Apparatus and method for running car application connected to mobile device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9363647-B2
Application number	US-201314011411-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 27, 2013
Priority date	Sep 7, 2012
Publication date	Jun 7, 2016
Grant date	Jun 7, 2016

Abstract

A method of running a car application connected to a mobile device is provided. The method includes determining, by the mobile device, whether a wireless charging event occurs; determining, by the mobile device, whether the mobile device is located in a car, if the wireless charging event occurs; and running the car application if the mobile device is determined to be located in the car.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of running a car application connected to a mobile device, the method comprising:
determining whether a wireless charging event occurs in the car, wherein the wireless charging event occurs automatically or at a user's request, the mobile device determined whether a short-range wireless communication is established, and the mobile device is placed on a wireless power transmitter in the car for
identifying information received from a short-range wireless communication device to support by an On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) interface the wireless charging event that occurs; and
running at least one application automatically which is associated between the car and the mobile device, which is related to the car if the identified information includes information from the mobile device that is related to the car.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that the mobile device is located in the car if the identified information includes company information corresponding to a car manufacturer.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the short-range wireless communication unit transmits a short-range wireless communication signal, wherein the short-range wireless communication signal comprises at least one of a Bluetooth communication signal and a Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) communication signal.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
determining whether Message Access Profile (MAP) is used in Bluetooth communication with the mobile device; and
determining that the mobile device is located in the car if the MAP is used.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting an On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) interface through short-range communication with the mobile device; and
determining that the mobile device is located in the car if the OBD interface is detected.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless charging event includes one of a commencement of a charging of the mobile device and an interruption of an existing charging process.

7. A mobile device, comprising:
a wireless power receiver configured to wirelessly receive power to perform wireless charging in a car, wherein the wireless charging event occurs automatically or at a user's request, the mobile device determined whether a short-range wireless communication is established, and the mobile device is placed on a wireless power transmitter in the car for identifying information received from a short-range wireless communication device to support by an On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) interface the wireless charging event that occurs;
a short-range wireless communication unit configured to perform short-range wireless communication with a head unit of the car and to receive information from the head unit; and
a controller configured to identify information received from the short-range wireless communication unit when a wireless charging event occurs and to run at least one application automatically which is associated between the car and the mobile device, which is related to the car if the identified information includes information from the mobile device that is related to the car.

8. The mobile device of claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine that the mobile device is located in the car if the identified information includes company information corresponding to a car manufacturer.

9. The mobile device of claim 7 , wherein the short-range wireless communication unit comprises at least one of a Bluetooth communication unit and a Wi-Fi communication unit.

10. The mobile device of claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine that the mobile device is located in the car if Mobile Access Profile (MAP) is used in Bluetooth communication between the mobile device and the head unit.

11. The mobile device of claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine that the mobile device is located in the car if an OBD interface is detected through short-range wireless communication with the head unit.

12. The mobile device of claim 7 , wherein the wireless charging event includes one of a commencement of a charging of the mobile device and an interruption of an existing charging process.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Sang-Don

Classifications

• H04W4/046 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W4/40 Primary

  for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] · CPC title

• H04W92/18

  between terminal devices · CPC title

• H02J50/12

  of the resonant type · CPC title

• G06F9/44

  Arrangements for executing specific programs · CPC title