherein the external URL of the IoT server is periodically changed.

13 . The system according to claim 9 , wherein the BLE signal is a data signal having a format or a frame required in at least one of an iBeacon, Eddystone or RECO.

14 . The system according to claim 13 , wherein the beacon data signal of the Eddystone mode is an Eddystone-URL frame data signal.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Sim Hyun Chul

Classifications

• H04L12/4633

  Interconnection of networks using encapsulation techniques, e.g. tunneling · CPC title

• H04L67/125 Primary

  involving control of end-device applications over a network · CPC title

• H04L67/141

  Setup of application sessions (admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70) · CPC title

• G01C21/26

  specially adapted for navigation in a road network · CPC title

• G01C21/362

  received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application · CPC title